e3 2011
In Real Life

E3: Go For The Games, Remember It For The People

How long ago was E3? Until yesterday, it was the day after I last did a laundry. And that’s a hell of a long time. I sat there in the laundromat with my 3DS, looking at the 134 people I met at E3. I’ve not had a StreetPass notice since.

June 24, 2011
News

E3′s Booth Babes Fail A Simple Trivia Quiz With Flying Colours

About a year ago, PAX sought to ban booth babes (pardon me, “costumed booth representatives”), using a number of tests to determine booth babe-iness (as opposed to garden-variety sexy cosplay). One of them was a lack of familiarity with the product represented.

June 23, 2011
News

These Big Video Games Won’t Be Out Until 2012

Hopefully you are not on the edge of your seat waiting for the next Tomb Raider. Warning: even if you are an Olympic athlete, you should consider inhaling and exhaling a few times between now and the release of Mass Effect 3. Never mind their 2011 hype. They’re next year’s games.

June 22, 2011
News

BioShock Infinite, Uncharted 3 Lead Game Critics’ Best Of E3 2011 Nominations

The nominees for the Game Critics Awards’ “Best of E3 2011″ are in, with two games vying for Best of Show, Irrational Games’ BioShock Infinite and Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.

June 21, 2011
PC

Resident Evil’s Dip Into Action Is More Experiment Than Evolution

I haven’t had a good scare since 2005, at least not at the hands of Resident Evil.

June 20, 2011
PlayStation

Rayman Origins Looks Like A Slapping Good Time

“You don’t want to play as Rayman?” the Ubisoft demonstrator asked. “Most people go right for him.” I explained that I identified more with his shambling, big-mouthed galoot of a partner, Globox.

June 19, 2011
In Real Life

Sports At E3: A Postgame Report

Gameplay impressions are difficult to form under the lights, sights and cacophony of E3 in full swing, where you never have enough time to see all of what you want, and there’s always an appointment five minutes from now. It’s even more difficult to get a good read on a sports game.

In Real Life

Someone Is Selling THQ’s E3 Debris For $2,000

This year, I came home from E3 with a Kinect Sports shirt, a Jurassic Park-inspired fake Barbasol shaving cream can to hide stuff and a Cooking Mama 4 oven mitt. Everything else I chucked, including my press pass and lanyard. Maybe I should have considered selling it on eBay.

June 17, 2011
Nintendo

The Very Worst Of E3 2011

You’ve seen the best E3 2011 had to offer. Now see the worst. The very worst. Oh good Lord is some of this bad.

Nintendo

Nicktoons MLB Is More Than The Bigs For Little Kids

At E3, I visited the 2K Games booth every day of the show. Every day I went there, I saw these two guys in the 2K “Sports Bar”, sitting in easy chairs, playing Nicktoons MLB. As far as I know, it was all they did all day.

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