Pretty interesting couple of weeks in the gaming world for me. Just played through Stranglehold and it wasn't bad. Glitchy and a little rough but it's heart is in the right place. It's a total shooter-fest! A perfect rental game. I also caught a ton of E3 coverage, particularly the Big Three news conferences. At the risk of being called a 360 fanboy (which I am) I give the win to Microsoft. They definitely had the bigger annoucements even though much of it had been leaked earlier. I'm not a big fan of the avatars but I'll reserve judgement until the Fall update. I like the Netflix move too. I don't see myself using it much but I like seeing Microsoft continue to press thier advantage in the online arena. Of course, Gears 2 looks great as you would expect.

Sony was just Meh... I have been very close to taking my Government Stimulus money to Best Buy and grabbing a PS3 but I still need to see more games before dropping $400 and getting the evil eye from the wife. MGS4 is huge, Uncharted looks real good, and there is talk of Bioshock having extra PS3 exclusive content. Still, Sony featured mostly Resistance 2 which does nothing for me. The 360 has plenty of shooters I can play so I don't need to get a whole new console for that. If the God Of War 3 trailer had any substance whatsoever that might have clinched it. Sadly, all I got was Kratos angry on top of a mountain. Sorry boys, I think I'll keep my money in my pocket a little longer.

Nintendo didn't even bother to try. They rule the gaming world. You know it and they know it. So why waste time touting anything, soccer moms everywhere will buy whatever they release anyway. I have never had the slightest interest in the Wii and I couldn't be further from caring about it now. Like the rest of the world though, I'll be buying my kids many DS games this year so it looks like Nintendo got me anyway!

A lot of very nice games got shown off. Fallout 3, Left For Dead, Dead Space, and Mirror's Edge blew my mind! These are instant day 1 buys for me. Throw Fable 2 in there as well. When you add in Gears 2 and the GTA 4 DLC I will have to quit my job to get all this gaming done!

One game that I won't be buying is Too Human. Played the demo and was very disappointed. Repetitive gamplay and game environments. How many of the same creatures in the same dark hall can one guy kill? I really wanted to like this one. The developer, Dennis Dyack, struck me as a sincere guy who had a great idea and really believed in his game. I like how he has taken his critics head-on but in the end Too Human looks like just a simple weekend rental. Nothing more.