We decided to come up with our own awards for the best (and worst) of E3 for this year, some are serious and some less so. Without further ado, I proudly present the E3 Golden Blister Awards 2006!
- Best Stand
- Most Ridiculous Stand
- Best Presentation
- Most Cringe Inducing Presentation
- Stupidest Celebrity Appearance
- Biggest Surprise
- Least Surprising Revalation
- Biggest Disappointment
- Best Booth Babes
- Noisiest Booth Babes
- Most Ridiculous Costumes
- Coolest Headgear
- Most Ridiculous Headgear
- Longest Queue
- Shortest Queue
- Best Use for a PS3 Controller
- Best Swag
- Most Ridiculous Swag
- Crappiest Swag
- The Official “Who The Hell Are They?” Award
- Best Of Show
Playstation : Lots to see and do, and cool extras like the PSP downloads
Scotland : Several countries were represented at E3, including Korea and the UK. But why did Scotland feel the need for it’s own booth? There wasn’t even anything in it.
Haze (Ubisoft) : It may be because we saw them fresh on the first day, but the little bit of tounge-in-cheek acting in this demo of a bog-standard FPS was pretty fun.
Namco Bandai : The MC girl was loud, brash, probably high, and orange didn’t suit her. Painful to watch.
Paris Hilton (Gameloft) : She was on a tiny booth up against the wall in the corner of the hall, promoting her very own cellphone game. Sad.
Gears of War (360) : Where was it? I was expecting it to be playable, but it wasn’t anywhere to be seen at the Xbox booth, except if you lined up to watch the trailer. There was a lot of advertising outside but no game.
Killzone (PS3) : Not playable? Not quite like last year’s E3 video? Well there’s a surprise.
PS3 : Just meh. And $600 is a lot for meh.
Tecmo : The blonde one in particular (says Morgan). Runner up goes to the girls at SiN.
Namco Bandai : Congrats to NB for their second Golden Blister!
Everquest : Girls in big purple Medusa suits? Not cute.
Namco Pacman Helmets : I wanted one soooo badly.
The Halo Guy : Walking around with a plastic Master Chief helmet in your bag says something about a guy. It says he’s a winner!
Nintendo Wii : No contest. 4 hours of solid boredom.
PS3 : Just over the way from Nintendo, but another world of lines. The wait for the “special” PS3 area was rarely over 30 minutes.
Replacement for a missing PS2 controller : They are that similar.
PSP Memory Stick : Loaded with trailers and other virtual swag, and useful afterwards. Thanks Sony! Special mention goes to Joystiq for the T-Shirts!
Webzen Inflatable Boogie Boards : Because the halls aren’t crowded enough already, let’s give everyone a surfboard to carry around.
Microsoft Fake Moustache Kit : Errrmmmmm…well…no. Sorry, no idea what those were all about.
Webzen : They had a huge booth, lights, dancing girls, swag. But no one had ever heard of them. Turns out they’re the guys behind Huxley, a much anticipated FPS coming out this year – I’d heard of Huxley but not Webzen.
Nintendo Wii : Without a doubt the most buzzworthy item at the show this year. Everyone wanted a go, and everyone liked it (but not all loved it). Runner up goes to Microsoft’s rather interesting Live Anywhere service. But we’ll need to see some actual games before deciding on that one.
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