I arrived a little after seven well rested and ready for my day three adventure. I decided to wait by the convention center Starbucks for a scone to go with my tea. After waiting around for an hour I got my scone for three dollars. I was not too happy getting ripped off, but I needed some breakfast and I decided not to let one over priced scone ruin my day. I went to the media lounge to get some tea and enjoy my breakfast. It was a nice relaxing morning, until I got a call from the CtrlAltKill team. They were running late and were worried they would not make it to one of their meetings at ten. They asked me to go if they did not arrive in time.

I got into line by the west hall at nine. I hoped that the CtrlAltKill team would be there in time so I could get in line to see the 3DS. Thankfully I got the call saying they had just arrived and I made my way to the Nintendo booth. People were so excited that I was nearly trampled getting into the 3DS line. Thankfully I made it to the line in one piece and I began my hour and forty minute wait.

The guys I was hanging out with in line were pretty cool. We talked about what we had seen the past few days. As the line moved we ended up in the middle of the Nintendo booth. A booth staff member handed us wii controllers to play Super Mario Sports Mix. It was fun playing basketball with the Mario characters. My team was down by a large margin, until I used a special move to score and my partner scored during a bonus round which gave us the win. It was a nice distraction from standing and waiting.

Finally, I was let into the 3DS area. It was very exciting! Some of the 3D effects seemed hit and miss, but it was still really cool to try out the prototype. I really loved Nintendogs And Cats and I was quite surprised at a Dead or Alive game demo. The 3DS also had several machines set up with various tech demos and movie trailers. It was too bad that I could not get pictures of the games as they do not turn out right on camera. I finished up with Ridge Racer, which looked great and really showed off how depth can enhance a game. There was so much more I wanted to try, but they cleared out the area after twenty minutes for the next group. Still I enjoyed my time with the 3DS.

From the Nintendo booth I returned to the Sony booth to finish up exploring the new games for the PS3 and PSP. As I did not have a PS3 or PSP I did not spend much time there, but I had fun trying out the new PSP God of War game. From Sony I hit Capcom once more to check out the new zombie in the cage and to check the cute military themed booth babes. I left the west hall and went to the media lounge to get a quick lunch.

I finished my lunch quickly and went to the south hall in order to check out a few more booths prior to the appointment with Bethesda at three. As I walked over I was surprised at how many people had gathered to watch a Soccer match in the hall. Someone even honked an air horn. During all the rush and splendor of E3 it was great to see people root for their team in the World Cup.

As I had some time to kill I went into the back side of the south hall. I stopped by the Game Streamer booth and they gave me their sales pitch. It is a cool concept, but probably not something I would do. After that I went to the G4 booth. This was one of the most uncomfortable things I covered at E3. I went hoping to have a good time and check out the stage I have seen in their E3 coverage over the past few years. However, upon arrival I quickly noticed that four security guards were following me around the booth. I was welcomed as press by one of the staff members, but the guards watched me as if I was a criminal. I had to leave the booth and take a good amount of steps away in order to take some photos for the report. Despite everything I did get a few quick pictures of the G4 booth babes.

I walked around for a bit until I hit the Ubisoft booth. Over the years I have enjoyed many Ubisoft titles, but upon entering the booth I felt nothing more than disappointment. It seems like it was be a weak year for Ubisoft at E3. From there I went to the Microsoft booth for another look at the upcoming Xbox titles. I gamed for a while and put myself into a good mindset once again.

I took a slow walk from Microsoft up toward the Take Two booth to try looking at their stuff again. As I walked up I noticed a crowd. There were people gathered for a photo op with two Playboy models. As I watched to see what was going on I was approached by a member of the Take Two staff who told me I was blocking the walkway and that I had to move away from the area. I am not the type of person to easily take offense. However, having one of their models heel my foot on day one then being shooed away from the booth twice for no reason was enough to put a bad taste in my mouth once again.

In order to clear my head I returned to the Konami booth and I am very glad that I did. I was approached, respectfully, by the staff who asked what I was interested in. I talked with them for a bit about the new Bomberman, how good the new Castlevania games looked, and the overall style of the booth. It goes to show that not all staffs at the booths have a rude streak like G4 and Take Two.

I ran into the G4 booth girls again and did another shoot to help lift my spirits.

As if I was not in a good enough mood I ran into two of my favorite Internet video makers: Angry Joe and Spoony. This was one of the best moments of the expo for me. I saw other internet personalities, but to see two of my favorite made the day for me. We did not have much time to chat because we were headed for appointments in completely different directions.

I got to Bethesda in the nick of time. I have no idea how I made it all the way back to West Hall in less than ten minutes. Still I was glad to arrive on time to be able to see the behind closed doors presentation of Rage. It was pretty cool watching the presentation, the game takes cues from other popular games, but being from Id Software I expect it will turn out great. After the Rage presentation I hung out at the booth playing Fallout New Vegas. I got very distracted by the gambling.

I went around West Hall one more time and found myself stopping at the Nintendo booth once more. I played a little, but time soon came for E3 to close. I took a few shots on my way out of the convention center. I met up with the CtrlAltKill team and we took one last group shot. I headed home to take a long rest and reflect on the adventures I had at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010.

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