| 1:23 AM | This is a test. This is only a test. — jack |
| 9:05 AM | It is too early to be awake. Why do people do this to themselves? — jack |
| 10:35 AM | I just found out Jack has better sears than me. Fuck that. — burnie |
| 10:36 AM | Seats. — burnie |
| 10:39 AM | This morning it was raining and there was no traffic in LA. Pretty sure that means my plane crashed yesterday and I'm dead now. — burnie |
| 10:45 AM | I'm sitting down inside. I think Burnie is about 20 miles away in line. — jack |
| 10:54 AM | I'm actually sitting next to some fans, go visit enderobitus and masterchiefg on our site and say "hello." — jack |
| 10:57 AM | 
Trying a photo for the first time! — jack |
| 11:01 AM | There are a bunch of gamertags on that big green wall. Someone said they saw mine scroll across. CAN'T STOP LOOKING. — jack |
| 11:02 AM | Microsoft security didn't find my boot flask. Amateurs. — burnie |
| 11:02 AM | 
Burnie is somewhere towards the back of this. — jack |
| 11:06 AM | People at E3 sure like wearing blazers. — burnie |
| 11:06 AM | I've been told Seth Rogan is here. I'm assuming that means Burnie has taken his seat. — jack |
| 11:07 AM | Hey Jack, wave so I can find you. And then chuck my fucking shoe at you. — burnie |
| 11:08 AM | I count 6 Kinect setups on stage. I'm hoping for Skittles version 2.0. — jack |
| 11:12 AM | Having issues getting photos from my iPhone to my MacBook Pro. I wonder why that is... — jack |
| 11:13 AM | 
This is what the wall of Gamertag images looks like. See if you spot yourself! — jack |
| 11:15 AM | The hall is still filling up with people like Burnie who didn't get a good seat. — jack |
| 11:17 AM | Hmmmm...here's hoping my laptop lasts for the 4 hours I need it up today for liveblogging. Might not be photos for the EA event after this. — jack |
| 11:18 AM | For those curious, this is the same hall that they had the crazy Space Poncho event last year. — jack |
| 11:20 AM | A robot woman just told us to keep the aisles clear. Burnie, pick your shoe up. — jack |
| 11:24 AM | Briefing is going to begin in 5 minutes according to robot lady. — jack |
| 11:26 AM | I am updating from my phone, so my entries will suck in both content and character. — burnie |
| 11:26 AM | Five minutes to start. Going to find a beer. — burnie |
| 11:27 AM | Awesome, the Wi-Fi is getting spotty now. Should make it interesting! — jack |
| 11:29 AM | Briefing is about to begin! Time for me to remove my pants. — jack |
| 11:30 AM | For what it's worth, I'm totally up for bribery. Keep that in mind Microsoft. — jack |
| 11:31 AM | We are beginning with a Modern Warfare 3 trailer. — jack |
| 11:31 AM | "Hunter Killer," is the name of the level, guy on stage is playing someone named "Frost." — jack |
| 11:32 AM | And his controller just disconnected. Whoops. This is obviously live. — jack |
| 11:32 AM | Wow, he is underwater, swimming through a tunnel full of vehicles. Taxis and other stuff. — jack |
| 11:36 AM | Seals are now inside a submarine. Close quarters combat. Reminds of me of the ship level from the original Modern Warfare. — jack |
| 11:38 AM | And now they are on a raft again like the end of MW2. Fantastic. Another one of those... — jack |
| 11:40 AM | Applause from the crowd. Robert Bowling from Infinity ward and Glen Schofield from Sledgehammer are on stage. — jack |
| 11:40 AM | Glen worked on the original Dead Space title. He has huge arms. — jack |
| 11:41 AM | Just watched what looks like the first level of MW3. Underwater infiltration of sub and then a bad ass escape scene. — burnie |
| 11:41 AM | Don Mattrick is on stage now, looks like he'll be MCing the event. — jack |
| 11:41 AM | Last year was the biggest year in Xbox history. — jack |
| 11:42 AM | Unveiling a "better way to enjoy television." WTF does that mean? — jack |
| 11:43 AM | Daniel Neuberger, Darrel Gallageher are here to show off a new Lara Croft title. — jack |
