My picks for the best of E3 2012 Day 1

E3 2012 is in full swing, many great things were introduced into the world yesterday, like xbox smartglass and sony's wonderbook. Here are my picks for the best of Monday, starting with the game that stole the show, ubisoft's watch_dogs:




 My next pick is Playstaion-All starts Battle Royale




next pick is gear of war judgement:




the next pick is the last of us




my next pick is south park: the stick of truth:



And finally my last pick is Halo 4



Watch_Dogs is so far my pick for best surprise and game at this years E3 so far. Not impressed with Microsoft's entertainment offers, I'm passing on IE on xbox. And wonderbook does not appeal to me at all. Looking forward to Nintendo press conference today.

Bethesda announces DOOM 3 BFG edition for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC

Today, Bethesada Software announced DOOM 3 BFG edition for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. It will include DOOM 3, it's expansion resurrection of evil, a new level called the "Lost Mission" and classics DOOM and DOOM 2. No release date or price has been announced, but I hope it's under $60

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E3 2012 Game list and some predictions

The most wonderful time of the years if you’re a gamer is fast approaching, E3. A with E3 comes a butt load of games being revealed and new looks at the ones we know about, here’s the list:

Spec Ops: The Line [360, PS3, PC]

Borderlands 2  [360, PS3, PC]

XCOM: Enemy Unknown [360, PS3, PC]

Persona 4 arena [360, PS3]

Persona 4 Golden [vita]

ArmA III [PC]

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission [360, PS3, PC]

Resident Evil 6 [360, PS3, PC]

Lost Planet 3  [360, PS3, PC]

DmC [360, PS3]

Future battlefield 3 DLC

Crysis 3 [360, PS3, PC]

Medal Of Honor Warfighter [360, PS3, PC]

Sim City [PC]

Dragon Commander [360, PS3, PC]

NBA baller beats [360]

Star trek the game [360, PS3, PC]

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 [360, PS3]

Dragon Ball Z for Kinect [360]

Pikmin 3 [Wii u]

Super Mario Wii U

Pokemon Black/White 2 [DS]

Neverwinter [PC]

Aliens: Colonial Marines  [360, PS3, Wii u, PC]

Sonic & All-stars Racing Transformed Line [360, PS3, PC, 3DS, Vita]

Planetside 2 [PC]

Hitman: Absolution [360, PS3, PC]

Tomb Raider [360, PS3, PC]

Sleeping dogs [360, PS3, PC]

Quantum Conundrum [360, PS3, PC]

Heroes of Ruin [3DS]

Kingdom Hearts 3D [3DS]

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy [3DS]

Dead Or Alive 5 [360, PS3]

Darksiders 2 [360, PS3, PC, Wii U]

Far Cry 3 [360, PS3, PC]

Rayman Legends [Wii u]

Assassins Creed 3 [360, PS3, PC, Wii u]

New Super Mario Bros 2 [3DS]

Halo 4 [360]

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 [360, PS3, PC]

There will be more games not mention here, like a slew of more Wii U launch games. Also many more Kinect games (possibly Kinect sports 3, yea go ahead and beat the dead horse), and a Halo 4 subscription based program like call of duty elite (it’s all the rage now). As for new consoles outside of Wii U, even though they say “NO NEW CONSOLES THIS E3” I say it’s 40/60 they get a mention, no showing of the console or a video representation of its graphics, but won’t be surprised a PS4 or a Xbox What-you- ma-call it pops up.

list info from ign.com

The history of video games : the origin era

Everything has a beginning that includes video games. The dawning of the computer age had brought a new form of entertainment into many family's homes that will create a culture that will live on for decades after. This is the origin era of video games, featuring the Atari 2600, Colecovision and we start with the system that birth the home video game market: The Magnavox Odyssey

In 1966, Ralph Baer would begin work on a prototype that would create a new form of home entertainment.  In 1972, The Magnavox Odyssey would be released to the public, beating Atari’s pong by 3 years.  The system was in black and white, color overlays had to be put over the TV screen to add color to the games. It also had a light gun add on. Due to bad marketing, sales were poor. Baer would go on to create the electronic game Simon for Mattel

The Atari 2600 is one of the greatest video game systems of all time. At some point in one’s gaming life, they must have played at least one 2600 game. Initially called Atari VCS (Video Computer  System) along with a variety of names depending on where it was sold, it would eventually be change to Atari 2600. The Atari 2600 rode high until the crash in 1983, which after had to compete with the NES and suffer from failed attempts to compete with it (2600 jr and the 8bit 7800). In 1992, the Atari 2600 was discontinued.

 In 1982, Coleco, well known for cabbage patch dolls, released Colecovision . It had success from licensing games from Nintendo, which was touted to have near arcade graphics.  Colecovision had 3 expansion modules, one let you played 2600 games, another was a steering wheel, and the last turned into a home PC.  Much like many consoles of this era, it suffered from the 1983 crash and was discontinued in 1985.

There were many great console during this era, Intellivision and Vectrex being two of them. However due to over saturation of the market, and the rise of the home PC (which a few of these companies, Atari being one would go into) the video game market crashed kin 1983, thus ending the origin era, but because of this, the golden age  era of video games would come from  its ashes.  The poll to vote for what systems you want to be featured in this era will be up here and on the Facebook page.

Call of duty black ops 2 reveal trailer

This is the call of duty black ops reveal trailer...excuse me while I change my pants