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Speaker 1: Strickland insert coin excellent. So I suppose we're talking about
Speaker 1: video games today. Yeah, we're actually talking about a video
Speaker 1: game conference, the E three Conference in Los Angeles. They'll
Speaker 1: be taking place in the first week of June. That's
Speaker 1: over with. Nobody goes to E three. Oh no, no, no,
Speaker 1: no no. You're thinking of previous years where they started
Speaker 1: to tone it down and cut back and and everyone
Speaker 1: started to question whether or not it was even worth
Speaker 1: going to the conference. Well, they've decided to go back
Speaker 1: to uh, big flashy booths and skinnily women and uh
Speaker 1: lots of fog machines. Lots of fog machines. Yeah we're back,
Speaker 1: baby awesome. So Los Angeles Convention Center, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: filled with gaming geeks, including yours truly. I'll be there
Speaker 1: covering the event and updating our blogs live while I'm
Speaker 1: there and hopefully not falling asleep on the floor from
Speaker 1: lack of sleep. Yeah, hopefully it will not be a
Speaker 1: repeat of my behavior at c E S. Well this uh,
Speaker 1: this E three thing we're talking about is the Electronics
Speaker 1: Entertainment Expo, Weight Electronic Entertainment Expo. Yes, sorry, and do
Speaker 1: the same thing. Yeah, yeah, I added in s and.
Speaker 1: Um So every year is a gathering of the entertainment
Speaker 1: elite basically video games. Well there there's some other stuff,
Speaker 1: there's primarily video games, and and it's an opportunity for
Speaker 1: companies to make big announcements about what they're working on,
Speaker 1: what they're gonna unveil in the coming months, usually stuff
Speaker 1: that you're you're going to see, possibly as early as
Speaker 1: the holiday season. That's a big, big driver for a
Speaker 1: lot of the companies. Um And you know, the summer
Speaker 1: months tend to be kind of slow in the video
Speaker 1: game industry, so it's one of those things that helps
Speaker 1: propel it through the summer months as well. We've got
Speaker 1: to generate your hype, you know, otherwise you don't get
Speaker 1: the sales come October, November and December. So you know,
Speaker 1: you're these companies. These are marketing stuff essentially to store
Speaker 1: owners things like that, and just trying to to get
Speaker 1: some excitement behind the products that they've been working on.
Speaker 1: This is usually also when in the United States you'll
Speaker 1: hear announcements about new hardware coming out, new consoles, that
Speaker 1: kind of thing, if there are any. If there are,
Speaker 1: and it's been a while since we've heard anything, well,
Speaker 1: we thought what we would do is make a few
Speaker 1: little predictions about what we think we'll go down at
Speaker 1: this year's E three. Yeah, and uh, I'd like to
Speaker 1: point out while doing research for this article that as
Speaker 1: soon as I wrote something down and went to a
Speaker 1: different site, the next site said, oh, that's never gonna happen.
Speaker 1: This is what's going to happen. And they all went
Speaker 1: in a big circle. So you know, your mileage may
Speaker 1: very some restrictions apply. Well, that's the thing. These are predictions.
Speaker 1: They don't have to come true. It's just what you know.
Speaker 1: We're what we're looking at the state of how things
Speaker 1: are right now and making some best guesses at what
Speaker 1: these companies are gonna do when E three rolls around.
Speaker 1: So please no wagering, right, yeah, don't don't bet the
Speaker 1: farm based upon what peltin I say, because you'll be
Speaker 1: searching for Col's for the next few years. Excellent. So
Speaker 1: where do you want to start? Nintendo? Alright, alright, so
Speaker 1: I don't think so, No, I do not think. I
Speaker 1: do not think there will be an announcement of a
Speaker 1: new console from Nintendo. They have not. I mean, first
Speaker 1: of all, the WE still going strong. It's still really
Speaker 1: hard to find, really much in demand, although it's much
Speaker 1: better than it had been. Oh yeah, no, it's not
Speaker 1: as bad as the first full year of the WE
Speaker 1: being out now. Video game sales were slow the first
Speaker 1: part of the year January through March, so maybe that's
Speaker 1: helping out a little bit too with that availability. And uh,
Speaker 1: I think what we're gonna see is we're gonna see
Speaker 1: more games and devices take advantage of interoperability between the
Speaker 1: WE and the d s I. Oh yeah, the d
Speaker 1: S I speaking in new new consoles. It's a different
Speaker 1: version of the DS that has a couple of cameras
Speaker 1: in it. Yeah, and the d S I, of course
Speaker 1: is one of the d S and d S I
Speaker 1: they they account for, like the I think that's the
Speaker 1: top selling console period. Yes, um, so we're talking about
Speaker 1: a handheld device. So yes, this, this is this is
Speaker 1: leaving every other console in the dust. And uh so
Speaker 1: it makes sense to tie that into the Wii, which
Speaker 1: is another very popular console. It's the the most popular
Speaker 1: console console. And why did you hook up to your TV? Yeah?
