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Biggest surprises of E3

Sunday, June 7, 2009

The Electronic Entertainment Expo was most of the way back to its former glory.  Booth babes, large crowds, but more importantly, Excitment.  After a few failed years, the organizers have finally realized that while you need to put a limit on how big and crazy something gets, you cant make it small and mundane and expect anyone to care.  Think about it, there are hundreds of confrences and expos each year…how many do you know about?

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There are may takes on what was the biggest surprise of E3, but I have two that I think just have me standing here scratching my head.  The first is Microsofts project Natal, which is getting rave reviews.  In a nutshell, Natal is a way of making the act of interfacing with your gaming console or computer more compley, tiring, and prone to error….why push a button when you can waive your arms all about.

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But the number one surprise was Left 4 Dead 2, by Valve (the same folks who brought us Team Fortress 2 and many other great games).  The surprise wasn’t so much the games announcement, but the reaction by a vocal minority of crybabbies who feel its unfair for Valve to make a new game, since the last one just came out 6-8 months ago.  Over 10,000 of these “the world owes me” whiners have signed an online Boycott of Left
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