E3, yeah I went there

Before I go into my E3 experience, I have to apologize for the lack of a blog entry from last week. I made a promise, most importantly to myself, that I would post on here weekly (for some insanely masochistic reason) in order to keep my writing skills sharp. Perhaps to say a thing or two about a thing or two, I don't really know. Anyway, the point of that ramble is: I planned on posting, but didn't. I planned on continuing with the Rage of Angels short story/novelette I've been working. Alas I cannot bring you anything from that as I left my notebook containing my progress with that piece in my brother's car. This also means a delay in the piece in it's entirety. When I get the book back both elements of the process will return in full.

Now that's outta the way how bout some E3 recap.

I assume with all the E3 coverage around the internets and television, I don't really bring much new information to the discourse on gaming. Luckily for myself and you I'm gonna talk about the experience anyway.

From the start early in the morning, about 10am
you can tell that this is an epicenter of geekdom. Between the glasses, camera crews, sweaty man-flesh and Asians, you could smell the gaming goodness just beyond the threshold.

More to the point it's just about as awesome as it seems when watching it on TV, but there are some pros and cons to the live experience.

On TV There are:
1) No lines
2)relatively unlimited access
3)Booth babes
4) No Lines

In real Life there are:
1) Lines
2) Not enough time
3)Booth Babes :)
4)hands on gaming
5)SWAG

Seriously though the entire experience is a sensual onslaught unlike any other, but the lines are killer. I spent the fifteen minutes waiting in line to play the new Zelda game... it was worth it. The entire experience was great I got in a bunch of pictures, saw some great games along the way, and got some amazing SWAG, or S*** We All Get. I didn't get as many posters as my last outing but I did get infinitely more shirts(last time it was 0 this time it was 3).

I picked up a zelda shirt for waiting in line to play Zelda. I got a bulletstorm shirt from waiting in line for burgerstorm, *snicker *snicker, burgerstorm . Finally and most favoritely that's right favoritely, I got my self a Halo: Reach T-shirt. I didn't get that one in line. I go that one by skipping the line for reach demoness and being my usual outrageous self. The dude at the microoft booth handing out the shirts thought I was more awesome than the fifty other people standing around me shouting and decided I deserved a shirt... that dude was super cool.

There was a ton of cool stuff and this post is getting quite long so I guess I'll make a post or two about my thoughts on the games I played... those posts coming to you live today?