Speaker 1: So I'm expecting to see a lot more interoperability between
Speaker 1: the two. Um, I I can give you. You want
Speaker 1: to guess which title I think is gonna be announced,
Speaker 1: It's one that Nintendo is famous for, not not Mario,
Speaker 1: not Zelda. Although I do think a new Zelda game
Speaker 1: is going to be announced. Um, but a differ on
Speaker 1: one and you have to catch them all. Oh no,
Speaker 1: not another Pokemon title? Are you kidding me? Of course
Speaker 1: a Pokemon title. Those things sell like crazy. And the
Speaker 1: interoperability between the WE and the D s I, I
Speaker 1: guarantee it. I I am almost certain that we're gonna
Speaker 1: see a Pokemon game, and that it's going to be
Speaker 1: a D s I game. Um. Possibly also some other
Speaker 1: ones that that capitalize on other popular properties like Mario
Speaker 1: and Zelda. I do think we're gonna see an actual
Speaker 1: Zelda WI game, a new a new Zelda one. Um
Speaker 1: that got a lot of excitement when that when the
Speaker 1: we first came out. If you recall, so, I think
Speaker 1: we're gonna see another one of those. Um motion plus
Speaker 1: you remember, have you heard of motion Plus the dongle
Speaker 1: that you plug into the bottom of the Wi mote
Speaker 1: so that it makes it more accurate. Please don't say dongle.
Speaker 1: I hate that word. The device you plug into the
Speaker 1: bottom of the Wi moat so it makes it more accurate. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's a little plug in that goes in that the
Speaker 1: if you will the back end, the end that you
Speaker 1: hold in your hand, you stick the dongle in the
Speaker 1: back end. Yeah, okay, So anyway, once you've done doangling
Speaker 1: your we mote, um it makes the increases the functionality,
Speaker 1: makes it more accurate, more precise. Um it's and so
Speaker 1: you can do a lot more cool motion things with
Speaker 1: your we mote than you could previously and lets you
Speaker 1: create even more deep games. Well, I think, um, you
Speaker 1: know we've seen seen as an action. I think they're
Speaker 1: going to announce Nintendo will announce that the motion plus
Speaker 1: technology will be built into we moats starting I'm gonna
Speaker 1: say this holiday season. So yeah, I'm saying that's an
Speaker 1: upgrade to hardware. It will be a hardware upgrade where
Speaker 1: you can when you buy a we moat anytime after
Speaker 1: the holiday season and moving forward, it's gonna have the
Speaker 1: motion plus built in, or at least you can buy
Speaker 1: a version that has motion plus built in. They may
Speaker 1: offer both, because who knows, they might say that once
Speaker 1: the lower priced version. I've got a got a question
Speaker 1: will make you laugh, all right, You think they'll announce
Speaker 1: a price drop. Yes, they don't need to know. I
Speaker 1: don't think so. Anyway. It would surprise me that there's
Speaker 1: no need to. The demand is still so high. I
Speaker 1: can't see why they would. Um, I mean they could.
