Hi everyone! Although I didn't attend E3, mostly due to having little interest in modern gaming outside of Wii, I still managed to watch bits of the press conferences and catch some pieces of news. There wasn't much shown to change my personal opinion, but there was still some excitement. Since I haven't been posting my usual Nintendo 64 entries during the week, I figured I'd offer up my impression of E3. I realize this is a bit late, but I'm a retro gamer. Since when am I timely?
Kathrine: So, Nick, if you prefer the earlier 3D Mario games, what do you think about having a world map instead of an interactive hub?
Jason: Hey everyone!
With E3 behind me, I've had some time to reflect on what was shown at the expo this year. Nintendo in particular has me intrigued with two of their 3DS titles. As we all know, both StarFox 64 3D and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D were both announced at the show, with StarFox being playable on the show floor.
Nick, Chessa, Jason R, Chris, and Rob are all present for a bit of post-E3 discussion and a general wrap-up of the show.
What else does it mean? That all next week, and in more weeks to come, we'll be unloading impressions of E3, uploading pictures of the event, and getting you coverage from several games we tried on the floor.
The full PixlBit E3 crew talk for a little under an hour about everything they played at the show with an emphasis on new hardware.
Like Nintendo said, for those of you at home, you'll honestly have to take our words for it. 3D is better. I saw trailers for a few titles, including Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, and Kid Icarus, and found myself Thoroughly impressed.
Hello, my name is Chessa DiMola, and I'm a swag addict. I'm also guilty of creating several new swag addicts, for which there is little hope of ever recovering from the horrible addition.
Opening day of E3 is usually a hectic one, filled with excited convention goers dying to get their hands on the newest video game titles. Sometime though, there are particularly hectic moments, especially when there are hundreds of people packed into tight groups fighting their way to a specific game.
We had a lot of fun summarizing everything up to last night.
Without Activision’s banners and badges being paraded around the Staple’s Center, little would have indicated that the event was Activision’s press conference. Activision’s press conference was a concert. That’s the best way to put it. Fun, to be sure, with some gaming news here and there, but it was definitely unorthodox, and completely chaotic. It was so disorganized. Regardless, if they were to increase the gaming news just a bit, then I’d be completely game for a format like that every once in a while. As for what they did show, gaming wise…
Editor's Note: This was written after Sonic Colors Wii impressions, but due to technical issues, the Sonic Colors Wii impressions will be up afterward at some time.
Those of you who tuned into watch the Sony press conference probably caught mention that a virtual tour of the Sony booth was recreated on PlayStation Home… here’s a run down of what you can expect.
I spent some time watching at the MTV booth with Harmonix to check out Rock Band 3, and I learned just about everything I could about the latest update to the Rock Band franchise.
This year’s Nintendo E3 presentation brought with it an assortment of new and old, combining the recurring titles that Nintendo fans adore with the rebirth of IPs and the future of handheld gaming.
Chris and I were given the opportunity to catch an interview with Tommy Tallarico to talk about Video Games Live and the upcoming Concert this Thursday night. Tune in to hear how music is selected, if old game music ever dies, even where you can buy Video Games Live sheet music and more in our unedited podcast version of the interview.
Walking to lunch today, we had a couple surprises. It seems Microsoft has decided to put out an awesome statue for Halo: Reach in the E3 main hallway that a group of artists were finishing on the spot.
Well, I'm going to say I think I made a little mistake yesterday when I reviewed half of the banners in the E3 hallway yesterday. Why? Because today, I snapped this pic:
E3 has begun and Microsoft has announced its new partnership with ESPN. ESPN will now have their own channel on the Xbox 360. SportsCenter's Josh Elliott and Trey Wingo hit the stage to announce the ESPN video service for Xbox Live.
In order to live blog from the show we're using Twitter. Nick and Chessa will be using the site feed and the rest of the staff will have their own feeds. Follow along below.
With the whole E3 team finally together in L.A., a podcast to close day one only seemed fitting.
There's one particular picture I'd like to make the heart of my idea, one taken from the banner artwork of Epic Mickey at E3. Take a look for yourself, and you'll see why:
PixlBit's reader, Zap, has fed the Mailbag, saving me a fortune in zebra import tariffs and fees. Since he sent such a robust and fulfilling message, we've decided we'd go ahead and feature it in it's own Pre-E3 Mailbag! Hooray Zap!