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While I was busy banging out uber sweet videos, a lot of people were standing in lines at E3. Two main groups camped out for hours just to get a glimpse of the future of gaming: in one, the line stretched the length of the entire hall, brimming with gamers eager to get their hands on the Wii; meanwhile, at EA's booth, eager gamers had a chance to see Spore played by the designer himself, Will Wright.

While you may have seen our demo video earlier -- which it turns out is virtually the same demo shown on the show floor -- I didn't get a chance to post my perspective until now. It may sound hyperbolic to say that Spore will change gaming forever and surpass Wright's other franchise, The Sims, to become biggest selling PC game of all time, but once you look at the video for yourself and get to actually, y'know, play the game, you may feel the same way.

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JoystiqOMG SPORE R0X0Rz!!!1! originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 14 May 2006 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony may have had their fun on Monday, but Tuesday turned out to be one of the craziest days of the gaming year. Nintendo decided to one-up Sony by adding additional speaker support for the Wii-mote, reveal some sort of launch strategy (albeit with no specific launch date or price) and demo actual Wii gameplay. Shortly afterward, Microsoft set us off with some footage of up and coming games, as well as some new periphs (that's what the kids call peripherals now-a-days, right?) Our very own Vlad Cole steps to the mic and joins Engadget's Ryan for today's podcast.

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Featuring
Joystiq's Vlad Cole

Producer
Randall Bennett

Music
J J J - 'Suits' in Japan

Format
1:04:58, 29.4 MB, MP3

Program
00:00 - Nintendo's keynote
32:30 - Microsoft's keynote

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JoystiqJoystiq / Engadget Podcast 079 - 05.10.06 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 May 2006 05:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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(Ed: This podcast was recorded after last night's Sony keynote. Check back later for our thoughts on today's events.)

Now that the plane has landed, we've got our show reg covered and the first of the big three keynotes is out of the way, we decided to hit the mic with some of our fellow Joystiq bretheren and recap day one of E3 '06. No big surprise that Sony dominated today's news, what with their launch date hopes announcement for the PlayStation 3, its pricing strategy, and a new trick for the old dog that is their PS3 controller redesign. Not to be left in the dust, Nintendo did get some Wii launch titles confirmed; yet unconfirmed, however, is that fresh new rumor about the Wii clocking in at $250 when it hits the U.S. streets. Microsoft didn't want to go without their share of attention as well, and confirmed that the Xbox 360's HD DVD drive will connect via USB. (You can imagine our surprise on that one.) Day one is over, day two has just started, but podcast 78 is a go.

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Host
Engadget's Ryan Block

Featuring
Joystiq's Chris Grant, Ross Miller and James Ransom-Wiley

Producer
Randall Bennett

Music
J J J - 'Suits' in Japan

Format
54:28, 24.9 MB, MP3

Program
00:00 - Playstation 3 - Sony's Keynote
35:30 - Nintendo Wii selling for $250?
40:52 - Square / Enix deets
44:19 - Microsoft says HD-DVD connects via USB (duh.)

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[Update 1: added content categories and updated the title]

JoystiqJoystiq / Engadget Podcast 078 - 05.09.06 [update 1] originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 May 2006 17:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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