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Gamasutra – ESA Confirms Details Of ‘Expanded’ June E3

I noticed some of the press complaining about the size, or how there should be public days like TGS.

I think returning to the old E3 is absolutely the right idea.

- Retailers will care again.
- Mainstream media will care again.
- Publishers will care again.

Sure, the press won’t like having to fight through crowds… But crowds are good. Crowds playing games are good for the team to get a wide cross section of reactions to their games. Pictures of crowds playing games are good for media coverage. Hordes of crowds lined up to play a game sends a big signal to buyers. Crowds are good.

I also think the idea that public days are the way to induce crowds is actually counter-productive. What you can show/include in a public demo versus what you can show/include in demos for a more restricted audience are fundamentally different. Full-on public crowds are also harder to manage.

Either way, I am happy to have the old E3 back for the attack.

Cheap and Cheerful | Beatportal

The remixes of this track are absolutely insane. Great stuff.

As seems to be envogue at present, here is my list of games to purchase by the end of the year. I won’t buy them all, but I will consider it.

-Shooters-

Gears of War 2
Call of Duty: World at War
Quantum of Solace (2 Treyarch games!?)
Resistance 2
Dead Space (Will borrow from a friend this week)
Left 4 Dead

-Non-Shooters-

Fallout 3
LittleBigPlanet
Rock Band 2
Patapon 2
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
Guitar Hero World Tour

I think thats about it. I might buy some PC games since I got a MacBook Pro; however, I am a console gamer through and through, so I shouldn’t forget that.

Bionic Commando: Bionic Commando Action Figure Spotted

I’m a big fan of NECA’s figures (I have 2 Kratos figures, Marcus and Cole from Gears, and Altair from Assassin’s on my desk at work), so I am especially happy for Ben, Gearoid, and the GRIN guys that Nathan Spencer is going to be a NECA toy! Good job, Ben!

Now make sure he has a voice chip so I can hear Mike Patton deliver my favorite line ever.

Deal with it.

Just in case you weren’t aware. This is probably the best album of the 90s. Closely followed by Nine Inch Nail’s The Fragile.

Not sure why I am posting this, just in a mood to share after watching the amazing Pork and Beans music video.