Speaker 1: And but if you're already at the point where you
Speaker 1: still have people going into stores and say call me
Speaker 1: when you get one in, you don't need to drop
Speaker 1: the price. Um. And I think we're gonna see some
Speaker 1: more channels on the weed channels. You know, when you
Speaker 1: turn your way on you can look at the different
Speaker 1: channels on there. I think we're gonna see some D
Speaker 1: s I stuff, maybe some stuff for kids. Um. I
Speaker 1: think it's just gonna be. You know, they're gonna add
Speaker 1: more functionality to that, because that's one of those things
Speaker 1: that helps set it apart. From the other consoles. So
Speaker 1: you don't think anything groundbreaking coming out of the Nintendo campus,
Speaker 1: I don't think so. I don't think we're gonna see
Speaker 1: any you know, I definitely don't think we're gonna see
Speaker 1: another Um I tell you here's what I think we
Speaker 1: might see that not really groundbreaking, but will excite Nintendo fans.
Speaker 1: Kid Icarus. Really, I think we're gonna get a new
Speaker 1: kid Icarus game, all right, And Kid Chris was one
Speaker 1: of those titles from the old Nintendo systems that hardcore
Speaker 1: gamers will still you know, triumph to their dying breath.
Speaker 1: It's one of I mean, it was a great game,
Speaker 1: and so I think, uh, I think we're going to
Speaker 1: see that. Okay, then, so that's what I have for Nintendo.
Speaker 1: You want to move on to Sony. Yes, I wanted
Speaker 1: to talk about Sony because if anybody needs a really
Speaker 1: good E three, it's Sony. No joke, you know. I
Speaker 1: I am a we owner, but I do have a
Speaker 1: PlayStation two, which also just went through a price drop
Speaker 1: to uh do just under a hundred dollars um And
Speaker 1: a lot of people think that E three is when
Speaker 1: Sony has finally got a cave and dropped the price
Speaker 1: of the PlayStation three again. Um, I think that's probably
Speaker 1: a reasonably safe bet. The uh the big news that
Speaker 1: everybody else seems to be really hoping for is the
Speaker 1: announce the new PlayStation portable. Yes, an update to PSP,
Speaker 1: so either either an upgrade or a brand new handheld device,
Speaker 1: maybe the PSP two or a PSP go. I've seen
Speaker 1: it call um yeah there. Apparently there was another device
Speaker 1: that they made called the Milo two. Maybe they're even
Speaker 1: still making it, but it didn't do very well. It's
Speaker 1: basically essentially like an iPod touch. It's got the functionality
Speaker 1: you know where it can It can get online and
Speaker 1: do things that way, but it can't go online via
Speaker 1: a cell phone network or bluetooth. So it's really limited
Speaker 1: in its capacity. But it's about the size of a
Speaker 1: PlayStation portable and people are saying maybe some of that
Speaker 1: technology might be baked in to UH to help out
Speaker 1: its online capability. Um. But they say, if there is
Speaker 1: a new PlayStation portable, there won't be a u m
Speaker 1: D involved the Universal Media disc UH. So you wanted
Speaker 1: to deal with that atybity sliver of the electronics store
Speaker 1: that's stocking titles for U, M D S anymore. Um
Speaker 1: So let's see what else can I say about that. Oh,
Speaker 1: they should have eight to sixteen gigabytes of memory if
Speaker 1: it if it actually is announced. Um and there's a
Speaker 1: possibility that Grand Turismo Mobile will finally be released for
Speaker 1: five years, if I'm not mistaken. Almost as long as
Speaker 1: as long as that less than half the r we'll
Speaker 1: get to it. I know, I know. But this new
Speaker 1: PlayStation portable should slide open so that you can get
Speaker 1: to the controls, be very very cell phone like, and
Speaker 1: that might be, uh, you know, a nice sort of
Speaker 1: bridge between the gamer and you know, being able to
Speaker 1: text your friends and do all that kind of stuff. Um.
Speaker 1: And there are new titles coming out Rock Band and
Speaker 1: Soul Caliber and Little Big Planet, Soul Caliber, all those
Speaker 1: for the PlayStation portal. Love that you know. There there's
Speaker 1: those things are while the PlayStation Portable, the new one
Speaker 1: is sort of if he some people really think it's
Speaker 1: gonna come out, and other people think it's gonna be
Speaker 1: you know, I had a few years. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: the the new games, they're definitely gonna be some hot
Speaker 1: new titles announced, and Sony says that they've got fifty
Speaker 1: percent or more of their catalog for the year that
Speaker 1: they still haven't announced what it is yet. Cool, so
Speaker 1: they you know, they're hoping for the big, big news.
