Archive for the 'E3 2006' Category

E3 2006 Xbox 360 Games Review

Monday, May 15th, 2006

I was expecting to be really impressed with the Xbox 360 lineup, but I found myself disappointed. Much of this had to do with the fact that Gears of War, Halo 3 and Grand Theft Auto 4 were nowhere to be seen. It’s my understanding that the former two were shown behind closed doors, but [...]

The Most Beautiful Game at E3: Crysis

Sunday, May 14th, 2006

This game made others feel like they were decorated with cheap wallpaper. Near the end of day 1, I stumbled across Crysis, a PC game, and it ruined me visually for every other game at the show. It’s a first-person shooter, of which there was no shortage, but in this one the environments felt alive. [...]

The Most Innovative Game at E3 2006: Spore

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

There’s no shortage of excitement about Spore. I had seen magazine articles previous to E3 and certainly wanted to check it out. So, I hopped in the line and waited my turn for their presentation. I was not disappointed. Quite frankly, I was blown away. Presented By None Other Than… We entered a very small [...]

E3 Day One Update

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

By the end of day one, you feel like you’ve been slowly beaten to a pulp by wiffle ball bats made entirely of sound. I’ve got movies and screenshots and all sorts of news to share, but I’m far too beat to sort it all out tonight. There are some amazing games at the show [...]

Xbox 360 Press Conference

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

I wasn’t able to get a stream of the press conference, but IGN has a minute by minute breakdown with a long list of games. What’s to be excited about? Halo 3 of course.

Nintendo E3 Conference Wrap Up

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

Nintendo probably had the smartest opening I’ve seen. It was at the Kodak Theater, where they host the Academy Awards. Miyamoto comes out in a tux with a controller and he conducted an animated orchestra on the large screen behind him. He was able to control the tone and speed of the music with the [...]

Final PS3 Controller Quietly Loses Rumble

Monday, May 8th, 2006

Force Feedback is no longer a feature in the PlayStation 3 controller. Sony accounts for this because it says it would interfere with it’s tilt sensor, but that’s garbage. The rumble has been removed because Sony lost a very serious lawsuit against the Immersion corporation which hold patents on rumble technology. In the end, it [...]

PS3 Will Come In Two Versions, Unfortunately

Monday, May 8th, 2006

It looks like Sony is going to copy Microsoft’s unfortunate decision and release two versions of the PS3. One will be crippled and ‘cheap’ and the other full featured and expensive. This garbage only confuses consumers. $500 Version – 20 GB Hard Drive $600 Version – 60 GB Hard Drive – HDMI Output aka Digital [...]

One E3 Predicition: Smash Bros for the DS

Monday, May 8th, 2006

I’m only going to make one guess as to what we might see at E3: Super Smash Bros for the DS with online match-ups.

Obvious Diversion is Heading to E3
Coverage Later This Week

Monday, May 8th, 2006

If you’re one of those people who gets bored with this site when I talk video games, you may want to stay away this week. I’m heading down to LA to attend the E3 game conference and will be blogging my experience. I’ll be attending the show Wednesday-Friday while simultaneously filling my more nerdy friends [...]