So that was E3, and it was utterly magical in my opinion. I am bombarded constantly by negative opinions, critical tweets, judgmental articles, and yet, I only ever enjoy the whole thing. The gaming industry, as I see it, is more exciting than ever. Not only is there more innovation, games are clearly maturing as a whole. Concepts and ideas are being tackled that a few years ago would have made people completely confused. The whole medium is progressing at such a rapid rate now, and I'm fortunate enough to be here to see it.
The conferences all had their strengths and their weaknesses, but amidst some of the usual and expected announcements were some truly inspiring games. I, for one, have too many games I would like to play to even list. A few of the highlights that come to mind right now are Splinter Cell Blacklist, Tomb Raider, Curiosity, Beyond: Two Souls, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, and just so many more.
There is no doubt in my mind that I will one day accumulate enough money to fly out to L.A. and go to E3, it's just something that I must eventually do. What I would prefer though, is to be lucky enough to take a game that I have been working on to the show. Now that would seriously make me a happy young man.
Remember, whilst it's fine to bitch and moan, because if we're honest it's a very fun thing to do, deep down we need to recognise just how fantastic and vibrant the future of this industry is. We're all experiencing a massive shift in so many aspects of how we perceive video games, and I'm bloody loving it.