Albert Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I'm about to head off to Los Angeles to attend E3! Looking forward to learning more about the Nintendo Revolution, Sony PS3, and Microsoft Xbox 360. As well as all the countless games that will be displayed for these consoles, the PSP, DS, and PCs. I'm going to try and post some pictures each night (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), but no guarantees just yet. At the very least I will post my impression of the show at the end of each day. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maibock Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I'm about to head off to Los Angeles to attend E3! Looking forward to learning more about the Nintendo Revolution, Sony PS3, and Microsoft Xbox 360. As well as all the countless games that will be displayed for these consoles, the PSP, DS, and PCs. I'm going to try and post some pictures each night (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), but no guarantees just yet. At the very least I will post my impression of the show at the end of each day. ..Al 856921[/snapback] Nice! Have a good time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I'm about to head off to Los Angeles to attend E3! Looking forward to learning more about the Nintendo Revolution, Sony PS3, and Microsoft Xbox 360. As well as all the countless games that will be displayed for these consoles, the PSP, DS, and PCs. I'm going to try and post some pictures each night (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), but no guarantees just yet. At the very least I will post my impression of the show at the end of each day. ..Al 856921[/snapback] Nice! Have a good time! 856922[/snapback] Have fun and raise some hell!!Or at least give a report on some classic complilations coming out (if any). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dones Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Sounds great. Have a good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 18, 2005 Author Share Posted May 18, 2005 It's early (too early!) Wednesday morning, and I'm sitting in the hotel lobby, where I'm about to go outside to wait for the first shuttle to the LA Convention Center. That's when the fun and chaos begins, as thousands of people will queue in line to get their E3 badges (if they don't already have them) and badge holders. Then we'll all sit anxiously, a huge herd waiting for the doors to be opened at 10am so we can rush inside to see and play the latest games and systems. Should be fun. I'll be taking tons of pictures (I can take about 500 before I need to dump them into my laptop) and will try to post some tonight, although I cannot guarantee anything at this point, as I'm not sure what we'll be doing after the show. So it may not be until pretty late. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 One thing everyone talks about is getting free shwag. I'd like to know what kind of freebies you'll get your hands on there. I've always heard that most of it was fairly worthless junk, like keychains and bumper stickers, but sometimes you can get good stuff, like shirts and games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Salamon Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Well from the news of E3... there is no news!! Apparently there was a power outage and caused a 6 hour delay to the official start to this years E3. I'm wondering if anything got started at E3 today. It must have been all those Flashback Units that were hogging all the power and shorted out the power! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 19, 2005 Author Share Posted May 19, 2005 Didn't get to post any pictures last night, but here are a few before I head out to the show again today. I should be able to post more tonight. Enjoy! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Is that a 'REAL' Katamari ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Is that a 'REAL' Katamari ! 858137[/snapback] Yes, and the guy supervising it, was cool enough to hot-glue a Combat cart to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Is that a 'REAL' Katamari ! 858137[/snapback] Yes, and the guy supervising it, was cool enough to hot-glue a Combat cart to it. 858159[/snapback] That's fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 So, why exactly is there a full size Stargate there? Is there going to be a game based on the show? And why are all those Electronic Arts Commodore 64 games pinned up to a wall? Is there going to be a compilation? (Please say yes!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dones Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 That's how he got to the show... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 19, 2005 Author Share Posted May 19, 2005 Well from the news of E3... there is no news!! Apparently there was a power outage and caused a 6 hour delay to the official start to this years E3. I'm wondering if anything got started at E3 today. It must have been all those Flashback Units that were hogging all the power and shorted out the power! LOL! 857946[/snapback] This isn't quite true. There was a power outage in the hallway (and adjoining meeting rooms) outside of the South Hall for several hours, but this did not affect any of the main (West, South, and Kentia) halls, nor did it delay opening of the show at all. It did make it more difficult for some people to register, as media registration was in one of the rooms that lost power. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 19, 2005 Author Share Posted May 19, 2005 Is that a 'REAL' Katamari ! 858137[/snapback] Yes, and I brought the Combat cart so it could be attached to the Katamariß. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 I just wanted to take this opportunity to say that you guys officially suck. Nice pics! The flashback 2 looks to be a little bigger in size than the Flashback 1. I like the normal controllers on that thing. I was wondering if you could PM me the Stargate coordinates so I could meet you guys there later tonight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpddytim Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 Those are the coolest stairs I have ever seen! -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 Cool. But they should have had Combat carts as the entry badges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 That's how he got to the show... 858239[/snapback] You just have to be sure to get out of the way before the gate swooshes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 20, 2005 Author Share Posted May 20, 2005 So, why exactly is there a full size Stargate there? Is there going to be a game based on the show? The Stargate is there to promote a Stargate video game. I have not yet had a chance to play the game, but you can bet that I'll spend some time around the Stargate tomorrow (I have a short list of games I want to check out tomorrow, the last day of the show). I don't have high hopes that a television-based video game will be any good, but I sure would like to be surprised. I must say, when I saw the full-size Stargate, my jaw nearly dropped. And why are all those Electronic Arts Commodore 64 games pinned up to a wall? Is there going to be a compilation? (Please say yes!) 858181[/snapback] The Electronic Arts box artwork lines the back wall of the (brand new this year) Electronic Arts booth. While I didn't go over it carefully, it looks like it contains every single EA game ever released, starting at the very beginning (which is where I took the picture I posted). Even though I do not like the modern company, it is cool to see them paying homage to their origins. In the center of their booth where they have a massive, wraparound 360 degree screen (which I must say is hugely impressive), the (long) video loop in there has a segment that lists many of the platforms they've written software for, and the first to appear is the Atari 800. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 20, 2005 Author Share Posted May 20, 2005 Cool. But they should have had Combat carts as the entry badges. 858541[/snapback] They'd need 60,000+ Combat carts. And judging by how crowded the show seems to be this year, I'm guessing the attendance will be even higher than it has been the last few years. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 Have any of you seen or heard anything about the nightmare Before Christmas videogame? That's one title my wife's been looking forward to for over a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted May 20, 2005 Share Posted May 20, 2005 And the flashback poster shows that they will have a left handed stick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 20, 2005 Author Share Posted May 20, 2005 And the flashback poster shows that they will have a left handed stick? 858595[/snapback] That appears to be the artwork used for the first version of the box that appeared on the net (it also has a left-handed joystick--an artist must have mirrored the image in Photoshop). The Flashback 2.0's that I've used here at E3 all have right-handed joysticks. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 20, 2005 Author Share Posted May 20, 2005 Have any of you seen or heard anything about the nightmare Before Christmas videogame? That's one title my wife's been looking forward to for over a year. 858582[/snapback] Hmmmmmmm. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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