Speaker 1: I have a feeling that I'm going spending a lot
Speaker 1: of time with Sony while I'm up there. Um, what
Speaker 1: about Home? Do you think we're gonna see some new
Speaker 1: Home stuff? Home? I haven't heard anything about Home and
Speaker 1: so long it's in beta, the Nerd beta in December. Um.
Speaker 1: But Home goes in and it doesn't come out. Maybe
Speaker 1: it will be the Google of of the console world,
Speaker 1: where everything Google puts out is in beta perpetually. I
Speaker 1: think we'll probably hear something or about Home, maybe some
Speaker 1: some new features that that they're going to incorporate into
Speaker 1: it or or expand homes usefulness. Um, which you could
Speaker 1: argue doesn't even exist yet since it's still in beta
Speaker 1: and you hardly hear anything about it. And this was,
Speaker 1: of course something that's been in development for years and
Speaker 1: years and um, and so you know, some people question
Speaker 1: whether or not it'll ever really hit the public. Yeah,
Speaker 1: whether or not there will be a release candidate for Home,
Speaker 1: but I think we'll see something about that. UM and
Speaker 1: also Sony recently, I don't know if you know this
Speaker 1: has been showcasing some three D compatible games. That's true.
Speaker 1: I've heard that the there's a possibility that the first
Speaker 1: three D games are going to be announced to E three.
Speaker 1: It wouldn't surprise that sort of seems like it's a
Speaker 1: middling that, like people aren't wouldn't be surprised, but they
Speaker 1: are really not counting on it either. I I actually,
Speaker 1: you know what, considering what I saw at CES this year,
Speaker 1: where I saw all that three D technology and the
Speaker 1: huge this this on three D, including within the Sony booth,
Speaker 1: I will go on record and say I will be
Speaker 1: shocked if I do not see at least ah a
Speaker 1: sizeable three D presence there. I mean, I'm I'm thinking
Speaker 1: that now is the time when they're going to try
Speaker 1: and jump on that, because uh, you know, the buzz
Speaker 1: at c ES was so big about the three D stuff,
Speaker 1: but you know it's it's like one of those cool
Speaker 1: technologies you hear about, but you know, you you actually questioned, like,
Speaker 1: are we ever going to see this? They need to
Speaker 1: strike now before people forget about it entirely and just say, oh,
Speaker 1: well that was a cool idea, but nothing ever came
Speaker 1: of it. Well, the uh, the PlayStation is a very
Speaker 1: advanced machine graphically speaking, and it really does work better
Speaker 1: on high definition sets than it does on standard definition,
Speaker 1: so it makes sense that they would try to grab
Speaker 1: that market. Um, so well, let's see what you know,
Speaker 1: We'll see what they do. Well. I also think we're
Speaker 1: gonna see some more stuff of God of War, that's
Speaker 1: one of the more popular titles, Ratchet and Clank. I
Speaker 1: think we're gonna see something about that Final Fantasy thirteen,
Speaker 1: which I think we'll also see for Microsoft. But um,
Speaker 1: uh and uh, and grant Theresono five, which we've been
Speaker 1: waiting for for a while for PS three. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we're going to see more about all of that. Um,
Speaker 1: do you have anything else about Sony? I don't have
Speaker 1: any more son You wanted to move on to the Xbox? Sure, Yeah,
Speaker 1: they've I've heard that Microsoft is has some big stuff
Speaker 1: planned and they really haven't said much more than that. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I know that Rare is going to announce a new game.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure what it's going to be yet, but
Speaker 1: I do know also that Rare was behind the design
Speaker 1: for the avatars on the Xbox three. Sixty, but very
Speaker 1: much like Sony Home right or the Knees on the Wii. UM,
Speaker 1: So here's a guess. Since they're behind the avatar stuff,
Speaker 1: and because you know, the whole social net working thing
Speaker 1: is still huge, I'm guessing that the game they announced
Speaker 1: is somehow going to relate back to the avatars. So
Speaker 1: it'll probably be I'm guessing some sort of party game,
Speaker 1: you know, maybe something that's family friendly, a lot of
Speaker 1: people can play all at once, and you can maybe
Speaker 1: even play against other people who are networked to you
Speaker 1: on the internet, and then UM uses your avatars as
Speaker 1: your character. I'm guessing that's just a wild guess. I mean,
Speaker 1: they could come out and have something totally different, has
Speaker 1: nothing to do with avatars whatsoever. But based upon their
Speaker 1: involvement in the avatar project, I'm I'm going with that,
Speaker 1: you know what, I would agree with you, and I
Speaker 1: think that some of the information that I pulled up
Speaker 1: UM sort of suggests that that might be a direction
Speaker 1: that they might be actually thinking about Nintendo more than
Speaker 1: they are about Sony, because in my home is still
Speaker 1: not out well. But you know, the Xbox three sixty,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, is more of a hardcore gamer console
Speaker 1: than it is a family friendly console. Not that there
Speaker 1: aren't family friendly titles out there, but I mean there
Speaker 1: are not lots of Eva Pinatas on their on their list.
