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Alright folks, so that's it, day 3 is in the book.  All the hype, the questions about what project Natal would become, the anticipation of getting a first look at games of the show floor, and (at least in my case) the uncertainty about how it would all unfold have now been put to rest.  The best explanation of the feeling that I'm left with is a feeling of satisfaction combined with disappointment.  Satisfaction in that I finally got to experience every gamers' dream: I got to meet sonic, shake hands with Peter Moore, get a picture taken with a frag doll, and fight with a bunch of faux jedi masters all while experiencing the latest technology before it hits store shelves.  Disappointment is  there because it is over.  I joked with people on day 3 of the show that I am going to start trying to flash my media badge to get in places only to be met with quizzical looks because stuff like that doesn't work in the rest of the world.  Experiencing E3 from a media perspective is an experience unlike any other, even when you are just covering it for a small media outlet that no one has heard of and I'm a more than a little sad that I have to give that up and go back to my regular life.  Plus, I lost my camera at the end of day 3, talk about a buzz kill.  Anyway, here are some final thoughts from the show and what I saw there.

So, day two is in the books and I've finally gotten to see some of the coolest stuff that has come out of the show this year in addition to even more of the titles that will be in your consoles over the next months.  Today I was able to get my hands on the ARDrone, toy around with the Kinect a little bit, experience the Playstation Move and 3D for the first time as well as get my hands on the next Castlevania game the upcoming Dungeon Siege 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean game.  If you don't feel like reading individual impressions, here's your complete rundown of everything in brief.

So, I figured I should write this wrap up before the lack of sleep totally takes over and I start writing nonsense, at which point I'll force myself to go to sleep.  Day 1 of E3 is in the books, and I can't help but think that it was everything I thought it would be, but at the same time very different than what I envisioned.  To be sure, it is an experience unlike any other: where else can you see a flash mob of Nintendo employees dressed up like toy story characters start dancing in the middle of a convention center?  Its totally a trip, but at the same time, I've learned a lot, some revelations from the first day after the jump.

Hey everyone! As the title of this article gives away, Steve (my partner) and I have finally made it into Los Angeles after a series of flights which included a man who was convinced the federal reserve bank owned the world and brought on the earthquake in Haiti and two overly touchy couples who sat next to us on the plane. Nonetheless, we're here on the west coast and ready to bring you coverage from the biggest videogame event in the world. Today we've got a couple of sweet appointments lined up, one with the first ever major Mexican video game developer, and another with Yuji Naka, the man who created Sonic. We'll also be combing the show floor for news and hands-on with the latest from EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, and many many more.