Events Archive

  • E3’s show floor officially opened Tuesday, but the traditional flood of headlines from the various press conferences was in full swing Monday. The buzz: New Console Pricing: PS4 $399, XB1 […]

    E3 2013: Monday’s Headlines

    E3’s show floor officially opened Tuesday, but the traditional flood of headlines from the various press conferences was in full swing Monday. The buzz: New Console Pricing: PS4 $399, XB1 […]

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  • THE ESA ANNOUNCED TODAY that they’d signed an agreement to keep E3 in Los Angeles for the next three years, running through 2015. The news was met with the predictable […]

    E3 Loves L.A. Through 2015

    THE ESA ANNOUNCED TODAY that they’d signed an agreement to keep E3 in Los Angeles for the next three years, running through 2015. The news was met with the predictable […]

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  • Yesterday, I was lamenting how bad the presenters at these E3 conferences have been. As if to punctuate that point, Nintendo’s Tuesday morning presentation was both consistently awkward and entirely […]

    E3 2012: Nintendo, Wii U and Pikmin

    Yesterday, I was lamenting how bad the presenters at these E3 conferences have been. As if to punctuate that point, Nintendo’s Tuesday morning presentation was both consistently awkward and entirely […]

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  • For the first few minutes of the Sony press conference tonight, I thought they might blow everyone else out of the water. But partway through, it felt like the presentation […]

    E3 2012: Sony Checks In

    For the first few minutes of the Sony press conference tonight, I thought they might blow everyone else out of the water. But partway through, it felt like the presentation […]

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  • Of all the various E3 conferences, I like EA’s current format the best: game, game, game. Every title may not be spectacular, but in recent years EA has streamlined their […]

    E3 2012: EA Keeps It Rolling

    Of all the various E3 conferences, I like EA’s current format the best: game, game, game. Every title may not be spectacular, but in recent years EA has streamlined their […]

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  • Am I just getting too old and jaded to get excited by new videogames, or are the games simply less impressive? In the case of Microsoft’s E3 2012 press conference, […]

    E3 2012: Microsoft Treads Water

    Am I just getting too old and jaded to get excited by new videogames, or are the games simply less impressive? In the case of Microsoft’s E3 2012 press conference, […]

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  • THE BIG NEWS AT BLIZZCON 2011 today, by a wide margin, was the unveiling of the Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft. Due “when it’s finished” (assumedly the […]

    WoW: Mists of Pandaria Announced

    THE BIG NEWS AT BLIZZCON 2011 today, by a wide margin, was the unveiling of the Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft. Due “when it’s finished” (assumedly the […]

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  • BLIZZCON 2011 OPENED ITS DOORS TODAY here in Southern California, and all three of the developer’s main franchises were represented well at the opening ceremonies, which just ended: Diablo III: […]

    Blizzcon 2011: The Big Three

    BLIZZCON 2011 OPENED ITS DOORS TODAY here in Southern California, and all three of the developer’s main franchises were represented well at the opening ceremonies, which just ended: Diablo III: […]

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  • AS A COMPANION to my “100 Games of E3” post, I’ve also put together this list of must-see videos that came out of the show. Some are trailers, some are […]

    E3 2011: Must-See Videos

    AS A COMPANION to my “100 Games of E3” post, I’ve also put together this list of must-see videos that came out of the show. Some are trailers, some are […]

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  • ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES of a show like E3 is simply getting a grasp on everything being shown: who’s showing what, what surprises might turn up, and how the […]

    Sluggo’s 100 Games of E3 2011

    ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES of a show like E3 is simply getting a grasp on everything being shown: who’s showing what, what surprises might turn up, and how the […]

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