Yesterday was an interesting day to say the least; not only did we witness the fall of an industry giant (I'm not going to point out any names but it rhymes with Shmicrosmoft) into the realm of mediocrity, but we also got to witness, debatably, one of the best E3 conferences of all time, and it was held by Sony, whodathunkit?

Starting off with a couple of presentations focusing on the Move, I have to admit I wasn't the least bit interested in most of what Sony was interested in offering at the time; until I saw Medieval Moves. This game seemed to take a step in the right direction for the Move; by signaling several different gestures, you can select different weapons from your arsenal to use to attack onslaughts of enemies. By simply lowering the Move controller and flipping your wrist, your character will throw "throwing stars" at the enemy (although why these exist in a Medieval game are beyond me). Moving the controller behind your head simulates the action of pulling an arrow out of the quiver on your character's back and will result in equipping the bow which makes for a slower, but more powerful, projectile. And, finally, flailing the sword like a manic idiot is how to use your sword while raising the move controller into a upwards, raised position is how to utilize your shield. Overall, the game appeared to be in an "on-rails shooter" format; you don't have any control over which direction the character moves in, but you control what weapons he uses and where he aims his weapons. There also appear to be a few puzzles thrown into the game (some reliant on timing), but it's nothing that would stump anyone above a first grade level, at least for very long. Long story short: the game has quite some promise... for a Move title that is.

There were also several announcements for Move and none-Move games at the conference as well. Naughty Dog showed a recent demo and new trailer for Uncharted 3 which hardley moved me from my seat since it seemed to be one of those games I would file under "New Locations! Same Game." But, for the sake of everyone else out there who is actually looking forward to the game: here is a trailer for your entertainment (horrible encoding ensured).

Along with Uncharted 3, other Tripple A titles were announced for the Playstation 3 such as a new Sly Cooper,

Resistance 3, Bioshock Infinite (now with Move support), Dust 514 (a shooter that is to be linked in with the EVE online game on the PC), and exclusive content that not even the 360 will be getting for games that are coming out with multi-platform releases. What do I mean by that? For examples: the new game Need For Speed: Run, which features not only driving gameplay, but gameply where you will have to run away from the cops on foot, will also have exclusive cars on the PS3 version; along with an extra game thrown into Battlefield 3 for PlayStation 3 users labled Battlefield 1943. Its finally seems like developers are taking full advantage of the capacity of a BluRay disc.

But we all really know what this blog post was about right? The big news of the Sony Conference of E3 2011 right? Their new, awesome ass, TV that Sony announced! Ok, this isn't the big news of the show, but it does have three nifty features about it that I would like to point out before moving on to the BIG news of the show. The first being just the look of the TV, isn't it just beautiful? Ok, thats not a real feature... moving on.

The TV displays in 3D and is only 24" big, making it the perfect display for people who don't have the luxury of living in bedrooms as big as their living room and want 3D gaming on their desk. I'm not one of those people, personally, but this next feature is the real kicker. Hold on to your balls, this is where the shit gets real.

The TV utilizes it's 3D feature to the best of its ability by giving two people who may be playing a split-screen game a full screen to play their game on... EACH.... WITH ONE TV! Now how does that work? The way that 3D glasses work are that each lense recieves a different signal from the TV in order to create a 3D effect in your eyes. "The Left lense will recieve a "left signal" from the TV and the Right lense will recieve a "right signal" from the TV, each showing a different perspective of the game world and, thus, giving off the illusion that it's in 3D (disclaimer: this isn't exactly how the 3D works, just a rough outline for those out there who don't speek geek). These two lenses, however, have been given the capability to recieve images from either both the left signal from the TV or the right signal from the TV. This mean, when playing a splitscreen game, both the images are displayed at once, covering the same area of the TV, but, by wearing the correct glasses, you will only be able to see one of those images instead of both of them at the same time (as simulated in the picture above). And yes, this does get rid of the 3D capability of the TV when playing split screen, but that means it also gets rid of the fear of someone screen peaking and killing you all the time; I feel that this outcome is far much more desired than sharing a smaller portion of the screen with the friend.

While that may not have been the biggest new of the show, that still a damn cool TV... right?

The real show stopper, however is something much bigger than this TV. What is it, you ask? Well chances are that if you found this website then you know what the product is. Stay tuned later today for a full overview of the Sony Playstation Vita.

Regards,

Bortch