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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 11:24AM Ponza said

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Because Capcom wants to explode as many heads as possible, you gaming press types would make it look too easy...

(Had to get that cheap Bionic Commando plug in there)
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 11:30AM (Unverified) said

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If there's anything more "common" than a blogger, I'd like it identified and then promptly shot.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 1:11PM Usr666 said

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Are bloggers the press now? They mostly cite other news sources so I would consider them common folk too.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 5:36PM In A World said

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Yeah! Take that, Common McElroy!
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 11:36AM (Unverified) said

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@Dave: Says the man reading a blog.
@ Justin Mc: Cats and dogs living together! Ghostbusters is still awesome.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 11:35AM (Unverified) said

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Ah. Censorship... The last resort of the common blogger.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 2:20PM original fred said

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You... um...


what?
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 11:38AM F1 Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu said

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Nice ghostbusters reference.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 11:41AM (Unverified) said

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any one else miss old E3? you know "THE EVENT" the spectacle, the massive booths and the booth babes. the ground breaking news the demos the exclusivity the Swag the 3 days of video game madness and the after math. and the south hall. when pc games were part of the fray when Microsoft gave a damn, when Sony was still pissed at Nintendo, and kicked their ass for two gens, and when Nintendo was crap...(it still is)... the demos, the exclusives, the interviews, and the behind the screens. the good old E3 that well all loved, that really fired up the console wars, the and the announcements, the ground breaking, earth shattering, industry moving, announcements that could move a company from obscurity to the head of the industry? is it just me or does anyone else miss that old E3?
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 11:50AM (Unverified) said

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Heck yea man, I was there in '05 with my DS Phattie soakin up the wifi DS downloads at the always amazing Nintendo booth.

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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 11:57AM (Unverified) said

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quick side note i have a personal vendeta against nintendo for selling me a brken N64
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 1:00PM (Unverified) said

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I miss those parts of E3, Wrench, but I also don't miss the way it was prior to 2005 when anyone could get into the show.

The original post here is tongue in cheek but one of the reasons the show got so bloated was that they kept letting every retard into the show. What ended up happening was that nobody could see anything. Every console would get hogged by some jerkwad who would set at the controls of one of the four games I actually wanted to try out for two hours.

As a result, the companies would lock down more and more of their booth. They'd show the general attendee videos while pre-approved press outlets with special appointments could go look at the actual games "behind the scenes" and give them guaranteed favorable looks.

Everything just got way too bloated. Including the booth "babes", who were getting of substantially lower and lower quality as the year went on. Towards the end, the most attractive women were wearing company polo shirts, not company costumes.

And "co", the Nintendo booth most certainly did NOT always rock. I remember the year they announced the DS. "You've all been standing in line for an hour in a half...so, now, out of these 7 lines of people we've graciously let in...these *two* will be allowed to play the DS! The other 5 lines of you can go suck it. Go outside and wait in the line again."
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 2:59PM Mr Khan said

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I miss it, personally. The new event is so toned-down

What we need is for the ESA to talk to Penny Arcade, and get E3 fused with PAX
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 11:52AM (Unverified) said

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Speaking of which what happened to the Ghostbusters game?

Anyway,please let there be a Dead Rising 2.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 12:15PM mocax said

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Dogs and cats have been snorgling each other at cuteoverload.com since like forever.

Waiting for the mass hysteria
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 12:31PM (Unverified) said

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Forget MegaMan. Let's see some Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising 2.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 1:21PM (Unverified) said

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Dead Rising 2 Please!
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 2:27PM Misfit Toy said

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Okay, who was the costume designer of this? Aparantly they wanted the wearer to have no pride or self dignity remaining after use.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 2:56PM (Unverified) said

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Damn, Sean Astin's career's gone downhill since Lord of the Rings.

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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 9:58PM Misfit Toy said

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I don't hand out 'lol's lightly. But lol on that comment.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 3:11PM Gwr said

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E3? Is that what used to be the biggest and coolest gaming event with lots of cool anouncements and cool booths and cool booth babes and cool games and....coolnes ?
No thanks,it is not the big deal it used to be anymore.
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Posted: Jul 8th 2008 4:02PM SJMcK said

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That picture never fails to crack me up, and I'm the one who took it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumpypants/74556217/
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