e3 is for pulling developers away from actually finishing their projects and fixing the bugs and forcing them to rush some kind of half-assed demo out so that they can satiate the appetites of the “geeky-gamer” stereotype and start the hype train. that’s why a lot of games have failed on such a monumental level. you’ve built up the hype for a game 6 months to a year before its release only to have this very promising concept get fucked up because it ended up being rushed towards the end. spend less time cranking out e3 demos and more time making sure you actually have a worthwhile product (doom 3 anyone?).

i have a feeling this will also be good for what i like to call the “duplicity complex” where every game is either a sequel or an offshoot because those are the only games that sell. if i have to see another call of duty or another dead or alive or another resident evil (the list could go on and on, my friends), my little gaming brain is going to explode. stop regurgitating and repackaging the same messes and give me something substantial that makes me think or makes me question or takes a concept to a new level. give me portal. give me spore. give me something new. e3 is a marketing and business orgy and that’s not what we need. we need more collaborative thinking efforts like GDC. we need industry-wide “game jams”, if you will.

based on the advertising for Sin Episodes: Emergence, there’s a sadly generalized view of gamers out there that’s only propogated by e3. i hope this new game industry gets rid of that and opens the door for something that’s actually new and not just the same old crap in new clothing(/packaging). there’s plenty of non-greasy guys out there and even girls who want something that stimulates their adrenal glands as well as their intellect. bring on the new game industry. bring it on, please.