IGN/GameSpy teamed up for the 2004 E3 tradeshow with help from hosts David Lawrence ("The David Lawrence Show," "Net Music Countdown") and GameSpy's own Sean "Spiff" Flinn to probe the minds of several industry insiders, developers, and publishers via GameSpy Arcade. They took your questions and had them answered. You can even download footage of the real interviews with a visit to FilePlanet.

Now that the show has wrapped up, and we've had time to soak it all in, we've transcribed each information-packed interview. Read on! We guarantee there's tons of facts and figures that are bound to whet your appetite.



E3 2004 - Wednesday, May 12th: Day 1

David Lawrence: You look fabulous -- with the headset and the microphone and everything. You look like you're ready to call the game.
Greg Borrud: Yeah. I feel like I'm Howard Cosell with this.
David Lawrence: And you look like Howard Cosell.
Greg Borrud: He looks a little more like Madonna [meaning Andrew Goldman] with his microphone. It's a little more slim.
David Lawrence: The only difference is that he has no prophylactic protection on his headset. Greg Borrud is with us and Andrew Goldman, director of production and CEO respectively of Pandemic Studios. And we're back on the Star Wars kick we were talking about -- you call them the five-'o-first?
Greg Borrud: The five-hundred and first, yeah.
David Lawrence: Those are the guys walking around?
Greg Borrud: Yeah. If you ever see a Stormtrooper around here, they're from the five-hundred and first.
David Lawrence: We found out that a Stormtrooper can actually sit.
Greg Borrud: I don't know how. I don't think that could happen.

David Lawrence: And we conjecture that they make all their own costumes, yeah?
Greg Borrud: That's true, yeah.
David Lawrence: Out of parts from a Honda.
Greg Borrud: Yeah. They're rust proof.
David Lawrence: Did I understand correctly Spiff? We have a thousand video streams?

Spiff: That's correct, sir. David Lawrence: Do you realize we've now eclipsed the total viewership of G4?
Greg Borrud: Oh, that's not nice.
Spiff: Those guys are right outside. They're going to be looking for you.