| 11:43 AM | It's just called "Tomb Raider." It'll be an origin story. — jack |
| 11:43 AM | 
The guys from MW3. — jack |
| 11:44 AM | 
Burnie sent in the next two photos. — jack |
| 11:45 AM | 
Presented without comment. — jack |
| 11:45 AM | Lara is very very dirty. Literally. Grime. — jack |
| 11:46 AM | Watching Lara Croft. Looks like Tomb Raider is going more cinematic to compete with Uncharted. — burnie |
| 11:47 AM | Lots of puzzles to solve to get Lara out of the first level. Game looks fantastic. — jack |
| 11:47 AM | 
That's Lara Croft hanging upside down on the screen. — jack |
| 11:48 AM | Burnie was spot on about the look being similar to Uncharted. Very exciting. — jack |
| 11:49 AM | Lara's sounding pretty girly these days. — burnie |
| 11:49 AM | Peter Moore just took the stage to talk EA Sports. — jack |
| 11:50 AM | Tiger Woods, Madden, Fifa and another game will support Kinect next year. — jack |
| 11:51 AM | EA sports adding Kinect to madden, tiger woods, FIFA and a game to be named later. — burnie |
| 11:51 AM | Dr. Ray Muzyka from Bioware is here to talk Mass Effect 3. I can hear Burnie squealing. — jack |
| 11:52 AM | Mass Effect 3 will support Kinect through voice recognition. — jack |
| 11:52 AM | Sims will also offer voice control of Sims via Kinect. Mainly announcements by EA Sports, nothing shown. — burnie |
| 11:53 AM | The demo is showing that dialogue can be read aloud instead of with button presses. — jack |
| 11:54 AM | Shepard is looking pretty rough, lots of scars on his face. — jack |
| 11:54 AM | Mass Effect 3 looks awesome. Kinect voice support for conversations. — burnie |
| 11:54 AM | Female krogan. — burnie |
| 11:55 AM | Wow, voice controls to have your AI attack in coordinated attacks. Looks rad. — jack |
| 11:55 AM | ME3 allows voice commands in battle. — burnie |
| 11:56 AM | Ubisoft, showing Ghost Recon: Future Soldier now. — jack |
| 11:57 AM | Trailer for the game looks nutshit. Stealth suits! — jack |
| 11:57 AM | Yves Guillemo, co-founder of Ubisoft to talk about Ghost Recon and Kinect. — jack |
| 11:58 AM | 
More Lara Croft. — jack |
| 11:58 AM | 
Photo from Mass Effect 3. — jack |
| 11:59 AM | Ghost Recon allows you to modify your gun in every single way. Completely controlled via Kinect if you choose. — jack |
| 11:59 AM | So far, this press conf is pretty Kinect heavy. Ghost Recon is showing off integration now. — burnie |
| 12:00 PM | He's shooting via Kinect...looks feasible. Not a lot of shake. — jack |
| 12:01 PM | There's a lot more voice features than previous games I have seen. — burnie |
| 12:01 PM | 
Gun control. — jack |
| 12:01 PM | All Tom Clancy titles will now feature Kinect. — jack |
| 12:01 PM | All future Tom Clancy titles will "leverage" Kinect. — burnie |
| 12:01 PM | Marc Whitten from Xbox Live has taken the stage. — jack |
| 12:02 PM | "Giving TV a new voice...yours." — jack |
| 12:02 PM | Whoa, new Dashboard. Looks super clean. — jack |
| 12:02 PM | I disagree with Jacks opinion of shooting FPS via Kinect. That did not look easy or competitive. — burnie |
| 12:03 PM | Increasing the number of partnerships by a factor of 10. — jack |
| 12:04 PM | Millions of items in the "entertainment catalogue" — jack |
| 12:04 PM | YouTube is coming to Xbox Live. — jack |
| 12:04 PM | YouTube on Xbox Live. — burnie |
| 12:04 PM | Hah, he just mentioned "Game Tips" via YouTube...I know some guys that do that! — jack |
| 12:04 PM | "Bing is coming to Xbox" — jack |
| 12:05 PM | 
New dashboard. — jack |
| 12:06 PM | Xbox Bing basically allows you to search all the content on Xbox and returns various results from everywhere. Zune Marketplace, Game Marketplace...etc — jack |
| 12:06 PM | Live television is coming to Xbox 360. — jack |
| 12:06 PM | New dashboard sections: bing, home, social, live tv, video, games, music apps, settings — burnie |
