A brief tour of the Los Angeles Convention Center -- soon to be swathed in flashing and impossibly loud video game booths -- reveals an early portent of E3's revitalization. Advertising has returned in full force, with humongous banners draped across buildings and video game characters towering over attendees.
Oh, and there's a bit of money-wasting eccentricity too. Try the gigantic pile of junk outside the South Hall (courtesy of the homeward-bound Rabbids?) or the cruel, cruel Final Fantasy XIII cast teasing their arrival in ... 2010. Click through our gallery and pretend you're there!
Reader Comments (36)
Posted: May 31st 2009 10:14PM NukeAssault said
Thats how big Ezio's ego is. =D
Saw an ODST banner on a certain other video game blog site *cough*. Looked sweet.
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Saw an ODST banner on a certain other video game blog site *cough*. Looked sweet.
Posted: May 31st 2009 10:24PM TheDarkWayne said
man, now i find myself wishing for a cheat code or bonus mode that lets you play as a giant sized Ezio and rampage through Venice, simply stepping on your targets instead of bothering with stealth
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Posted: May 31st 2009 10:17PM Look At This Suit said
I didn't want any of those things before, and now I want all of them!
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Posted: May 31st 2009 10:20PM (Unverified) said
Man, I wanna watch it live on G4, but nothing compares to watching a Liveblog.
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Posted: May 31st 2009 10:21PM PedoJokerBear said
yeah we get it ezio, its that long....jeez what an obnoxious asshole.
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Posted: May 31st 2009 10:22PM (Unverified) said
I thought the whole point of Altair missing a finger was so that those knife things could function properly. Did they somehow engineer a way around chopping up your own fingers every time you want to stab someone?
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Posted: May 31st 2009 10:25PM TheDarkWayne said
yeah, Leonardo Da fucking Vinci did. Also Ezio Auditore de Firenze, not Altair
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Posted: May 31st 2009 10:49PM (Unverified) said
Yeah, I know THATS not Altair. I was just pointing out that Altair had to lose a finger to use those fancy coat knives. This guy seems to have avoided a similar fate. Twice.
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Posted: May 31st 2009 11:02PM TheDarkWayne said
i thought altair lost his fingers as punishment for not killing Robert de Sable
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Posted: May 31st 2009 10:37PM (Unverified) said
cant wait till be watching on G4 tomorrow afternoon :)
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Posted: May 31st 2009 10:45PM RogueJedi86 said
I love the FFXIII banner stairs. Clever method of marketing. You even got a picture of the installation of the FFXIII banner stairs, a peek at the making of the magic!
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Posted: May 31st 2009 11:14PM (Unverified) said
Wow! Sam Fisher is back!!! Woo hoo!! This will make my E3.
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Posted: May 31st 2009 11:20PM Birth Canal said
Giant banners? Booth babes? The smell of sweaty gamers has you throwing up your breakfast? E3 is back baby!
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Posted: May 31st 2009 11:29PM (Unverified) said
im thinking the pepsi/rockband stage is confirmation of a pepsistuff type thig except the points are redeemable for songs somehow
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 12:33PM (Unverified) said
You're out of your vector, this is a calculated piece of art! It's pretty obvious who did this, it's as simple as SOH-CAH-TOA! Just do the math! You should be iterated for your ignorance...
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 12:41AM NukeAssault said
What about Shadow Of The Colossus? That would be crazy!
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Posted: Jun 1st 2009 11:35AM (Unverified) said
What are you zetta sons of digits talking about??? Zetta slow, radians. It's pretty obvious what this sine means. Not to go off on a tangent but I'm excited about E3 this year.
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