American Bacon

American Bacon

The shrill of my alarm sounded… surely it wasn’t time already?  No.  It was only 3am and my pissing phone was ringing.  Threatening to disembowel whatever thoughtless bastard was calling at this hour, I hit the pillow again.  I eventually prised myself out of bed…

The Mothman Prophecies

The Mothman Prophecies

Following on from the day’s adventure so far, courtesy of Microsoft and Electronic Arts, up next was Sony.  We directed ourselves to the LA Memorial Sports Arena and were greeted by something quite different compared to the previous conferences. Littered outside in the car park…

Game On: Veni Vici VE3

Game On: Veni Vici VE3

While the press conferences were exciting, aside from the heat, numb arse, distinct lack of anything Alan Wake related, and annoying fellow attendees, it was the expo itself which was to be the most exciting part of E3, and come Tuesday morning, butterflies had taken…

A New Beginning Ends

A New Beginning Ends

The last day of E3 was always going to be special, and on so many levels.  The first, and most obvious, reason was that it was the end of a new beginning for GamingLives… the point where we had stopped dreaming about covering the expo…

Desperately Seeking Snoozin’

Desperately Seeking Snoozin’

When making all the arrangements for E3, we thought it would be a good idea to try and leave one day free from appointments so we’d each be able to go our own way and look at the games we hadn’t been booked in for,…

The Time My Trousers Fell Down

The Time My Trousers Fell Down

Day two of the actual show and, after waiting forty five minutes for the taxi driver to show up… who then decided to drive the arsehole way to the convention centre and keep us locked in the cab while he asked questions about when the…

E3 2011 Podcast: Day Three

The best laid plans of mice and men always go to shit, as the old saying goes. This was originally supposed to be a video podcast (if such a thing exists… would that be a podvid, vidcast or podvidcasteo?) but it ended up being 1…