Speaker 1: But I hear that they might just be coming out
Speaker 1: with a motion controller. Oh yeah, well, I mean there
Speaker 1: have been talks about Xbox and the motion controller because uh,
Speaker 1: they were already um accusations that they were essentially copying
Speaker 1: Nintendo with the remote functionality. But yeah, I think, um yeah,
Speaker 1: if they if they're going to unveil it, it's going
Speaker 1: to be at this E three. Well the thing is
Speaker 1: they've they've actually licensed some of the technology already, so
Speaker 1: it wouldn't be much of a stretch. And rumor has
Speaker 1: it that, uh, you know, part of the reason that
Speaker 1: Bungee was unhappy with Microsoft is that they want Microsoft
Speaker 1: wanted Bungee to put in some um remote functionality for
Speaker 1: Halo three, and they balked at that idea. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: they you know, it sounds like they're gonna do it.
Speaker 1: It's just a matter of when and how. So you know,
Speaker 1: that would add some serious functionality to the Xbox three
Speaker 1: sixty because you'd think, well, you know, there are plenty
Speaker 1: of them on store shelves. They haven't really changed in
Speaker 1: technology for a long time. You know, what else can
Speaker 1: they do with the machine? This would this would add
Speaker 1: something to it, maybe give people reason to buy the
Speaker 1: console again. So do you since you mentioned Halo, yes,
Speaker 1: you think there's gonna be any word about the Halo four. Well,
Speaker 1: I don't know about Halo four, but there is an
Speaker 1: add on pack, understand um. And I'm not much of
Speaker 1: a Halo nut, but I you know, I was actually
Speaker 1: surprised to see that Bungee was working on it. Why
Speaker 1: are you sided with the Covenant? Um? Well, I think
Speaker 1: I think any mention of Halo four. First of all,
Speaker 1: I think if there is mention of Halo four, it's
Speaker 1: first of all, you gotta understand it's not necessarily Bungee
Speaker 1: that would be doing it, because now they've parted ways
Speaker 1: with Bungee, Bungee can do other things, right, And and
Speaker 1: I think Microsoft bought the rights to the Halo stuff.
Speaker 1: I know that there are other developers who are creating
Speaker 1: Halo games. So there's still the chance that we'll see
Speaker 1: something about a Halo four. Um. I haven't heard any
Speaker 1: rumors about that one way or the other. I would
Speaker 1: think that, um, if there is a project, we will
Speaker 1: hear about a D three because Halo is one of
Speaker 1: those big name titles that always gets lots and lots
Speaker 1: of attention, and of course that's the whole reason to
Speaker 1: attend E three in the first places. You want to
Speaker 1: get lots and lots of attention, right, So if they
Speaker 1: have anything, I guarantee you we'll see it at E three.
Speaker 1: I think if anybody's gonna stand out this year, uh, sorry, Sony,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be Microsoft. Because I was reading a quote
Speaker 1: from Don Mattrick, who's the Microsoft Senior VP for Interactive
Speaker 1: Entertainment Business UM, and he said that they're gonna kick
Speaker 1: kick off E three with in blockbuster style. They actually
Speaker 1: had their their big announcements scheduled for June one instead
Speaker 1: of June two, And I think I think they're gonna lead.
