squareenix:

In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Final Fantasy, we had a special cake made out to mark this momentous year during E3 2012. Cheers to another 25 years!

oh my god

i want to touch it

thedrunkenmoogle:

E3 2012 Drinking Game

Get ready, gamers! It’s that magical time of the year when dreams can be made and hopes can be destroyed. E3 is upon us and the world is watching in excitement to see what the future holds for video games. While a lucky bunch will actually be able to attend the expo, most of us will be sitting at home, taking in the action from behind a screen. What better way to celebrate announcements (or grieve) than with a few buddies and drinks? The Drunken Moogle has created a drinking game for those of you looking to pregame a bit before those big E3 parties. Grab some buddies and drinks and get ready for a fun week! For the press conference times and links to livestreams, check out the schedule that Video Game Nostalgia posted.

Microsoft
Take a sip:

• If Peter Molyneux tries to sell gamers on a new Fable game
• Every time a game that uses Kinect is announced
• When Microsoft explains why Kinect is the future for games and media
• If a non-gaming aspect of Xbox Live is talked about
• For every exceptionally awesome kill in the new Gears of War and Halo games

Finish your drink if:

• A new console or portable is announced
• Duke Nukem Forever 2 

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EA
Take a sip:

• If the ending to Mass Effect 3 is brought up
• For each new sports game announced
• Every time you think “Crysis 3 looks REALLY pretty!”
• A Star wars game that doesn’t take place between episodes 4 and 6 is announced
• Stats about Star Wars: The Old Republic are given

Finish your drink if:

• You jump during the Dead Space 3 presentation
• A partnership between EA and a company you like is announced

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Ubisoft
Take a sip:

• If someone comments that (or you think) a Rayman game looks gorgeous 
• Every time a game with touch controls is announced
• A free to play game is announced
• Every time there is an exceptionally awesome kill in Assassin’s Creed III

Finish your drink if:

• Beyond Good and Evil 2 isn’t mentioned (again)
• A new Prince of Persia game is announced

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Sony
Take a sip:

• If Sony apologizes for anything
• For every HD remake announced
• If either Final Fantasy Versus XIII or The Last Gaurdian is said to launch in 2013
• If somebody you’re watching with makes a comment on how Playstation All-Stars looks like Smash Bros (or you happen to think it)
• If a portable version of a console game is announced for PSVita
• For every exceptionally awesome kill in God of War Ascension

Finish your drink if:

• A new console, portable, or thinner version of a current system is announced
• It’s Riiiiiiiidge Racer!

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Nintendo
Take a sip:

• Every time Reggie makes a long pause
• When statistics, charts, or graphs are shared
• If a strange gaming peripheral is shown
• If the Wii U tablet controller is placed on the ground
• If Miyamoto shows up
• Drink again if he came with awesome props

Finish your drink if:

• A 3DS redesign is announced
• The Metroid and Star Fox mash-up game happens to be real

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For All Press Conferences
Take a sip each time:

• A sequel is announced
• A remake is announced
• A technical error occurs
• Someone looks silly onstage using motion control
• A celebrity makes an appearance

Finish your drink if:

• Sega announces a new console
• Half Life 2: Episode 3 or Half Life 3 is announced
• Hideo Kojima announces that he will make an announcement

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Drink responsibly and have a fantastic E3 week, everyone!

I’m not much of a drinker, but I felt the need to share this!

Don’t forget, you can join us in the E3 COMEDY ZONE right now! E3 starts in an hour and a half!

meekstape:

whoaitsjoe:

LET’S PLAY E3 BINGO !!

For the past few years during each E3, my friends and I have been making bingo boards with predictions of each press conference occupying the squares. We figure it’s a good way to liven up the conferences.

This year, I figured it’d be fun to share it with y’all! While watching an E3 press conference, and you see one of the predicted events play out, cross off that square. Nothing to it.

Here’s the scheduled conferences:

All times are in Pacific Standard. (http://everytimezone.com/)

Monday, June 4

Microsoft - 9:30 AM

Electronic Arts - 1:00 PM

Ubisoft - 3:00 PM

Sony - 6:00 PM

Tuesday, June 5

Nintendo - 9:00 AM

(Special Rules- The general board takes place throughout the entire event, so if you see something during any conference or footage directly from the convention, be sure to cross it off. Ubisoft and EA share one board. EA squares have an orange background and Ubisoft squares have a purple one.)

awe u wedy

Perfect! E3 is one of my favourite things every year, I think this time around I’ll be setting up a tinychat room or something so we can all bitch and moan and laugh together :)

I converted the times to British Summer Time btw, so here we have:

MONDAY

5:30PM - Microsoft

9:00PM - EA

11:00PM - UbiSoft

2:00AM - Sony

TUESDAY

5:00PM - Nintendo

Looks like next monday I’ll be staying up pretty late… Fortunately, it’s also the Queen’s birthday so we have BANK HOLIDAYS OUT THE ASS.

This, PS 3DMonitor and the PSVita were the most interesting things about E3 this year.

I say interesting because nothing this year was actually exciting.

Nintendo’s little Zelda orchestra was very nice though!

XBOX were like “Well… here’s Halo in HD, AND Halo4… and uh, that’s it.”

nikkard:

Scumbag Peter Molyneux

dohoho

jowin:

Now a time of broken promises, torture, and..you guessed it: shooters *eye roll*…all the good stuff that gets announced at E3 now comes out 2 years later, regardless, the gaming industry is so stale and predictable these days..I only have two things on the E3 wishlist this year..

• That the NGP matches the 3DS in price so it won’t be a (complete?) fiasco..love the PSP’s diverse gaming library, I’d like to see that taken to the next level on NGP hopefully.
• That Nintendo’s next console (Project Cafe) proves that it will have healthy third party support and a focus on the hardcore gamer..if Nintendo has full third party support on the next system there’d be little reason for me to buy more than one console. They’d have the Nintendo exclusives and the games that every other system has. (Because let’s be honest, between Sony and Microsoft, there are VERY few “exclusives” with them anymore.)

I predict that none of these SIMPLE things will happen. Or happen in the way they should at least. Mainly just to avoid dissapointment..but based on the past…none of these gaming corporations seem to “get it” completely (I’m mainly looking at you Nintendo) so I’m actually being more realistic than pessimistic. We’ll see though.

I’ll be watching all the big presentations but I’m not holding my breath, gaming is really disappointing in recent years. Only thing that looks interesting is Kojima Productions HD releases, and Kojima himself isnt even going to E3 this year.