E For All Day 2
Today was the second day at the E For All exhibition, where we were on the scene to play test some of the hottest new games of the season and insult a few of our fellow gamers. Following is a play-by-play of the day’s events…
Some geek's masters thesis for their TV art college.
11:00 – I arrive early today in order to avoid the lines for some of the more high profile games. I expect that there will be hardly anyone here because the press is allowed in an hour before the public. Apparently everyone here is press because the place is already packed.
The first game I hit up is Smash Bros. Brawl. Playing as Pit from Kid Icarus and Sonic the Hedgehog was a fanboy's wet dream.The game itself is fun but not much different than the last one. Hopefully Nintendo has fleshed out the adventure mode a little more to add some incentive to keep players interest.
It truly does look like this, for the 1/2 second that the camera's ever zoomed in this close.
I am about to take some pictures when some Nintendo chick stops me and tells me that I need a photo pass. I inform her that I am a member of the press, but she insists. So I ask someone literally five feet away from me for a pass and they hand me one. I go about my business, wondering if that was some kind of practical joke or something, but the punch line is not forthcoming.