This was at Video Games Live ages ago. Richard played the piano. We took photos, but were sitting/hiding right at the back and they came out very poorly. Hence the lack of an update at the time.
The photos were supplied at 3488 x 2616 resolution. But they were not particularly flattering to either man at that size, so good old 500 wide it is.
This is nearly the same picture, only less blurry. History demands that even the blurry photos of Richard and the ones with his eyes closed are used and saved for future generations, he is that important to modern culture. You wouldn't go binning a photo of you and Neil Tennant just because it came out a bit blurry or he had his eyes closed, would you?
HOW THE MEETING UNFOLDED
"So there I was at Video Game Live. Intermission. Piss, wash hands, look up and right in front of me... RICHARD JACQUES!"
Grab wife, all possesions and camera. Walk up and say "Richard, do you mind having a picture taken with me?"
RJ: "Not at all"
RJ puts arm round me... and I him...
Wife takes first photo...
Blurred...
So I chat for a sec and mention how you guys love him.
RJ: "I know... you're not one of their spies are you?"
Me: "No... (thinking 'not yet')"
RJ: "Will probably see this on there tomorrow with something bad, huh?"
Me: "Are you kidding only nice things about you at UK:R..."
RJ: "Good"
"Man I swear he was like soooooo laid back. It made my night to stand near him and shake his hand. And god he can't half play piano - Paul"
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What are we half-heartedly skimming RIGHT NOW? RECENTLY...
Each post .02% worse than the last. BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS #1: RIHANNA THE FAMED GERMAN SENSE OF HUMOUR WE ARE SUDDENLY EXCITED ABOUT CHEAP GUITAR HERO CL... THE GREATEST SONIC THE HEDGEHOG DESKTOP IMAGES IN ... DEAR SEGA, REGARDING THE NEW OLYMPIC GAME... ELSEWHERE ON "THE NETWORK" #00010 A VANITY UPDATE REGARDING UKR'S IMMORTALISATION IN... THE LAST BATCH OF PSP "LIFESTYLE" SHAME MORE PSP "LIFESTYLE" SHOTS FROM THE GERMANS UK PS3 SALES UPDATE: SINGSTAR DEMAND STILL SOARING...
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Use our Play or Amazon Shops to buy those shit Wii games you secretly like, helping the effort. ARCHIVES
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Some updates weren't universally hated by the entire world within seconds of being uploaded.
1. The Animal Crossing Wild World mega-feature and public-service review
2. Sonic CD - screenshot parade
3. Cream The Rabbit sexual diagrams
4. OutRun2 screenshot-taking guide for the benefit of inept journalists
5. The personal UKR SEGA Toys Homestar planetarium review
6. Trying to buy an Xbox 360 in London
7. (STILL) THE MOST AMAZING PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPH OF ALL TIME
8. A trip to GamesMaster (in Peckham)
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Some people we might've MET. Or at least seen in a room and been near. One Thousand Tiny Things I Hate "LIFESTYLE"
Other sites we are happy to officially endorse without requiring Adwords spend. PRIVACY POLICY
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It came with the template. Maybe in 2014 we'll jump on board the Twitter train and put that in here. Or a radio. That'd be nice.
i can put that one to rest, then. i was never 100% sure to be honest, but this just about sums it up.
of course, you could all be in on it together, and he really doesn't know about UKR.
i guess we'll never know, unless he makes a new song called Spiel Macht Frei, or maybe one day we see a picture of the mighty zorg and old jacquesy arm-in-arm. and it'd need to have the exif data still intact so we know it wasn't 'shopped.
(that bit about exifs i got from idiottoys. i dunno what an exif looks like, but i'd know if it wasn't there)
Sometimes it's hard to be a nerd - Richard Jacques could walk by 99% of the people I know without trace, yet this weekend I happen to stumble upon two of the most annoying twats of British TV and my reaction of "Man, that guys forehead really _is_ fucking massive!" receives gasps and frowns all around… where is the fucking justice???
She could have licked his bald patch or kicked the back of his chair, if she wanted to. Happily, we were too star-struck by the fact the man, the legend was sat in front of us to do anything.
We did like seeing what was coming next from his copy of the setlist though :)