| 12:06 PM | Option for DVR on the screen. — jack |
| 12:07 PM | Live tv with DVR functions. — burnie |
| 12:07 PM | Launches this fall. Now watching a trailer showing off the stuff he just showed us. — jack |
| 12:08 PM | The people in this trailer all have really awesome living rooms. — jack |
| 12:08 PM | Dana White! Hah, I wonder if he'll hit someone on stage. — jack |
| 12:08 PM | Dana White is the owner of UFC, btw. — jack |
| 12:09 PM | Looks like you'll be able to watch PPV UFC fights on your 360. That is actually pretty badass. — jack |
| 12:10 PM | 
Dana White, owner of UFC. — jack |
| 12:10 PM | Bing will make dashboard more searchable. They showed a voice control feature where someone said "Xmen" and all Xmen content came up. Games, movies and TV shows. — burnie |
| 12:10 PM | Phil Spencer from Microsoft Studios. He looks a lot like Dean Cain. — jack |
| 12:11 PM | My seat has become incredibly uncomfortable. — jack |
| 12:11 PM | From this point on, everything they show will only be available on Xbox 360. — jack |
| 12:11 PM | I didn't see what the Apps section was about v — burnie |
| 12:11 PM | Gears of War 3 demo now. — jack |
| 12:12 PM | Cliff Bleszinski takes the stage like a boss. — jack |
| 12:13 PM | Ice-T is joining CliffyB on stage for some co-op. — jack |
| 12:13 PM | All titles from this point on are 360 exclusive. — burnie |
| 12:13 PM | Burnie, do you see the special controllers they are holding? They look maroon. — jack |
| 12:13 PM | Somewhere, right now, Coco is unattended. BRB. — burnie |
| 12:14 PM | Some giant squid thing is wrecking shop. — jack |
| 12:15 PM | Characters are getting in something called a "Silverback" it's like a mech suit. — jack |
| 12:15 PM | Silverback power suits in Gears 3 look awesome. Very cool design. — burnie |
| 12:16 PM | Marcus is taking cover behind the Silverback. — jack |
| 12:16 PM | It's a man sized mech suit with an open back. — burnie |
| 12:17 PM | Ice-T is reuniting Body Count (his band) to do a song for the game. — jack |
| 12:18 PM | Crytek trailer... — jack |
| 12:19 PM | Kinect title where you are a Roman...kicking, punching, throwing swords. — jack |
| 12:19 PM | Ryse, from Crytek and Microsoft Studios — jack |
| 12:19 PM | Oh shit....Halo — jack |
| 12:19 PM | Talking about 10 years ago...showing off the original Halo: CE. — jack |
| 12:20 PM | "Campaign of the decade, remade and remastered." — jack |
| 12:20 PM | Classic Multiplayer maps, updated for XBL. — jack |
| 12:21 PM | Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, November 15th, 2011 — jack |
| 12:21 PM | Now someone is taking the stage to talk about Forza Motorsport 4. — jack |
| 12:21 PM | Sorry, no photos, was busy typing. I'm sure the trailer will be up very quickly. We'll link it when we have it. — jack |
| 12:22 PM | 
Here's CliffyB on stage. — jack |
| 12:22 PM | Forza Motorsport 4, rocking out "Power" by Kanye. — jack |
| 12:23 PM | Not a lot of details on Halo: CE Anniversary, 7 multiplayer maps, co-op over XBL, completely redone campaign. Desperate for more info. — jack |
| 12:23 PM | I wonder if the original Blood Gulch is in there. No word yet. — jack |
| 12:23 PM | Forza Motorsport 4, October 11th. — jack |
| 12:24 PM | Peter Molyneux is taking the stage to talk about Fable: The Journey — jack |
| 12:25 PM | "When heroes are no longer born, they must be made." — jack |
| 12:26 PM | A guy is controlling a horse via Kinect. — jack |
| 12:27 PM | New Halo remake announced. Looks like Reach engine. Same helmets and death animations as Reach. No mention of Kinect. — burnie |
| 12:27 PM | The demo is showing off controlling some cool spells using your hands. Kinda sweet actually. — jack |
| 12:28 PM | Oh shit. — jack |
| 12:28 PM | Minecraft.... — jack |
| 12:28 PM | Halo remake set for Fall. — burnie |
| 12:28 PM | Minecraft is coming to the 360 this Winter, exclusively on 360 and Kinect. — jack |
