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From: Scott Cartier <scartier@vmlabs.com>
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Subject: Personal E3 highlights
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:28:17 -0700
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Hi all,

Just thought I'd share what I found to be the highlights of my trip to
E3 (this is cut-and-paste from my web page, sorry).  Here we go:

o Watching idiots embarrass themselves by asking Lara Croft questions 
  at the Eidos booth.  I felt bad for the model playing Lara.
o Seeing a guy dressed in a big Q-bert suit and just about busting my 
  gut laughing.
o Watching the Rayman cartoon done in complete CG.  This thing was just 
  so cool.  In addition to the beautifully rendered cartoon itself, it 
  had lots of humor.  Watch for it coming to Saturday mornings.
o Putting a face to the name of another Yaroze member, Wayne Lee.  We 
  ate lunch and chatted for a bit.
o Seeing Dance Dance Revolution for the first time and watching 
  several people's adequate attempts.  And then seeing a Japanese girl 
  get up there and totally kick ass!  Watching the game played by a 
  master is like poetry in motion (to borrow a cliche).
o Having a nice chat with Bryon from Maximum PC magazine during the 
  shuttle ride home on Friday.
o Battlezone 2 for the PC - One of the few OHMYGOD titles at the show.  
  I never played the first one, but I will definitely pick up the 
  sequel.
o Happiness at getting to play a near-arcade-perfect version of one of 
  my favorite games Space Ace.  And then despair when seeing the half-
  second pauses that occur in between each move.  And then happiness 
  again after the gentleman explained that one of the enhancements to 
  the NUON version will be to get rid of said pauses.
o Being taken by suprise at seeing a banner for Dragon's Lair 3D.  I 
  hope they don't screw that one up.  Can you tell I'm a fan of the 
  old laser disc games?
o Getting a free Zelda: OOT strategy guide from the Primas booth by 
  just happening to walk by during the 2-hour window when they were 
  giving them away.  While I've already finished the game, my finacee 
  is still working on it.
o Seeing the PSX2 demos firsthand including the playable Gran 
  Tourismo demo.
o Obtaining no less than 16 distinct free magazines at the show.  It 
  was great until I had to carry all the ones I didn't finish reading 
  back home with me.  A dozen magazines in a duffle bag weigh 
  approximately 10 tons.  Not good when I'm trying to run to catch a 
  flight in 15 minutes.
o The lack of recycling bins for said magazines.  What a serious shame 
  that thousands of people will throw away all those mags after 
  reading them.
o Deciding to definetly buy FF8 after watching the movie shown on the 
  huge screen.  And then deciding there's no way I'll buy it after 
  going to the interactive kiosks and watching some guy fight the same 
  boring battle for 10 minutes.
o Ecco the Dolphin for Dreamcast - This game singlehandedly cinched a 
  DC purchase for me.
o Being very impressed with Ready 2 Rumble for Dreamcast initially, 
  and then bored with it after seeing it for 3 days.
o Watching people play Um Jammer Lammy on a giant 15-foot TV screen.  
  And subsequently getting one of the songs stuck in my head ("Now put 
  these kids to sleep will ya").
o Initial impressions of Command & Conquer 2 leaving me unexcited.  
  Units still move in only 8 directions?  Come on guys, didn't you ever 
  hear of a game called Total Annihilation?
o Not trying to tow the company line, but Tempest 3000 for NUON floored 
  me.  I'd seen earlier builds, but the one at the show was just sooo 
  cool.  Maybe it was because it was played on the big screen.  Maybe 
  it was the Prodigy used for background music.  Nothing else at the 
  show looked quite like it.
o Obtaining 46 new stickers with which to cover my PC case.  The case 
  is about 75% covered at this point.

Scott