E3 2012: Injustice interview with Ed Boon

boon!

The four most important men in video games:

1. John Carmack
2. Will Wright
3. Sid Meier
4. Ed Boon

NOOB!!!

That was Dan Forden, damn it.

Batman kicking Grundy through that building is really off putting...

@jakob187 said:

The four most important men in video games:

1. John Carmack
2. Will Wright
3. Sid Meier
4. Ed Boon

how you don't include Miyamoto is baffling

THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE THAT IS NOT POWER!

Gotta love Ed Boon, always genuine.

I just don't see how Batman would be able to survive Superman's atmosphere punch... anyways I hope Captain Marvel makes the cut.

Ed Boon, where's hawkman?!

I'm hoping for some Hawkman and Nightwing.

I fuckin' LOVE Ed Boon. The guy's never without that big, goofy grin, he's about as open as anyone in the industry that isn't named David Jaffe, and he's willing to have fun with the GB guys (not so much in this video, but last year when they saw him so many times that he interviewed Jeff and Brad at one point).

Since Guilty Gear has apparently lost its way, I will happily accept Netherrealm as the champions of of the single-player content fighting game! This sounds AWESOME.

@Mystyr_E said:

@jakob187 said:

The four most important men in video games:

1. John Carmack
2. Will Wright
3. Sid Meier
4. Ed Boon

how you don't include Miyamoto is baffling

I'd say Warren Spector deserves a spot on that list as well. The four most important dudes video game people are at least six people!

Ed Boon is one my favorite guys in the industry. Love the interviews with him and Jeff.

"But... you DID make a puzzle game with fatalities in it!"

"Oh shit that's right!"

@Mystyr_E said:

@jakob187 said:

The four most important men in video games:

1. John Carmack
2. Will Wright
3. Sid Meier
4. Ed Boon

how you don't include Miyamoto is baffling

I would say in Western gaming... but even then it's hard to place importance because there's others that could be in the top 4.

4 stars?

I love when Jeff interviews Boon.

If Hawkman turns out to be the last boss in the Arcade mode, Day 1 purchase

@jakob187 said:

The four most important men in video games:

1. John Carmack
2. Will Wright
3. Sid Meier
4. Ed Boon

Sid and Wil are the big ones IMHO with everyone else a lot behind ...

It's not E3 unless Jeff does an Ed Boon interview.

@Wuddel said:

@jakob187 said:

The four most important men in video games:

1. John Carmack
2. Will Wright
3. Sid Meier
4. Ed Boon

Sid and Wil are the big ones IMHO with everyone else a lot behind ...

Warren Spector and Peter Molyneux are pretty important too. I would slot them in as number 5 and 6.

EDIT: Also Miyamoto is pretty important too, what with creating the first very popular home video games and all.

4 stars?

Oh god 2015... the FUTURE!

@Mystyr_E said:

@jakob187 said:

The four most important men in video games:

1. John Carmack
2. Will Wright
3. Sid Meier
4. Ed Boon

how you don't include Miyamoto is baffling

Exactly. Dude is number one. Also LOL at Ed Boon being on there. Seriously?

I love Ed Boon interviews.

@fantasyfreak07 said:

I just don't see how Batman would be able to survive Superman's atmosphere punch... anyways I hope Captain Marvel makes the cut.

Well, I don't see how Nathan Drake can survive getting shot a bunch of times and regenerate his health. And he isn't even superhero! You gotta suspend your disbelief for the sake of the game.

Getting Ed Boon to swear, nice.

Ed Boon is the best.

You wouldn't imagine that the man behind one of the most violent and controversial franchise in history is also one the classiest person in the industry.

@jakob187: Ken levine, shigeru miyamoto, gabe newell, brian fargo?

Good interview, game seems neat

Fuck this place.

@kishinfoulux said:

@Mystyr_E said:

@jakob187 said:

The four most important men in video games:

1. John Carmack
2. Will Wright
3. Sid Meier
4. Ed Boon

how you don't include Miyamoto is baffling

Exactly. Dude is number one. Also LOL at Ed Boon being on there. Seriously?

No disrespect to Ed Boon, but yeah, I can think of some other important dudes, Where is Kamiya? Mikami? Kojima? Molyneux, Garriot? I'd say Street Fighter is more influential than MK, MK was just kind of violent.

Toasty!

Man I love Ed Boon.

I'd put Bleszinski on your influential designers list, as probably a lot of him goes into UE, and soooo many games use that engine

What a cool dude. He seems really genuine.

I love seeing Jeff talk to Ed Boon and Tony Hawk because you almost see a couple chinks in Jeff's reporter armor. You can see how stoked he is.

Ed's always such a sweetheart! <3

Wait a puzzle game with fatalities? Anyone know what that is?

WHARE HAWkMAN?!?!

Ed Boon always seems like the nicest guy

@ThePhantomStranger: Puzzle Kombat, which was a bonus feature in Deception and also was included in UMK3 on DS.

There was also Motor Kombat (a kart racing game in Armageddon) and Chess Kombat in Deception.

Soooo excited for this games story mode. MK9's story was second to none, and that was for a bunch of characters I didn't care about. Now you have characters that I do know, and Gray and Palmiotti are helping write it? YES NOW AND PLENTY PLEASE!

Ed Boon is so nice that every time i hear him talk i just can't see him as one of the guys that created MK

Were the Hawkman and "fuck this place" things in this video and I just missed them, or did they happen somewhere else? If somewhere else, would you mind pointing me too them? Thanks.

Also, Ed Boon. What a great guy.

@amadeus: those things are from last night live bombcast, you can watch the archive on justintv or just listen to the audio version of the show around 1:44:00

Jeff and Ed Boon just have great chemistry.

@SaintOfKillers said:

Ed Boon is so nice that every time i hear him talk i just can't see him as one of the guys that created MK

i have the same reaction to john carmack especially when i first saw him i couldn't believe he created doom.

@buzz_killington said:

Jeff and Ed Boon just have great chemistry.

You should read the slash fiction I made of them.

These are always the best!