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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Keith Stuart

God of War designer in brilliant drunken outburst

It's so rare these days to hear a developer say what they actually think that God of War designer David Jaffe deserves somekind of medal for this tired and emotional performance filmed by GameTrailer.com and posted on YouTube. In a five minute interview held during a party at the Playboy Mansion, Jaffe criticises his own PSP conversion of God of War, announces God of War III and insults a Sony marketing rep who stands beside the unsteady developer though the entire off-message rant. Jaffe also states that he doesn't think the GoW combat system is as good as Devil May Cry's. "I'm just a B-level developer, I know that!" he cries.

Jaffe is more complimentary about Sony's online gaming network which he hopes will match Xbox Live. He also has lots of ideas for the Sixaxis controller. I suspect the Sony marketing chap had one as well - forcible insertion into Jaffe's seemingly unstoppable mouth...

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