| 12:28 PM | Minecraft for 360 exclusive. — burnie |
| 12:29 PM | Collaboration with Disney.... "Disneyland Adventures" — jack |
| 12:29 PM | Disneyland has been recreated entirely...walk around the park. — jack |
| 12:30 PM | Disney partnership featuring virtual park visits. Jack is probably crying right now. — burnie |
| 12:30 PM | Two kids this year....I wonder if that is the Skittles girl from last year....they are demoing the Peter Pan mini-game within Disneyland Adventures. — jack |
| 12:31 PM | Minecraft had a Kinect call out as well. I'm going to a tired bitch if I have to shovel my way through a god damn mountain. — burnie |
| 12:31 PM | I think Burnie can hear me crying from his seat. — jack |
| 12:32 PM | Kinect Star Wars. — jack |
| 12:33 PM | Looks like Phantom Menace era of Star Wars. Watto... Pod Racers — jack |
| 12:34 PM | Live demo of Kinect Star Wars — jack |
| 12:34 PM | 
Kinect Star Wars. — jack |
| 12:35 PM | It looks like an On-rails slasher? — jack |
| 12:35 PM | I gotta admit, using the Force via Kinect could be rad. — jack |
| 12:36 PM | I never understood, why don't Jedi just use the force constantly....throw people off ledges... — jack |
| 12:36 PM | Sad to say, it looks very very laggy...could be our playback, but I wouldn't count on it. — jack |
| 12:37 PM | Two Sith showed up at the end, both holding two red sabers. — jack |
| 12:37 PM | Tim Schafer just took the stage to show off something from Double Fine. — jack |
| 12:38 PM | Double Fine's Sesame Street, Once Upon a Monster. Elmo and Cookie Monster! — jack |
| 12:39 PM | 
Sesame Street Once Upon a Monster — jack |
| 12:41 PM | Tim Schafer seems like a cool guy. — burnie |
| 12:42 PM | Kudo Tsunoda is here...still wearing his shades... — jack |
| 12:42 PM | Let's see the bottom of your foot Kudo! — jack |
| 12:42 PM | "Kinect Fun Labs" - Innovations for Kinect. — jack |
| 12:44 PM | Kinect Me recognizes you and makes an avatar for you. — jack |
| 12:44 PM | For some reason that was really creepy...people seemed to like it though. — jack |
| 12:44 PM | Kinect Sparkler... — jack |
| 12:45 PM | Whoa, you can draw in 3d with "Finger tracking".... you can move around in a 3d space... looks really cool. — jack |
| 12:45 PM | They just showed off a cool feature that builds avatar based on your image via Kinect. — burnie |
| 12:47 PM | Kinect Object scanner? Takes an image and creates a 3d version of your item. — jack |
| 12:48 PM | 
It's Kudo Tsunoda! — jack |
| 12:48 PM | Kinect Fun Labs goes live today. Have fun. — jack |
| 12:48 PM | Kinect Sports: Season Two trailer rolling now. — jack |
| 12:49 PM | Nicole Makila from Big Park showing Kinect Sports Season Two. — jack |
| 12:51 PM | Digital golf is almost as boring as real golf. — jack |
| 12:53 PM | Kasson Crooker from Harmonix to show off some Dance Central 2. — jack |
| 12:53 PM | This was the goofy white boy who danced last year. — jack |
| 12:54 PM | Digital dancing is almost as boring as real dancing. — jack |
| 12:55 PM | Don Mattrick returns to the stage. WILL HE DANCE? — jack |
| 12:56 PM | Call of Duty DLC will be available first on the 360, again. — jack |
| 12:57 PM | Final look at a new project... — jack |
| 12:57 PM | It's going to be a trilogy.... — jack |
| 12:58 PM | Holy shit...new Halo.... — jack |
| 12:58 PM | Chief escaping out of the ship from Halo 3.... — jack |
| 12:58 PM | Halo 4, Holiday 2012... — jack |
| 12:59 PM | Wow, that looked amazing...hopefully that'll hit the net soon. — jack |
| 12:59 PM | Time to catch a bus over to the EA press conference. Hope you guys enjoyed! — jack |
| 12:59 PM | I think Burnie is dead. — jack |
| 1:00 PM | And I'm out! — jack |
| 1:03 PM | Halo 4 spoilers in a sec. — burnie |
| 1:12 PM | You play as Chief. Start in tail end of ship from Halo 3. Cortana wakes you from pod. Ship is under attack and you have to escape in zero g. — burnie |
