What an utterly exhausting three days. Next year, I’m definitely just sticking with the first two. There were a lot of game companies on hand demoing new product. Pretty surprising as we usually just get the run-off from E3.

As soon as I got in I made a beeline for the Sega booth to play MadWorld. It’s a wonderfully gory, fun game. The other game I wanted to check out was GTA: Chinatown Wars. I’m not completely sold on it, but I walked away impressed. It definitely has that GTA feel of the later games.

I sat through two consecutive screenings. The first was Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder, which I’d say is the best out of the three Futurama movies I’ve seen. (Still haven’t checked out Bender’s Game.) After that was Wonder Woman, which is the best DCU animated feature so far, although there are quite a few plot holes and it unravels during the climactic battle at the end.

There was a guy who sat next to me during Wonder Woman who was pretty vocal when that Marvel featurette started playing before the movie. When Joe Quesada was on screen he booed and shouted, “You fucking retard!” Brian Bendis? “I want to stab him in his fucking eyes!!”

The only major movie panel I sat through was Warner Bros. Dave Gibbons was on hand to show the first 18 minutes of footage and a small clip of Rorschach scalding an inmate with hot oil. I actually found Rorschach narration bothersome. He’s reciting his journal entries through his entire investigation of Blake’s apartment, with only a break for when he discovers his Comedian wardrobe. I guess this is what happens when you try to cram in as much as possible.

McG was surprisingly amiable. Now I now know McG is short for McGinty. What he showed of Terminator Salvation wasn’t terrible and actually made me feel excited about it.

This time I’ve uploaded my pics to Flickr. I want to phase out of using Coppermine.