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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By Austin Keenan

The Best of E3

Not that we were lucky enough to attend, ourselves, but E3 always causes such a rucus on the internet that it's hard to ignore.  Every year stunning new game trailers and promises of fantasy to carry us outside of the living nightmare that is the recession, and remind us that even if banks can't spend money on us anymore, we can still waste our rent money on such wonderful treats as these (as soon as they're available, of course).  Here's to the nerd in all of us as TheDailyTube brings our favorites from E3 into one beautiful blog post!

 

Star Wars: The Old Republic

The big joke is that this trailer looks better than all three of George Lucas' prequels put together.  For serious, Bioware is making this look like the MMO to end all MMOs, once and for all, until something better comes out.  If you go to the official website, you can get a great look at all the conceptual art, which apparently isn't being changed as they program it into the game's engine, as well as plenty of behind-the-scenes looks at how they create a totally virtual, interactive and cinematic experience taylor made for internet nerds like you (and me).

 

Ruse

HAHAHAHAHA NO! This game is not played as the video depicts, you n00b.  Actually, there is a level of similarity between this conceptualized teaser and the type of gameplay that you'll experience in Ruse, just without the touch screen.  The game aims to redefine the real-time-strategy genre on a level that hasn't really been achieved since the days of Warcraft 2.  You can find actual gameplay videos all over for this one, but just imagine how crazy it will be when you can finally control the whole army of a nation in this fashion, rather than just a scenario?

 

Project Natal

Project Natal is Microsoft's answer to Nintendo's Wii, basically.  Physically interactive gameplay is what they're aiming for, and they add facial recognition, voice recognition, and a whole bunch of artificial intelligence to try and one-up Nintendo's smashing success.  Of course, this is Microsoft we're talking about here.  Who knows if all of this will play out as well as this contrived little teaser lets on.  The real seller is the artificial intelligence, which you can check out over at the official site.

 

Ghostbusters: The Video Game


For some it was Scribblenauts.  For some, it was the new Super Mario Bros. for Wii.  In fact, besides the last three games mentioned, there doesn't seem to be a real consensus as to what are the other games to keep an eye on this year and next.  For us, it was a charming 3D remake of a precious, precious classic franchise that we actually featured in Web Stars back when it was first mentioned.  The most awesome thing about this E3 pick? You don't have to wait half a year to play a demo.  In fact, Ghostbusters: The Video Game comes out this month, so once you finish reading this, you can give it a try and admit to yourself that bustin' makes you feel good.