E3 1997 "Highlights"

This was our E3 show from 1997. That's 10 Years Ago! It was mostly left over interviews I slapped together for a quick show in July of 1997. Most of the popular interviews that we did at E3 that year, like 3DRealms Prey, were edited into the regular show. I personally did a few of the interviews, and was uncomfortable doing it (I am the Producer ya know). My favorite part was the Interstate 77 interview. Those guys were cool. Activision always had the best PR, along with Midway and Microsoft. ION Storm's PR was terrible back then. Zack Norman from the Interstate interview left Activision, shortly afterwards, and formed JAMDAT with a few other people. JAMDAT sold for 680 million becoming EA Mobile. Making Zack a multi-millionaire. Scott Krager became a big wig at THQ. Dominion was bought by ION Storm shortly thereafter and it went to hell. It looked like a really good game with a lot of potential, but it failed. Not to talk bad about ION Storm again, but their management sucked too. (but ION had a lot of wonderful talented people there) The interview about "Warcraft Adventures" I thought was the worst. This guy was such a geek. I could not figure out his name in the piles of signed releases, and did not want to show the segment. I was begged by some of the cast members to air it. Afterwards, we got more fan mail about that segment then any other part of this episode. I guess I did a poor job targeting my audience. Brief of interviews; Greg Bowlen "Return to Krondor" Mega Media "Outlaw Racers" Brian Donally 7th Level "Dominion" Phil Hodgkinson 7th Level "The Gatherer" Zack Norman Scott Krager Activision "Interstate 77" CH Products Tim Morton Activision "Heavy Gear" Warcraft Adventures "Lord of the Clans" James Phinney Blizzard Entertainment "Starcraft"