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Agents Collier and Neely have infiltrated E3 once again. We are tired. We would have liked to see more booth babes. Alas, not enough thongs. Oh well.

Zelda is great. I eat my words. Oh well. Amazing graphics, but its a looong ways off. Mario is…well, its Mario a la N64. Fun, but not groundbreaking. Very pretty though. Metroid has loose controls, but is coming along very nicely, and it is reminiscient of the old NES classic in every way. Nintendo has the most fun at its booth, thusly it is the busiest, and I find myself staying away from it more than I’d like.

Grand Theft Auto 3 is having a sequel in Vice City. More of a semi-sequel, it’s set in Miami in the 80s. Very few games make gamers excited with the phrase “set in the 80s,” but if you know GTA, then you know that this is a great idea. Tomorrow I may press my media crendentials and get a private Vice City screening at the Rockstar booth. We’ll see. It’s not on the floor, so private screenings are the only way to go.

What else, uh…Microsoft seems to be just like last year: not bad, but really kinda dull. Nothing to really grab you. Tony Hawk 4 is has a demo on every system, even Game Boy Advance. One of its levels is very reminiscient of UCBerkeley, and in the Zoo level, you can dodge monkey poo.

This little press room has about 70 computer stations, and they’re all Macs. Thought you guys would appreciate that. I feel incredibly hardcore posting from the media center. It’s amazing that I’m here again. Kevin has skills that we should both fear and respect.

If anyone has anything specific they’d like me to check out tomorrow, lemme know. Agent Collier out.

• Category: Macintosh, Microsoft