Speaker 1: They're gonna take the lead then and just never look back,
Speaker 1: because I think they're gonna have some big announcements. And
Speaker 1: they said that they're not even going to shy away
Speaker 1: from making some future prognostication, if you will. They're not
Speaker 1: just going to keep it the stuff that's coming out
Speaker 1: this year, which means I think that you may hear
Speaker 1: something about the next generation Xbox at this point. So
Speaker 1: you're thinking seven twenty, yeah, or possibly well, No, I
Speaker 1: don't think this is the year for that, you do.
Speaker 1: I think that they'll even say that they're going to
Speaker 1: have something. No, I don't think so. So we'll see,
Speaker 1: well and uh, and I'll blog about it, and if
Speaker 1: it happens, I'll lie, And if it doesn't happen, I'll
Speaker 1: champion the fact that I got it right. No, No,
Speaker 1: I will come clean if if I am wrong, I will,
Speaker 1: I will definitely admit it. Um. I think we're gonna
Speaker 1: see some interesting titles from them. I think we'll we'll
Speaker 1: hear about a metal Gear Gear Solid title from Microsoft.
Speaker 1: That's that's a biggie, you know. Any time you're going
Speaker 1: to talk about game titles that traditionally belong to a
Speaker 1: different system, Um, that's always gonna be a big thing.
Speaker 1: Which is why I think the Final Fantasy thirteen, I mean,
Speaker 1: Microsoft is gonna have to make a big deal of
Speaker 1: that too. I've heard have you heard about the game
Speaker 1: Alan Wake, I've heard a little bit about it to
Speaker 1: show it off. Yeah, I can't wait to see that action.
Speaker 1: I've seen the previews and it looks really interesting. It's
Speaker 1: a psychological action thriller. And you play the part of
Speaker 1: a writer who goes to this little town and then
Speaker 1: things he's written a thriller novel that he has no
Speaker 1: memory of, and then he sees, uh, events unfold that
Speaker 1: happened in the novel. So it's as if he's somehow
Speaker 1: predicted what's happening right then and there, and yet he
Speaker 1: can't remember writing the book in the first place. And uh,
Speaker 1: it looks pretty intense. I'm looking forward to that, and
Speaker 1: I'm thinking there might be another splinter Cell uh game
Speaker 1: shown off there. I'm a big splinter Cell fan. I
Speaker 1: haven't played the last one, but now I've always enjoyed
Speaker 1: those games. Um, I'm not I'm not terribly skilled, but uh,
Speaker 1: I do enjoy playing them. Um, let's see what else, Um,
Speaker 1: Gears of War three, maybe, I mean it's a little soon.
Speaker 1: Gears of War two has not been out that long.
Speaker 1: But then so you've got you know, you gotta weigh it,
Speaker 1: like does it steal any thunder to announce it early?
Speaker 1: Or will it coast on the popularity of the Gears
Speaker 1: War two? And then just help them propel that forward,
Speaker 1: keep the momentum going. I don't know. Um, we'll probably
Speaker 1: see something, maybe a teaser. Uh. I think that's all
Speaker 1: I have for Microsoft. Do you have anything else for Microsoft?
Speaker 1: Not for Microsoft. There are some other companies, of course,
Speaker 1: going to be there, like Developers who had been shying
Speaker 1: away from E three for the last couple of years. Um.
Speaker 1: Its Software is going to be there, even though they're
Speaker 1: no longer part of the association. They're going to be
Speaker 1: showing off Wolfenstein, which is kind of interesting one of
Speaker 1: my favorite games back in the old the old Wolfenstein
Speaker 1: three D game, the original one, not the remake they did. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and uh, but there's still some big names who aren't
Speaker 1: going to be there, like nc soft, the massively multiplayer
Speaker 1: online game Giant and uh. Sadly Midway had to pull out,
Speaker 1: also went bankrupt because they don't have the money to go,
Speaker 1: I guess. And that's that's sad. You know, they've over
Speaker 1: the years had some awesome stuff. Well, but they can't
Speaker 1: show up. But I tell you who will show up.
