GeeksPodcast Episode 4: E3 2009

E3Good evening boys and girls!  Nicole and I just wrapped episode 4 and it’s live now for your listening pleasure.  We mainly talk about everything that happened this past week at E3 and I also explain my brief hiatus to celebrate my birthday.  Speaking of which, I’ll be sure to post some pictures tomorrow of the nerdiest wine charms you’ll ever see- but for now?  I’ve gotta go watch Simon Pegg in Spaced- another awesome birthday gift.  Stay tuned and classy!

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E3 ’09: Microsoft Press Conference Highlights

I’ll be honest with you, I’m technically impartial to all systems,  though I do tend to prefer the 360 as Nicole and I have a supreme appreciation for achievement points.  Bearing that in mind, I was most interested to see if Microsoft would unveil anything noteworthy at today’s press conference and boy, did they deliver.  Some of their offerings piqued my interest more than others, but generally speaking it was a much stronger show than last year and there’s a lot to take in here.  Read on for a nearly complete list of what I felt were the high points of the show today.

I wanna hold your hand...

Starting off they spoke a bit about The Beatles Rock Band, which I confess, I couldn’t stream the video fast enough to check out, but I’m sure you can find it on YouTube shortly.  You can also watch a great trailer for it over at the official website here.  I’ll admit, I was skeptical about this title at first, but after seeing the trailer I know I won’t have a choice in the matter.  The visuals look bright and colorful and gameplay appears to revolve around The Beetles in their various incarnations through the years. The character models look spot-on and I’m sure this will end up being a big seller to those that are rhythm-game inclined (or rabid Beatles fans) This isn’t exclusive to the 360 though, and should also satisfy all of you Sony fanboys out there whenever it debuts this September.

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E3 Coverage Starts Today, Kids!

E3This is just a friendly reminder that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo will be delivering their press conferences today and that we should all stop what we’re doing to watch the big three duke it out through pie graphs, exclusive titles, and good old fashioned mud-slinging.  Microsoft’s up to bat first about 3 hours from now, but you can check out the live coverage courtesy of G4 with all of their fancy-pants HD cameras and incredible budget for bandwidth.

Nicole and I are far from journalists, but over the next few days we’ll try to post about some of the highlights to whet your appetite.  Personally, I’m looking forward to rumors of a new Halo on the way as well as the new games coming out from Hideo Kojima.  What are you looking forward to?

Microsoft’s Vision of the Future

While I was browsing a bit today I came across a very interesting video from Microsoft.  Below you can view an excerpt of that video, but to really appreciate the whole thing you should head over to istartedsomething to watch the entire clip. While I certainly applaud Microsoft’s marketing department for this fine piece of work, I’m a bit skeptical that we could reach this level of seamless technological nirvana within the next 10 years.

Don’t get me wrong; Microsoft’s hopes for the future are more than appealing given the emphasis on simplicity and all. I’m just curious if they can provide it without another Z-day fiasco ruining that geriatric tree-dweller’s fancy digital newspaper.

How long do you think it would take for us to advance to this level of on-the-go computing?