Gearheads of War

I had the good fortune last week of going to Universal City on Thursday night for the big launch party for Gears of War 2.  I felt very proud to be sharing this night with my little brother.  It was a lot of fun as I got to see so many people dressed in Gears clothes.  One little kid was actually in a home made Marcus Fenix outfit.  He couldn't have been more than nine years old.

Still, the voice talent from the game was there and I took some photos with my phone.  For some stupid reason, I didn't think to bring my camera with me.  I really should've to commemorate such a great night for my brother.  I'll be kicking myself for that for a while.

Any way, here are the photos I was able to capture.

Yeah, the dudes from Nightmare studios were there in full garb.

This is Carmine.  Yeah, can you believe it?  I couldn't either.  I thought the guy was a 16-year-old.  Not so much.

This is a photo of my bro playing some Gears fans.  I took it on the big screen.  In the background is the voice of Hoffmann.

Cliff and Major Nelson on the big screen.

So Jessica Chobot was there doing interviews for Fuel TV.  She walked around all night doing interviews with the voice talent and Cliff with that big green piece of plastic.  I think it was supposed to be cover or something.  Those wacky TV personalities.

Yes, this is the one, the only, Terry Tate, office linebacker, AKA Augustus "Cole Train" Cole.  The dude is frickin' ginormous and could easily fill that same role in the movie.

This is the one and only Dominic Santiago.  It was really funny when he walked up on stage and said, "S'up bitches?"  The crowd went bananas.

Marcus Fenix...the one and only.  Yep, John DiMaggio who had more energy than seemingly anyone there.

This is the actor who plays the Brazilian on Heroes.  There was also the star of Chuck there.

All in all, it was an amazing personal night just to simply see something that my brother created have such a fervent following.