In: Podcasts by Edie Sellers
15 Jul 2008It’s day two of E3, though technically it’s the first day. Hawkes and Edie round up Sony and Nintendo press briefings, which were — let’s just say they spanned the scope of impressive to laughable.
Also, we chat about Edie’s hands-on with Bethesda’s Fallout 3 and Sega’s Total War for the PC.
Rather than spending a bunch [...]
In: Uncategorized by Edie Sellers
15 Jul 2008Not to be outdone by Microsoft and its Netflix partnership, Sony announced that — starting tonight — you will now be able to download movie rentals and purchases directly onto your PS3 via the Playstation Store.
Rentals will cost $1.99 to $5.99 depending on the title and the format (both standard definition and high-def). Purchases are [...]
In: Uncategorized by Edie Sellers
15 Jul 2008The thing you quickly learn about these press briefings is the biggest and boldest news is always framed as, “Thanks for coming. Oh yes, and one more thing.”
Sony “One more thinged” us with the announcement of a brand new game for the Playstation 3. Jack Trenton preluded it as a game “not remotely possible” on [...]
In: Uncategorized by Edie Sellers
15 Jul 2008It’s only a few minutes since Sony concluded its press briefing, and we’re going to break down all the news that’s important. Jack Trenton really pushed around a serious amount of air for the last couple hours. And he said a lot. Some of it was very interesting, some of it not so much.
Bottom line, [...]
In: Uncategorized by Edie Sellers
14 Jul 2008Hear that? It’s the sound of millions of Final Fantasy (ie: Sony) fanbois crying.
Vaguely similar to hell freezing over.
It surprised the hell out of us when, as the last guest speaker to the Microsoft E3 Briefing that Yoichi Wata took the stage. I mean, this is the brains behind Square Enix. This is a hardcore [...]
In: Uncategorized by David LaMont
14 Jul 2008This is quite a week.
It starts today with Microsoft’s presser, tomorrow is Nintendo and Sony’s.
By Friday, The Dark Knight opens. It’s almost too much.
Almost.
For E3 this week, keep your eyes on GameHounds.net. I’ll be updating as often as posible while Edie sacrifices her sanity at the alter of the Los Angeles [...]
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