Cork’s RedFM set for Gears of War special

Thursday night’s ‘Cork Talks Back’ on RedFM, a Gears of War
special, will include an interviewer with the game’s lead designer.

Epic Games’s Cliff Bleszinski (or Cliff B) will feature in an
interview on the show hosted by Victor Barry. The show will also be
giving away copies of the game.

Cork Talks Back broadcasts at 9pm from 104-106FM in Cork and online vie www.redfm.ie. After the show goes out the interview will be available for download on the station’s website.

The European “Emergence Day” — Epic’s and Microsoft’s
marketing name given to the release date of the game — is Friday. The
game is one of Microsoft’s triple-A titles on the Christmas line up.

Victor Barry will be playing over Xbox Live in a public session on
Saturday between 3pm and 5pm. Barry (gamertag: vicbarry) will follow in
the footsteps celebrities worldwide, and Today FM DJ Ray Foley
(gamertag: Ray Foley).

Foley says on his blog
that Gears of War “has changed my life”. After introducing himself
in a YouTube video “getting my ass kicked” (in the game), he says
he’s “shit at games”:

Barry has also been blogging about Gears of War — here, here, here, and here.