Fresh off of his hosting stint at this year’s Oscars, Conan O’Brien came to South by Southwest this week to co-host a panel with Blizzard Entertainment president Johanna Faries. O’Brien–whose previous gaming experience includes co-hosting the Clueless Gamer segments on his TBS talk show Conan and a cameo appearance in Death Stranding–jokingly suggested that he agreed to the SXSW panel for one reason only: to be in a Diablo game.
“The reason I flew from Los Angeles to be here was I want to be in the next Diablo,” said O’Brien. “I would like to be a demon. Or maybe a necromancer… My wife, when she met me, thought I was a necromancer.”
O’Brien went on to talk about recording his appearance for Death Stranding in Tokyo, which gave him a greater appreciation for how games are made. He also credited his son for showing him that there was more to gaming than he originally realized.