Thursday, June 17, 2010

E3 2010 Day 4

Last day of the conference today so not much new news today as things wind down. Highlights of the show for me were the obvious really including Star Wars: The Old Republic, Fallout: New Vegas and Portal 2. The amount of coverage this year has been huge. There's quite a few sites that run video footage from the show, especially for the big three press conferences, but I've always been somewhat loyal to Gamespot. They had a few technical difficulties on day one but that's usually the case. The best thing they've had this year though is the live cam guy. I mentioned him briefly yesterday but I've been watching again all this evening. Even though it's just a guy walking around chatting with people and getting a few shots of the games it's bizarrely interesting, probably because he sounds like a nice guy. I guess it's the closest the general public will ever get to seeing what it's actually like to attend. They do a lot of studio based demos during the event but compared to the live cam guy they seem to feel quite scripted. The live cam gives a much better impression of the atmosphere of the whole thing. Overall it's been a really great year for E3 so I'll end with a screen capture from the live cam.

1 comment:

  1. What a great idea, just wander round with a camera, looking at things, so you just get a feel for what it's like to be there, and can stand and look, instead of the camera never keeping still. TV cameras never keep still and let you just look, do they? Wish they would do that at Chelsea Flower Show.
    I am glad you enjoyed it, it sounds fun. I have really enjoyed reading all your reports.

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