PAX Panel with the Most Free Pizza? Borderlands

mightbe · 09-04-2009, 10:44 PM

At 6:30PM PST today on the sixth floor of PAX, convention goers were treated to a playthrough of Borderlands by the developers. Head on over to the CoG Flickr to see stills from the slide show and the 4-player co-op that followed.

Only three Gearbox employees were on hand to play so they recruited a fourth Borderlander from the audience, enlisting the gentleman who had stood in line the longest.

Not only did Randy Pitchford spring for more than $1,000 of Dominos Pizza to feed the attendees "Because it's dinner time."; the Gearbox team also rolled out the newest build of the game that just passed the Microsoft certification process. What you're seeing pictures of here is likely exactly what will be the retail box you buy.

Once again the impressions of our forum goers in attendance were decidedly favorable. The game seems to be a healthy mix of role-playing conventions and fast paced squad shooter fun.

Video will follow when I get a chance to clean up the audio.

Deadend · 09-04-2009, 11:21 PM

Shiiat, now all I need to do is figure out if I am doing console or PC for it, as Gearbox just got big kudos from that.

DoctorFinger · 09-05-2009, 07:03 AM

Free pizza? Good! Free Domino's? Not good!

Zecon · 09-05-2009, 07:38 AM

Well, they have to find some way to get people interested in Borderlands...

National Kato · 09-05-2009, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoctorFinger

Free Domino's? Not good!

Free pizza is like cold sex.

johnperkins21 · 09-05-2009, 05:15 PM

What, do they not have Papa John's in Seattle? Cool gesture, but it's completely ruined by the Domino's connection.

Aggort · 09-05-2009, 09:43 PM

God I wish i could have been at that panel. Not just for the free pizza, but for the fact that they, on a projector in big text, said exactly what I always think, games are supposed to be fun and companies have every right to change whatever they feel they need to to make it fun without Internet scrutiny.

09-04-2009, 10:44 PM	#1
mightbe Split Screen Radio Host Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Seattle, baby! Posts: 1,816	PAX Panel with the Most Free Pizza? Borderlands At 6:30PM PST today on the sixth floor of PAX, convention goers were treated to a playthrough of Borderlands by the developers. Head on over to the CoG Flickr to see stills from the slide show and the 4-player co-op that followed. Only three Gearbox employees were on hand to play so they recruited a fourth Borderlander from the audience, enlisting the gentleman who had stood in line the longest. Not only did Randy Pitchford spring for more than $1,000 of Dominos Pizza to feed the attendees "Because it's dinner time."; the Gearbox team also rolled out the newest build of the game that just passed the Microsoft certification process. What you're seeing pictures of here is likely exactly what will be the retail box you buy. Once again the impressions of our forum goers in attendance were decidedly favorable. The game seems to be a healthy mix of role-playing conventions and fast paced squad shooter fun. Video will follow when I get a chance to clean up the audio. __________________ gamertag/steam/psn: mightbe Last edited by mightbe; 09-04-2009 at 10:47 PM..

09-05-2009, 07:03 AM	#3
DoctorFinger Senior News Editor Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New York City Posts: 7,633 Blog Entries: 10	Free pizza? Good! Free Domino's? Not good! __________________ Gamertag - [DoctorFinger] PSN ID - [DoctorFinger] Steam Profile - [DoctorFinger] Senior News Editor - Colony of Gamers Co-host - Johnny Gigawatt and the Tiger Men from Mars Twitter

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Zecon Colonist Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 532	Well, they have to find some way to get people interested in Borderlands... __________________ Xbox 360/Zune: Zecon

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Aggort Glad Pants are Optional Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bpt., Ohio Posts: 913 Blog Entries: 3	God I wish i could have been at that panel. Not just for the free pizza, but for the fact that they, on a projector in big text, said exactly what I always think, games are supposed to be fun and companies have every right to change whatever they feel they need to to make it fun without Internet scrutiny. __________________ My Lame Ass Blog \|\| GamerTag \|\| Wii # 2573-5402-5656-7280 \|\| Last.Fm \|\| Flickr That's with a long "A" For those who've forgotten.

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09-04-2009, 11:21 PM	#2
Deadend What Is This? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Detroit Area, MI Posts: 2,559 Blog Entries: 2	Shiiat, now all I need to do is figure out if I am doing console or PC for it, as Gearbox just got big kudos from that.

09-05-2009, 05:15 PM	#6
johnperkins21 Colonist Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,740	What, do they not have Papa John's in Seattle? Cool gesture, but it's completely ruined by the Domino's connection.