E3 Day 2

I don't know if I'm biased or what, but I still think Microsoft did a bang up job with their press conference this year. It seemed that in response to Project Natal, Sony announced their own form of motion control, though it uses the Eye Toy and some wand controllers.

I do think some games could be great with this concept, but Natal shows so much more promise IMO.

Nintendo also announced something like a dozen new Mario games, so not big deal there. Their new Metroid game though shows promise, regardless of its awful name.

Camera Nap Mission

My wife and baby are sick with strep. My other two sons have ear infections. I'm not sure what's up with me, but I'm so tired. So tired that while wife and baby are resting this morning, I manage to get the older one playing some PS2 (Ratchet and Clank, one of his favorites) and the middle one playing sticker book, vehicles edition (he's got some intense tractor fetish).

Anyway, I'm sleeping away and things are piling up on me (literally, my second born is showering me with art projects) when my oldest son, Aidan, comes up really excited. It appears he's found an ice planet in game that has a mission we haven't completed yet. He requests my urgent attention, to which I reply that I will observe it later, Daddy's napping.

Aidan then takes it upon himself to grab his camera (actually my old Sony Mavica I bought back in 98, one of the original digital cameras, it uses disketts) and take a picture of the screen. He then brings the camera back to me to show me. Talk about easy.