http://www.palgn.com.au/blog PALGN's live coverage of E3 2006 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:24:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This blog is now closed. Please vist http://blogs.palgn.com.au for our new blogging system. http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/10/09/closed/ Lahiru left a few hours ago to catch his plane back to Australia and I leave tomorrow night. I just want to thank a few people for the work they've done for E3. Firstly thanks to Lahiru for a) coming to E3 and b) putting up with me being stressed out & ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/14/almost-over/ I've been wanting to do a little shopping ever since I got here, but it was only today that we actually managed to gather enough time. I really cannot fathom just how cheap games are around here. I went into EB wanting Guitar Hero and ended up with all of ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/14/last-minute-shopping/ Well 3 days full of meetings does have one benefit; lots of swag. Most places I went gave me something. Here's some pics from the collection of everything I brought back from the show. No DS styluses unfortunately :( I don't think anyone was giving them out. Too tired to write ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/13/swag/ Eye of Judgement in game - MPEG4 (2:18 min - 21.2 MB) Eye of Judgement interaction - MPEG4 (2:25 min - 22.4 MB) PS3 interface - MPEG4 (1:03 min - 9.94 MB) Heavy Rain - MPEG4 (0:23 min - 3.94 MB) - This is a PS3 title from quantic dream! I don't ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/13/day-3-media/ Ugh, I'm not looking forward to this... I'll keep updating once I complete writing up the notes for each game God of War 2 The E3 demo had essentially exactly the same gameplay as the original game The combat system appears to be an exact replica of the original That really isn't a bad thing, ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/13/more-freaking-notes/ We've just got back from the final day of e3 and are now just chilling back at our hotel room. It's been a crazy couple of days and part of me is relieved (my legs), while the other part is somewhat remorseful. That remorse mostly comes down to the fact ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/13/chalk-me-up-as-a-believer/ Here's a bunch of gameplay footage, demonstrations, trailers and just general e3 stuff. Crysis - MPEG4 (6.47MB) More Crysis - MPEG4 (11.8MB) Even more Crysis - MPEG4 (6.66MB) Dead Rising gameplay - MPEG4 (36.0MB) Entering floor day 1 - MPEG4 (17.5MB) Guitar Hero 2 gameplay - MPEG4 (4.46MB) Line for Wii - MPEG4 (10.1MB) Ninty Nine Nights gameplay ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/13/lots-of-vids/ I finally managed to play Wii today. Visipi helped me jump the queue (apparently it’s up to a 6 hour wait now!) to get into the booth. Upon getting inside I had to wait 50 mins before I could play one game – Red Steel. Red Steel (hands on) >Ubisoft - The ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/12/day-2-notes-i-believe/ The first day of E3 was pretty overwhelming. There was just so much stuff, it was impossible to soak it all up in a day, and yet we tried. This basically amounted in phyical and mental exhaustion. I was totally out of it once we got back. I even ended ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/12/more-day-1-notes/ Inside Nintendo booth - MPEG4 (0:46 min - 7.06MB) http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/12/day-2-media/ Here's a bunch more images from the first day of E3. I've got some video of the first day too, but it will take some time before we're able to convert it to a more user friendly size. Just a quick preview of what you can expect: Crisis, Crysis and more ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/12/more-day-1-media/ Damn E3 is tiring. As soon as we got back to the hotel Lahiru promptly fell asleep :) Still can’t blame him since he’s still jet lagged and waking up at 5am every day. I don’t have time for a full run down but here’s some rough notes on what I ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/11/day-1-notes/ Some vids; PSP Camera - MPEG4 (0:17 min - 2.76MB) Fury (from Auran) - MPEG4 (1:05 min - 9.50MB) Warhawk (using PS3 controller) - MPEG4 (0:21 min - 3.27MB) Some pictures; Text soon! http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/11/day-1-media/ Arrrrggghhhh there's waaaay too much here. Three days is too short - E3 should last a week (not that I'd survive). Thanks to my meeting schedual it's going to be near impossible to update directly from the show. There's just no time. I had to skip one of my meetings to ... http://www.palgn.com.au/blog/2006/05/11/too-much-2/