by Calvin Robinson on June 20, 2010.

What an amazing experience!

The few photos I took with my Nexus One are on Flickr and the videos are on Youtube.

Met some great people, played some fantastic games and ate some bloody good food in LA! Make sure you tune into the next episode of GodisaGeek Podcast to hear our thoughts on the games and our ‘Game of the Show’.

As far as conferences go, I think Nintendo won it this year, with the launch of the 3DS and a bunch of great titles to go with it. Closely followed by Microsoft, who also have a load of brilliant titles and some shiny new hardware (I must get an Xbox 360 Slim). Sony flopped on the conference front this year. Although they had some decent title announcements for their existing franches, they had no new hardware and they lost huge points for the disrespecting of both Microsoft and Nintendo during their conference. This wasn’t funny, and it only highlighted Sony’s insecurities.

The Playstation Move  is essentially an advanced Wiimote. There’s no denying that. I must say, what it does, it does well. This to me, is exactly what the Wii should have been. I didn’t buy a Wii because of the poor graphics and the rubbish responsiveness of the infra-red system. With the Playstation 3′s graphics and some epic responsiveness with the Move, we now have something that could actually interest me.

Xbox Kinect is another kettle of fish altogether. Now this is something new and innovative. Although it came in response to Nintendo’s motion controller, it’s not a direct copy like the Move. This is something new and refreshing. I think Dance Central showed off the Kinect’s potential best, with a dance game that requires you to actually dance (rather than stomping on pads). With dance/yoga/martial arts titles on this platform, gamers will get a lesson or two while playing.

Myself and GodisaGeek‘s Asim Tanvir were asked out thoughts on the Microsoft Kinect at E3:

Xbox Kinect Impressions One
Xbox Kinect Impressions Two

Nintendo did it again with the 3DS. This is why they’re on top. It’s innovation after innovation with this company. There’s no doubt the 3DS will sell well and keep Nintendo at the top of the handheld market for years to come. This is just what they needed, with Apple’s iOS devices creeping up, having already overtaken the Sony PSP. The 3D camera alone is enough to make me want to buy one – fantastic piece of kit! The games may give users a headache after a while, but the 3D aspect can be turned off/down. Nintendo also announced the option of partnering with movie studios to release 3D titles on the device. Interesting!

EA were probably the publisher with the most to offer this E3. Especially with upcoming come-back title Medal of Honor. Their booth was one of the most interesting places in the whole expo, with a whole range of big titles including Crysis 2, Need for Speed, The Sims 3 (for console) and Tiger Woods. I’m not going to talk about their shameless marketing scheme at the event (the Raybans were a lie!).

Don’t forget, tune into GodisaGeek Podcast for our Game of the Show.