E3 2006....Day 1
If you didn't know...Im in LA at E3 this week.
How did my first day go?
Read on:
I will give more details bout some of the games I play here on the floor at E3, but this blog is just a review of my first day at the expo. Started the day early. Me and Chris planned to hit a few sessions before the expo floors opened. Got up at 7am...took the metro into LA and to the covention center.
Hit a 9am session about how to get a company started in todays' game industry. They didn't have any good news for new companies with good game ideas. I think the days of the indie game companies are almost dead.
The floor and halls opened at noon and I hit them as soon as the session was over. I hit the South Hall first cause it was the biggest one and well, it was the closest one to me at the time. I hit it hard core folks! Didn't eat or drink a damn thing or sit down once till 5pm when we took the Metro back.
What did I see? TONs!
Played several new MMORPGs that was very fun. One of them, Auto Assalt, was already out. I chatted with one of the developers of the game and he pretty much talked me into trying it. They have a free 14 day trial that anyone can sign up for. What I really like about it was not just that it was fun to play...it certainly was that...but the fact that you can play it for 10 to 40 mins and stop. It is sooo hard to make time for gamming sessions anymore.
Don't get me wrong, I will not stop WOW and after seeing the new WOW stuff in action I was pumped and wanted to go home and get TaRock to 60 before it comes out this summer. The Blizzard WOW booth had like 25 stations that you could play on and this time they didn't close down the new stuff after 30 secs like last year...haha.
Playstation 3 anyone? Yep...played it. Played Resistance: Fall of Man and I have to tell you all....very impressive! Controller felt great, game rocked, graphics overwelming! Didn't get to play any of the other ones they had playable yet...yet.
Very big PSP lineup was there. Tons of very sweet rpgs and platformers that I can't wait to get. DS had some sweet rpgs too. They are starting to get really good with getting one to use and like the stylus now. I guess it just took some time to tweak play with it.
The biggest surprise in the mobile gamming area that I saw and experienced was mobile phone games. They had tons of them there. I had played these cheap arse phone games before...but never like this! I got to play a bunch of classic games on mobile phones like dig dug, pacman, etc. I also got to play two different Final Fantasy games on mobile phones. I totally luved the FF games! They also have come a long way with other games like a very fun pool game and bowling game. I could get addicted to these...damn them!!!
Lets see....what else to ramble bout...
Swag anyone? Plenty there and I got plenty today. Plenty of shirts too. Way more shirts than last year. I think I figured out how to get shirts....talk to the people at the booth about the game. I asked them plenty of questions about the games I played and they would be like, "Want a shirt?"
Got on TV...it should be on G4 where Kevin is on the floor doing a quick note of some sort. I was totally behind em. After they filmed I got a pic of me and the Kever. I know some of you are gonna say im gay for that but who is at E3 and who isn't? Also got on a couple of online or other country shows. Who knows how to find those...some didn't even have a name on the camera. They all had a hot grrl with a mic though. *grin*
Speaking of grrls. Booth babes are not even close to last year. I heard and read bout them crackin down on em but didn't know what to expect. There are still very hot booth babes, but not as many. I didn't wanna do the "take my pic with you?" thing this year so you won't see many of those when I post my pics. I did get my pic with Dexter and a Power Puff Girl....haha.
Well, its late...Im headin to bed...another day at E3 tomorrow....
How did my first day go?
Read on:
I will give more details bout some of the games I play here on the floor at E3, but this blog is just a review of my first day at the expo. Started the day early. Me and Chris planned to hit a few sessions before the expo floors opened. Got up at 7am...took the metro into LA and to the covention center.
Hit a 9am session about how to get a company started in todays' game industry. They didn't have any good news for new companies with good game ideas. I think the days of the indie game companies are almost dead.
The floor and halls opened at noon and I hit them as soon as the session was over. I hit the South Hall first cause it was the biggest one and well, it was the closest one to me at the time. I hit it hard core folks! Didn't eat or drink a damn thing or sit down once till 5pm when we took the Metro back.
What did I see? TONs!
Played several new MMORPGs that was very fun. One of them, Auto Assalt, was already out. I chatted with one of the developers of the game and he pretty much talked me into trying it. They have a free 14 day trial that anyone can sign up for. What I really like about it was not just that it was fun to play...it certainly was that...but the fact that you can play it for 10 to 40 mins and stop. It is sooo hard to make time for gamming sessions anymore.
Don't get me wrong, I will not stop WOW and after seeing the new WOW stuff in action I was pumped and wanted to go home and get TaRock to 60 before it comes out this summer. The Blizzard WOW booth had like 25 stations that you could play on and this time they didn't close down the new stuff after 30 secs like last year...haha.
Playstation 3 anyone? Yep...played it. Played Resistance: Fall of Man and I have to tell you all....very impressive! Controller felt great, game rocked, graphics overwelming! Didn't get to play any of the other ones they had playable yet...yet.
Very big PSP lineup was there. Tons of very sweet rpgs and platformers that I can't wait to get. DS had some sweet rpgs too. They are starting to get really good with getting one to use and like the stylus now. I guess it just took some time to tweak play with it.
The biggest surprise in the mobile gamming area that I saw and experienced was mobile phone games. They had tons of them there. I had played these cheap arse phone games before...but never like this! I got to play a bunch of classic games on mobile phones like dig dug, pacman, etc. I also got to play two different Final Fantasy games on mobile phones. I totally luved the FF games! They also have come a long way with other games like a very fun pool game and bowling game. I could get addicted to these...damn them!!!
Lets see....what else to ramble bout...
Swag anyone? Plenty there and I got plenty today. Plenty of shirts too. Way more shirts than last year. I think I figured out how to get shirts....talk to the people at the booth about the game. I asked them plenty of questions about the games I played and they would be like, "Want a shirt?"
Got on TV...it should be on G4 where Kevin is on the floor doing a quick note of some sort. I was totally behind em. After they filmed I got a pic of me and the Kever. I know some of you are gonna say im gay for that but who is at E3 and who isn't? Also got on a couple of online or other country shows. Who knows how to find those...some didn't even have a name on the camera. They all had a hot grrl with a mic though. *grin*
Speaking of grrls. Booth babes are not even close to last year. I heard and read bout them crackin down on em but didn't know what to expect. There are still very hot booth babes, but not as many. I didn't wanna do the "take my pic with you?" thing this year so you won't see many of those when I post my pics. I did get my pic with Dexter and a Power Puff Girl....haha.
Well, its late...Im headin to bed...another day at E3 tomorrow....
posted by The Ginger @ 5/11/2006 03:59:00 AM
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