Exhorbant prices are nothing new in Los Angeles, but seeing Steve gleefully purchase $13.00 worth of $2.00 worth of food… …before figuring out vast amounts of the exact same thing are available for free upstairs is, indeed, hilarious.  We still love you, Steve.

Lies, all lies! It’s a bug.  For some reason the blog doesn’t count hits to the index page I think, even if the entire blog entry is displayed there. Don’t believe the lies! 🙂 -Steve

Smashcourt Tennis Smashcourt was the first title we played at our Atari booth tour today and its appeal was most definitely its low price tag. As was noted multiple times by the exhibitor, the game has lots of depth for only $39.99 on the Xbox 360. Featuring an all star cast of playable characters including Federer, Nadal, and Sharapova, a character editor packed with editable stats and truly cust...[Read More]

Wheels tested with Gran Turismo 5: Prologue There are two types of people on planet Earth; those who inexplicably obtain a sense of enjoyment from endlessly tinkering with every single aspect of a car, and those who can’t possibly find pleasure in such a fundamentally pointless activity. Fortunately, I am a member of the first category and, while I often participate in SCCA Solo II autocross event...[Read More]

Earlier today, I spent a considerable amount of time with one of Sony Online Entertainment’s newest creations, The Agency. The game is affectionately referred to by its developers as an “online persistent shooter”, which really translates, I suppose, into a grand online experience featuring spy action and military finesse. While The Agency hasn’t even yet entered the alpha development stage, it’s ...[Read More]

PS3 version previewed Rarely do I see a game that, over the course of the demo, delivers as many unique impressions during the first ten seconds as it does the last five minutes. Seeing the Prince escort a thin female companion whilst trying to evade pools of black corruption immediately resurrected tearful memories of everyone’s collective art-house favorite, Ico. But unlike the virtually helples...[Read More]

King’s Bounty: The Legend Toward the end of the Atari interview, Eric and I were about to head on to Sega when I was stopped, if not dumfounded by a game. Being one of the biggest Heroes of Might and Magic fans on the face of the planet, I couldn’t help but notice a game that looked quite familiar to the recently released Heroes of Might and Magic 5. As I glanced a little closer, I noticed that th...[Read More]

360 version previewed Far Cry 2 was one of the most graphically impressive games I’ve ever seen. Atmosphere is a challenging component of immersion, but Far Cry delivered the balmy African savannah with remarkable success. It was probably a crisp 60 degrees in the suite, but I could almost feel the sweat rolling down my back whilst looking at the title. Visuals on the Crysis level of awesome was a...[Read More]

Nintendo Safety. It’s a luxury granted exclusively to the confident and victorious or, relative to our spectrum, Nintendo of America and their massively successful Wii and DS platforms. Their annual E3 Media Briefing, which had previously been witness to infamous acts of delirious journalistic atrocities, was relatively calm, cool, and, to put it bluntly; unflattering. Pre-show speculation was ram...[Read More]

Now here’s a title that I honestly never expected I’d be raving to you about. Ubisoft’s Shaun White Snowboarding for the Nintendo Wii is honestly one of the most fun titles we played all day today. Sure, the concept is rooted in the Wii Fit minigame original, but thankfully this title goes well beyond the functionality of that. Earlier today while meeting with Ubisoft, we were given the opportunit...[Read More]

Nintendo As is the case every year at E3, I get pretty excited going into the Nintendo conference. Maybe it’s my enduring love for the company that has been with me since my days of youth or it’s just the fact that I love their innovative ideas that keeps me hooked. Thus, last year I was pretty excited to see some of the stuff that Nintendo had up their sleeves. Unfortunately, seeing Nintendo with...[Read More]