The Game Trust at E3

I hope your favorite console isn’t the PSP, because if E3 and the post-E3 barrage of press releases is any indication, your beloved handheld has become a persona non grata in the world of videogames. I saw exactly the same number of marching band sims as I did PSP titles on the floor at E3. That’s not a good thing for fans of either of marching band sims or of Sony’s handheld. I’m amazed at the lack of props given to what I consider one of the greatest achievements of the still-young 21st century.

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In the old days, if you played a sports game and checked out the crowd, it was a guy in a red shirt and then a guy in a blue shirt and then a guy in a green shirt — over and over again. One of the coolest things about EA’s upcoming NBA Live 09 is the crowd. Everyone looks different and no one is doing the same thing. Eerily, when I looked up from the game and focused on the crowd at E3, something dawned on me. It looks like a sports game circa 2003. There’s only about a half-dozen different types of people here that you keep seeing over and over again. (more…)

The life of a game journalist isn’t always the luxurious perk-fest you may imagine it to be. Remember that beautiful March day that you spent wandering around enjoying the first hints of spring? Me, too — I was stuck at my desk reviewing the lame PSP version of MLB 2K8. That said, there are some cool things that I get to do that you, unfortunately, don’t get to do. I’ve already played the first next-gen Silent Hill, for example. Another was to experience the things that D-Box Technologies is doing. Lots of stuff got bumped down a notch on the list of “Coolest Things Ever” after I spent some time in its gaming and movie chairs.

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