Thursday, May 27, 2004
Electronic Entertainment Expo
7th day of my blogging day. I deserve a rest, a Sabbath day.
I'm halfway thru my studying, as my upper half, so I'm leaving the rest to God to help. *goes on my knees and pray reverently* As you guys know, I must be sitting with the rest of the KBSR studying, but what the hell, I'm too full to start studying.
I seem to have come up with many excuse not to study. I can't study wen I'm full, wen I'm hungry, wen I'm sleepy(which is almost every minute)...so i seem to can't time wen I'm OK to study. Hmmm...
Some of you would know that I took part in a News Strait Times story-writing competition, and unfortunately, I did not win. Disappointed, I was, but there are winners and there are losers. The winning article is right here. What pisses me off is that i stand to win 100,000 euros and I just threw it all away. For those who have read MY story, compare it with hers please and point out my faults.And for those who wants to read mine, just leave a comment and i will pin it up somewhere.
Ok, blog for the day. And I've picked my most favourite topic to blog about. If this comes up for tmr's summative, I'm a sure A scorer. And my favourite topic is...GAMES!!! *spotlight swings to title* and the biggest hype in the gaming industry now is the Electronic Entertainment Expo also known as E3 in short.
For those who are not interested, the journey for today is over. The bus now stops at the links to the other blogs so you guys can get on to seeing your other friends blogs, and for those interested with the E3, you guys are welcome to stay on the bus... and away we go.
E3 is one of the hugest game convention in the world, drawing attention of all producers and gamers alike to participate in this event. This is one of the few chances where we get to see cool and upcoming happening games, play them and of course to see the new excellent hardwares. But too bad, its not opened for public.
E3 is a trade event and only professionals from the industry will be allowed to attend. So you guys can see how professional E3 is. One of my friends just told me that E3 is also a place for you guys to check out the booth girls, dressed in games' costumes and some are super revealing. Talk about publicity.
E3 was first held in 1995 and video games were only 16-bit games. Most gamers will know how sucky 16-bit is. 3-D is not the norm, its like some super excellent graphics that would have gamers gawking and worshiping the game. But that is then, 1995, year of the Micro-genius and Gameboys.
And now...2004.
E3 2004 was held recently at the Los Angelos Convention Centre from May 12 to 14. and being the 10th Anniversary, this E3 is one of the coolest E3 ever, drawing up to 400 exhibitors to exhibit games and hardwares, and 65,000 attendees from all over the world. Adam Sadler(guy from TechTV X-play) played Host it was certainly happening, with new cool games (Metal Gear Acidic, Kingdom Hearts 2, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy XII!!!) and equally cool hardwares (PlayStationPortable!!!)
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FINAL FANTASY XII
FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN
Compare with
KINGDOM HEARTS 2
FULL METAL ALCHEMIST
PLAYSTATION PORTABLE
May 14, that is like 2 weeks ago. All of you may think that all the hype may have died down, but no, it is still going strong. With the E3 2004 over, its time for the E3 awards to come and just yesterday, the list of nominees have just been posted up and everywhere, heated players are placing bets - me included, but playing very small. RM10 only, no money dee.
What E3 awards, most of you ppl ask. Ok, there are many E3 awards, almost each game magazines and game websites have their own E3 awards, but the E3 awards that is having all gamers up in hype is the prestigious Game Critics Award, one of the highest award that can be given to any games.
And the judges, all the top reporters from all the famous magazines, games and non-gaming eg Washington Post, Newsweek, TIME mag, USA Today, CNN...you get my drift. This is how prestigious this award can be. Its almost equivalent to the Academy Awards.
The E3 award is given based on categories and in 2004, the categories to be contested are:
Best of Show
Best Original Game
Best PC Game
Best Console Game
Best Peripheral / Hardware
Best Action Game
Best Action/Adventure Game
Best Fighting Game
Best Role Playing Game
Best Racing Game
Best Simulation Game
Best Sports Game
Best Strategy Game
Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
Best Online Multiplayer Game
Special Commendation for Graphics
Special Commendation for Sound
And usually, all this games that win the awards are really nice games to play. So chances are that these winners will be the one bringing in the money to their respective publishers. So that is what is getting all these gamers hyped up. We want to play the winning games!!!
I think that is enough on E3, but I am just excited. But it was good when it lasted, and i must now go back to trudge through my pathetic work.
Signing off with a quote for you to ponder:
There are many people in various places. You act differently towards
many. You're always searching for yourself. What kind of ``you'' do
you like? And what kind of ``you'' do you want to be? I hope you find
the right ``you.'' Good luck to you.
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