{"id":441,"date":"2009-06-03T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T12:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=441"},"modified":"2009-06-03T22:56:32","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T12:56:32","slug":"electronic-entertainment-expo-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=441","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was six years old, my brother Stu got a Commodore 64 for his birthday.\u00a0 We used to load games on a cassette tape that could take up to 999 seconds to load.<\/p>\n

Then, when it finished loading (if it didn’t crash) we were treated to this:<\/p>\n

\"Bruce

Bruce Lee (Commodore 64, 1984)<\/p><\/div>\n

I was enthralled and it started a life long love of video games.\u00a0 My brother doesn’t really play so much any more.\u00a0 The last game console he got was a Playstation.\u00a0 He mostly plays football or does gardening for recreation.<\/p>\n

Fast forward twenty years and its E3 time when all the big game companies trundle out their new wares for the media and gaming public.\u00a0 Hosted in a convention center in Los Angeles, this year Mike got to go as part of his ‘job’.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of games I’m looking forward to.\u00a0 Only nowadays, they look like this:<\/p>\n

\"Uncharted<\/a>

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Playstation 3, 2009)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Forza<\/a>

Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360, 2009)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Super<\/a>

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Wii, 2010)<\/p><\/div>\n

This year’s E3 showcased a massive number of games that caught my eye that I cannot wait to play.\u00a0 Three and a half years after buying an Xbox 360 and the graphical quality of this generation still blows me away.\u00a0 Not only that, gaming is currently undergoing something of a disruption from the status quo.<\/p>\n

Consoles are coming out that run entirely on digital distribution (PSP Go!).\u00a0 There are some amazing games that cost $2 (Flight Control, I-phone).\u00a0 There are some amazing games that cost more than console they run on (The Beatles: Rock Band, $269).\u00a0 There are consoles that are going to be operated entirely from hand gestures (Project Natal, Xbox 360).\u00a0 There is artifical intelligence that allows you to hold a conversation with a boy who can recognise your appearance and facial expressions (Milo, Xbox 360).\u00a0 There is a gaming equivalent of The Silence of the Lambs that is pushing the envelope for digitalactors in gaming (Heavy Rain, Playstation 3).\u00a0 There is a football series that is greater than Pro Evolution Soccer (FIFA, multiple consoles).<\/p>\n

There’s never been a more interesting time to be a gamer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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