“Oh boy, it’s time for
E3!”
Typing out that line --
for once -- actually capitalizes on the lack of inflection in Internet-based
words, rather than be hamstrung by it.
So depending on your disposition, you can either go with an optimistic
reading, or a sarcastic one. Funny how
that worked out, eh?
As for me? Well, I can’t say I was too excited about E3
this year. I’ve done this dance before,
and I’ve been…huh, what word works best when one E3 was a showcase for one
stabbing after another while another (just as violent, but paradoxically even
more boring) ended up getting irrevocably tainted by the then-horrific,
DRM-peddling Xbox One? I’ll let you fill
in the blank on that one.
But like I said, I
wasn’t exactly excited about E3 this year.
You know how it goes -- fool me twice, and so on. On the other hand, this is a blog with a preeeeeeeeeeeeetty heavy focus on
gaming. And since I did an E3 post twice
already, I suppose at this stage it’s a Cross-Up tradition. Even if I don’t really feel like doing it,
because I’ve got cooler stuff I’d prefer to work on.
So you know what? Let’s do this (relatively) lickety-split. Here’s an assortment of random thoughts I have
on E3 2014.