Speaker 1: And I think this is a segue into our next point.
Speaker 1: Saga is going to be there. Oh man, I didn't
Speaker 1: even think about that. That's a good point. Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: So we wanted to talk a little bit about things
Speaker 1: that may not happen, but we hope happen, not just
Speaker 1: these aren't really so much predictions as they are wishful thinking. Yep,
Speaker 1: So go ahead drop one on me. I'm thinking that's
Speaker 1: the saga. One. Yeah, one. And you know what, the
Speaker 1: reason I hold out hope for this UM is in
Speaker 1: that other people talk about it all the time. Sega
Speaker 1: still has tons of fans who would like them to
Speaker 1: get back into the console business, and they've had some
Speaker 1: pretty successful games for the Wei UM, you know, in
Speaker 1: their partnership with Nintendo, and I would like them to
Speaker 1: come out with a brand new console and get back
Speaker 1: into the competition. I mean, Sony's down, so you know
Speaker 1: they could they could possibly take a shot at their
Speaker 1: old rival. And uh, you know, I don't know if
Speaker 1: they would still be able to do that and create
Speaker 1: games with the other consoles UM, but you never know.
Speaker 1: I don't know that you could completely count it out.
Speaker 1: Of course, now may not be the best time with
Speaker 1: the financial market being right, but I'd like to see it.
Speaker 1: Let's say that, um, are we just gonna let ourselves
Speaker 1: to one or do you have more? Um, I came
Speaker 1: up with another one as we were talking to go ahead.
Speaker 1: Speaking of the Wii, you know what I'd like to see,
Speaker 1: what's a wireless nunchuck. That's a good point, but I
Speaker 1: like the you know, the two handed games, but you
Speaker 1: have that tether in between them and it's kind of
Speaker 1: easy to get hung up on. So it would be
Speaker 1: nice to see a wireless time chock. I don't think
Speaker 1: they're gonna say anything about, at least not anytime soon. Well,
Speaker 1: it would be nice for me. The one thing I
Speaker 1: would love to see that I know is not going
Speaker 1: to happen, but I would love to see it. Monkey
Speaker 1: Island five please, LucasArts please, or Grim Fandango to either
Speaker 1: one of those. Actually, both of the Grim Fandango game
Speaker 1: and the Monkey Island games were some of my favorite
Speaker 1: adventure games. No adventure games in general have really kind
Speaker 1: of tanked. They just don't really there aren't that many left.
Speaker 1: You don't see its coming out with tomb Rat Actually
Speaker 1: there are. There's a new tomb Rater game being Yes,
Speaker 1: it's an adventure game, but it's an adventure it's not.
Speaker 1: It's it's an arcade adventure game, Monkey Island and the
Speaker 1: Fandango series are more you know, your point and click
Speaker 1: adventure games, so like your old King's Quest games and
Speaker 1: things like that, you know, kind of prettied up a
Speaker 1: little bit more and with a real funny some the humor.
Speaker 1: So I would love to see that. So that's that's
Speaker 1: my wish. Um I had another one like, I would
Speaker 1: love to see more of the cotour uh stuff. That's
Speaker 1: Nights of the Old Republic. Um I. I loved both
Speaker 1: of those games, even with their flaws. That that was
Speaker 1: the Star Wars games set in the ancient ancient ancient
Speaker 1: period before even the prequels that never existed. Um, I
Speaker 1: have to deny it or else I go crazy. So
Speaker 1: I'm hoping to see something about that too. Um yeah,
Speaker 1: I noticed that you didn't mention the one title we
Speaker 1: said we were going to get back to. What was that? Oh?
Speaker 1: Oh right, right, this is the Quintessential, maybe thirteen years
Speaker 1: in the making now. Yeah, I expect to see something
Speaker 1: about Duke Nukem Forever. Alright. So Duke Nukem Forever, which
Speaker 1: is been in development for more than a decade, hope
Speaker 1: to see something about it, all right, that's it. Alright
Speaker 1: and done. So, so you're not gonna say yes or no.
Speaker 1: Oh no, I'm I'm sure I'll see something about it
Speaker 1: because they have to keep that you know, that that
Speaker 1: that dead horse has not been beaten enough as it is.
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