N8R’s Notes: DICE 2011 Day One

Here’s some space for RPadholic N8R to share his DICE 2011 experience. When we last left our hero, he was stranded at LAS airport while R.Pad was stranded at LAX airport. They were supposed to arrive around the same time…but a United gate agent foiled the plan.

Take it away N8R!

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45 thoughts on “N8R’s Notes: DICE 2011 Day One”

  1. Finally on the plane. I feel so much better. LAX is a pretty crappy airport. Think I'll go with Jim Beam on the flight. For me United = upgrades = free booze.

  3. Have you been to Vegas before? If you get a chance, check out the light show on Freemont St. It's pretty awesome.

      1. Frankly, I'd rather go to Red Rock than the strip. The whole gambling thing isn't my scene, but the landscape out here in the Southwest is gorgeous.

  5. Hanging out at the airport bar (you can still smoke in here) tucked away in a corner watching a Sportscenter special on Wayne Gretzky.

    My bag is rather heavy, but that’s totally my fault. When I left my house, I thought for some reason I would need to travel with a case of 15 Rockstars.

    There’s a collectibles store that’s going out of business. I ended up buying 3 little pouches for 75 cents a piece and a magnetized sparkly bracelet for my wife that was $8.

    From the baggage claim window, I can see New York, New York. That got me hungry for pizza, but I realized that I’m really still on the west coast. So, I went to a place called “Chicago Deli” here in the airport and got a chili dog that I doused in Tapatio.

    That’s about all for now, more to come later.

    P.S. I’m fairly certain that I am the o ly person on Earth wearing a Superman 64 shirt. Go Titus.

      1. Oh, I'm sure I've handled worse.

        You've never met my brothers, and I'm sure the plane won't offer GHB.

      4. If you fight anyone from Epic (again), I'm counting on N8 for full documentation of the events. Or maybe that should just be the next PPV fight on tv. haha.

  6. Day 1:

    First legend I got to meet was my favorite journalist (or verbal entertainer) Raymond Padilla. He's a super cool guy.

    We got to the hotel and got settled in before rushing to the Red Rock.

    We check in and I'm greeted with a bag full of awesome stuff including a copy of a game Ive really wanted to play… Epic Mickey… For free… Boo-yah.

    We get to the mixer, and both Ray and I go to the outdoor smoking area. We're standing by a heat lamp (because it's cold) and this really cool guy walks up to share the hot lamp and we just started talking for like an hour or so. Turns out, this guy is Ken Lobb. A high up guy for Microsoft Game Studios and a legend for old school Nintendo. There's a god damn gun in Goldeneye named after him.

    We then went inside to the warmth. I then met developers from Insomniac, Rovio, Epic, and more. I also met other journalists from 1up, G4 (including Frank Meyer and Adam Sessler… Sess was hammered), and more.

    We went to the next bar and I spent some time talking to these Indie developers who made a game called Solace. Awesome peeps.

    We got back to the hotel and Ray is smashed. That wraps up Day 1…

    To Be Continued.

    1. i totally want a field report from nate

      i think it'd be awesome if you had met ray, and he was a dick…lol

      good times guys….good times

      2. yeah it would be and Ray would be telling N8 to get his luggage and to get him his coffee and then rpad would spit it out and tell him that he can't have foam in his latte because it makes him gassy and bloated.

  7. I'm completely smashed, fyi. N8R made sure I got home safe and sound. I'm thrilled he got to meet excellent people. I'm also thrilled I'm in my bed. I miss Zoe.

    1. I think my head would hurt too if i only had 5 hours of sleep and tried to drink Vegas dry. i hope you feel better Rpad.

      1. no, that REALLY sucks, i know you upgraded your hard drive too…and you ahd the original 60gb

        mine is exactly the same…did you do something that i should totally avoid doing?

      2. No, I didn’t do anything different. But, since I’ve been unemployed the past couple months the thing has been on pretty much all day for the past two months. I guess I overused it.

    3. Terrible, terrible news.

      From all my research, that happens quite a bit with the older ones. There is a fix, there are YouTube videos about it, but it's temporary. You have to do it like every 2 months and there's a risk of corrupting data on your hard drive.

      You're best bet is to get a new slim one and transfer the data.

      1. do you have to blow into the disc drive or put another cd in it so the laser reads the game right?

    4. Oh, the irony.

      I'll have to start saying how much I love the PS3 and the Wii so the same thing doesn't happen to me… again.

      Good luck with the fix.

      -M

      2. IT WORKED!!!!! IT WORKED!!!!! My PS3 is now back in action baby!!!!! I don't understand how it worked but it did. Here is the video that I used.

        If anybody's PS3 breaks use this to fix it yourself and save yourself $150 for a refurb from Sony. It was easy. All you need is alcohol(already had), heat sink compound($2 at Radio Shack), and a heat gun(already had).

  12. @RROD
    Take pics before you go too far so you can use them as reference in case you forget which side something went on.

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