# Ask the irritated E3 guy. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874 "2006-05-15T18:31:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/1 "2006-05-15T18:31:14Z")
So I’m back from E3 for the ninth year (I think…I’ve been going each year since Atlanta). Again, I find myself disappointed. Maybe I’m too old or there’s been some sort of sea change in me but I find most of the stuff there dull and uninteresting. Half the time I wanted to smack the guys I was interviewing for being boring and unoriginal. But anyway, my team and I literally visited every company there (and a few that didn’t have booths and just wanted to make the scene. So if you have any questions I’ll be glad to answer them. Maybe it’ll provide some game therapy for me as well. Get off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/2 "2006-05-15T18:44:48Z")
Is WoW Expansion going to make me want to renew my subscription, now lapsed for a little over a year? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/3 "2006-05-15T18:46:20Z")
I admit…based on what I saw of it I think it’ll be a hit. I think they’ve put a lot of thought into it and if they don’t screw up the coding and leave it buggy I think it’ll give them a kick. Though if you left out of boredom or something I think eventually this will bore you as well. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/4 "2006-05-15T18:54:57Z")
Do you think the Play Station 3 has any chance at the stated price. How does game development for it look? I’ve noticed that Final Fantasy IX is on the XBOX 360. Do you think Square might release more software for the XBOX 360 in the future, or are they still firmly in the Playstation camp? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/5 "2006-05-15T18:59:32Z")
Is Spore going to be as good as [we think it will be](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363474)? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/6 "2006-05-15T19:00:35Z")
PS3 - The only people I talked to who thought the price point of the PS3 was reasonable were people with a solid financial motivation to think so. All others were scratching their heads and saying ‘Good luck’. And the MicroSoft people were practically giggling. I saw it in action and it looked nice. But the side by side I saw with a 360 didn’t make it look all that different. Maybe at some point the graphics get so good that discerning the difference is difficult. Square: That’s an interesting question, actually. With former Square boss Sakaguchi developing games for the 360 I think there might be some room for movement there. That said the times I’ve met with Square they haven’t said much about anything other than what would make them the most dough. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/7 "2006-05-15T19:03:29Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > Is Spore going to be as good as [we think it will be](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363474)? I got the private demo and it looked cool. If it will catch on is an entirely different question. I’ll say this: Spore was one of the high points in my trip. At least there’s someone trying to develop new ideas and such. Will Wright knows what he wants to accomplish and it’s not developing one more FPS. OK, I admit, the highest point was being able to demo LEGO: Star Wars II. And getting to rummage around in the huge bin of dismembered lego guys they had for people to play with in the LucasArts room. ---
**Author:** ![Grossbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/8 "2006-05-15T19:11:54Z")
Is it true that the lead designer on “Shadowrun” was struck dead by a bolt of lightening hurled by a wrathful god? Just kidding. I heard the Fallout 3 poster was badass though. Did they show an actual FO3 demo or just promo stuff? ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/9 "2006-05-15T19:16:00Z")
Did you play with the Wii? Does the movement sensing actually work as good as it will need to? ---
**Author:** ![Grossbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/10 "2006-05-15T19:18:48Z")
**Lightning.** Because I can spell. :o ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/11 "2006-05-15T19:23:29Z")
I don’t think many people got to do much with the Wii. Nintendo was very secretive about it. Much more so than Sony with the PS3. I didn’t get to demo Shadowrun (bear in mind I brought five people this year) but the two guys I sent over there raved about it. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/12 "2006-05-15T20:07:17Z")
What did you think of NWN 2 And/Or Medieval 2: Total War? Same old, better graphics, or anything actually new/interesting/promising? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/13 "2006-05-15T20:07:33Z")
IGN has a number of hands-on writeups with the Wii games, though I hear most folks had to wait 4 or 5 hours just to get 10 minutes with one. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/14 "2006-05-15T20:12:44Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > IGN has a number of hands-on writeups with the Wii games, though I hear most folks had to wait 4 or 5 hours just to get 10 minutes with one. The lines were insane. One of my colleagues got in after only an hour, but that was because he was there on an “Exhibitor” badge which meant he could start queuing up before the doors opened in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/15 "2006-05-16T08:25:30Z")
What was the absolute **dumbest** thing you saw (and how likely do you think it’ll be a hit)? ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/16 "2006-05-16T19:24:06Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > OK, I admit, the highest point was being able to demo LEGO: Star Wars II. And getting to rummage around in the huge bin of dismembered lego guys they had for people to play with in the LucasArts room. Now I’m jealous. Will LEGO: Star Wars II have any new annoying races I’ll get to rip apart? Which platforms are they going to release for? ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/17 "2006-05-16T23:59:52Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > What was the absolute **dumbest** thing you saw (and how likely do you think it’ll be a hit)? OOH, I bet it was Paris Hilton’s game… Jewel Jam!! ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/18 "2006-05-17T00:37:05Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > OOH, I bet it was Paris Hilton’s game… Jewel Jam!! I thought it was called Diamond Quest… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/19 "2006-05-17T01:22:54Z")
> [@Tastes of Chocolate](#): > > Now I’m jealous. Will LEGO: Star Wars II have any new annoying races I’ll get to rip apart? Which platforms are they going to release for? EIGHT seperate platforms, including PSP and suchlike. All releasing September 12 with the original trilogy theater version of the movies. Stand back…this thing could blow! Seriously, Chewbacca’s special attack is to rip characters arms off. That’s so cool I could die. The stupidest thing I saw was a cash bar for press at one of the late night parties, actually. Good luck getting good ink with THAT. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874/20 "2006-05-17T12:57:32Z")
Does Super Smash Bros. Brawl _really_ have Solid Snake, or was that just a gag? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-irritated-e3-guy/356874.md?page=2)