E3 Dragons!

E3 is always an exciting time for gamers. This year, everyone is abuzz with the news (disappointing as some of it is) about the XBone, the WiiU, and the surprise from behind: the PS4. And, while I am definitely excited about the next-gen console prospects prospect, I have to admit that it is the presence of a less traditional exhibit/booth/circle-jerk that has me chomping at the bit wishing I was there: SpaceX’s Dragon exhibit (in the parking lot!). I want ALL the swag.

Photo Credit: SpaceX. I stole this image shamelessly from their Google+ page.

E3 X-Box One: X-Boneheads

It’s been awhile since we covered some purely gaming news, but it’s E3 time, that wonderful time of the year when the big names in electronic gaming see just how much suffering they can inflict on their loyal fanbase without driving it away. Every year, we crawl back hoping it will be better than the last time, like an abused divorcee who just can’t let their crazy partner go. Last year, we got a bunch of disappointing Sequel-Fu, a sad promise of the same monotony we had the previous year. This year, the Big Three in gaming are locked in the latest console war as the new generation of systems’ launch dates approach. Only, for once, there’s a good bit of independent competition as well, in the form the Ouya and the Steambox, among others. Which is why I’m baffled….nay, I’m fucking frustrated as a color-blind quadriplegic playing Twister, by whatever the hell Microsoft thinks they’re doing.