The 5 Biggest Surprises Of Microsoft’s Xbox Conference
A lot of predictable announcements, but plenty of gems to examine here.
There’s something magical you get when you attend a platform maker’s press conference. Yeah, sure, televising them everywhere has sort of diminished the point of being there a bit, but it’s where platform holders like Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo can make crazy announcements about the future of gaming. Rumors and speculation took the air out of some of Microsoft’s announcements, but there were some that caught our eye. Here are just a few of the big ones.
Microsoft Xbox E3 Conference 2013 Live Blog! Join Us At 9:30AM PST
Get ready for some gnarly Xbone announcements!
Join us at 9:30AM Pacific Standard Time for our epic live blog of the Microsoft Xbox press conference direct from the Galen Center! Or a little earlier, it’s cool. We’ll have some refreshments on some foldout tables. Microsoft is slated to announce some gaming stuff and not ESPN garbage, so this should be super fun! The page will refresh automatically; you don’t need to refresh!
4 Game Trailers to Get You Excited About E3
I love me some alternate timelines!
Most of the time, you’ll see E3 trailers released after the conferences, but there have been quite a bit that are available right this very moment. Let’s take a look at five of them that will get you all pumped up and excited for E3! Read the rest of this article…
The 5 Things I’m Most Looking Forward To At E3 2013
E3 2013. Brace for impact!
It’s right around the corner. The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2013 will once again be host to scores of video game developers and publishers, all showing up to rep their wares for the press and investors in an effort to get the hype trains rolling and show the public what kinds of new goodies they can expect for the November Release Death Schedule and beyond.
The following is a list of the five things I’m most looking forward to at this year’s E3.
The 3 Biggest Fears Of E3 2013
A lesson in communication.
Game consoles are far complex now than they were when we were born – this is true even of those born after the turn of the century. They don’t simply play games, they play movies, music and more and they do it online through an ever-strengthening internet. Unfortunately for the platform holders, their ability to communicate what their game system does is becoming a more convoluted affair with plenty of hard questions and no easy answers. From here, our three biggest fears of E3 – the biggest stage for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to deliver their message – emerge.
Pen and Paper ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ For The Digital Age
A roll 20 map, with character tokens.
Since I was a young buck, I’ve been playing of pen and paper RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons, Paranoia, Cyberpunk (the real one, not the GURPS version), Shadowrun and others. I started playing D&D back in the late 1970s when the core books were thin paperbacks about the size of a third-grade work book with bad art and lots of problems. Back then, we had no idea how big the idea of role playing games would become or how that idea would spawn an entire genre of table-top and electronic games.
Now, as we prepare to roll out to E3 2013, I find myself casting off the idea of strictly digital RPGs and going back to the idea of tabletop RPG’s, but with a bit of a twist…
Xbox One Titles Revealed, Plus 5 Rumors About Microsoft’s New Console
Rumor has it…
Every year we hear tons of rumors for E3. I’ve compiled the most recent roster that I think will be the biggest things out of E3 if true. There is also a leaked list of the major publishers games that will be shown off at this years E3. Jump to the last page if that is all you care about. Read the rest of this article…
These Are The 5 Games I Can’t Wait To See At E3
Also, it’s cooler in Los Angeles than Phoenix right now. Looking forward to that.
It’s a mere three days before we pack up our things and make our way to the sunny, overly-developed metropolis of Los Angeles to partake in our annual E3 coverage. There’s going to be an ocean of games out there, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have a few favorites going in. Let’s knock down my Top Five and see how they compare after the show!
4 Things I Learned From Konami’s Pre-E3 Show
From left field, it’s everything Konami wants to show off next week!
To be honest, I didn’t even know that Konami was having a pre-E3 presser until about 11 minutes before it streamed on Gamespot. Good thing I caught the e-mail otherwise you wouldn’t know anything that happened from their event, right? …right? Anyway, the half-hour affair was amusing, informative and entertaining, but let me break out the four big things that I learned from the show.
‘Gunpoint’ Review: Enter a World of Endless Punching
Stealth games, especially spy games, are a dime a dozen. The game XIII was based on a French comic, then there’s Deus Ex, James Bond, Splinter Cell, Alpha Protocol, Perfect Dark, Uplink and many others have taken the formula in multiple directions, and while Gunpoint doesn’t exactly break any new grounds, I’ve found this rather short adventure very enjoyable. Read the rest of this article…
