Game Sites Finish Up Post-E3 Awards

An anonymous reader writes "Most of the major game sites have put up 'Best of E3' sections, including those from Gamespot, from IGN, from GameSpy, and from 1UP . Everyone gave a different Best of Show this year, and agreed that the competition was fierce. I was happy to see mention of Yoot Saito's Odama and Namco's Katamari Damashii. Notable absences, in my opinion, included Tim Schafer's chronically late Psychonauts for Xbox. What games caught your eye? Who was the big winner this year?" T adds: Danno writes "The gang over here at GameGal.com have just put up our 2004 edition of the E3 Hall of Shame. Each year we chronicle the best of the worst in booth babes and half-naked female video game characters. We're not really offended by most of this, but it is amusing to see the lengths companies will go to catch the attention of jaded E3 attendees."

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Tim getting his game on in the hotel room

[superultra]

International House of Mojo reports that without a publisher, Psychonauts creator Tim Schaffer had to show the game out of his hotel room. Although that sounds weird, my bet is that it was a very funny hotel room, maybe as funny as some of those Korean booths at E3 in the warehouse near the restrooms.


From the Mojo:

Wonder why there is no Psychonauts news from any other media sites? Our own Doug Tabacco on the show floor explains:

That's because Psychonauts isn't being shown on the floor. With no publisher to host them and no time or space left to secure a booth of their own, Tim is reduced to showing it out of a hotel suite. We called him and tried to set up a meeting, but he said he's totally booked up. We take that to be a good thing, since it means lots of people (hopefully some of them publishers) are seeing the game.

Thre you have it folks... You heard it here first! Exclusive E3 News coverage. Come on you know Mojo still loves you. It does.

Re:Tim getting his game on in the hotel room

[Anonymous Coward]

A little cold of Microsoft to dump DoubleFine RIGHT before E3 . They could have at least given them one terminal to setup in. Microsoft took up as much space as EA, Activision, and another small publisher combined. Sickening.

well done GameGal

[real_smiff]

Exposing the ridiculousness with good humour works much better than some feminist ranting. I'm a guy and find that funny.
".....let's just have the girls dance around on stage for a while.."
Exactly.. this is the kind of thing that would make me feel a plonker for going to this show.. it's not the girls that are sad, they're probably being well paid and have nothing to fear, it's the guys standing around photographing them (i realise some of those are for magazines, that's a whole other rant)... i mean come on, whack off/have sex *before* you go to E3 and maybe next year the companies can concentrate on the games... we can have an agreement sort of thing. never mind what the gamer girls think, it just makes more sense aiight guys ;)

Re:well done GameGal

[KDR_11k]

Imaginary girlfriends don't count, I forgot to mention that. ;)

For shame!

[Otter]

The gang over here at GameGal.com have just put up our 2004 edition of the E3 Hall of Shame. Each year we chronicle the best of the worst in booth babes and half-naked female video game characters.

I applaud GameGal's bringing this horror to attention -- but only six pictures? Surely there must be more cases of exploitation about which we must be informed!

Is GameGal ok with the Postal 2 panty brigade?

[cjmnews]

I would think they would have a big problem with the panty brigade. I am surprised that it was not on their Hall of Shame. Are they OK with it or just didn't see it.

Gamespot gets Alzheimer's and forgets WoW

[perrinkog]

Please forgive the side of me that is about to emerge.

Their category of "Best Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game"

Winner: EverQuest II

Finalists:
Auto Assault (PC)
Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed (PC)
The Matrix Online (PC)
Tabula Rasa (PC)

Anyone else notice a VERY conspicuous abscense fro m this list?

World of Warcraft anyone?

Ok, got that out of my system. :)

Re:Gamespot gets Alzheimer's and forgets WoW

[Hott of the World]

Easy. They only nominated games that caught their attention at E3 this year. It has no bearing on the actual game, just "hey, these games really brought some hype this time!"

I've heard comments from some of the insiders at Gamespot and they've got people in WOW beta, constantly addicted, game of the year type addicted.

Its just you cant justify "Best of E3" when it was the same thing as last year.

gender-bias(ed)?

[Creepy]

Hey - those bimbo... er, models, probably did all their own signs. If they're anything like my cousin, she can cheer, she can draw and design (she's also adept at spurting out kids, signing divorce papers, and collecting alimony and child support from four different fathers, not to mention is a grandmother at 32), but grammar and spelling - ha!

As for booth babes, is E3 mostly male? I suspect yes, so from a marketing standpoint, hiring attractive women to push your product seems like a good idea. The more skin you can show on your models, the more attention your booth will get from the mostly male audience. Most women don't want to see other women naked and most guys don't want to see other guys naked, so there is some justified repulsion from the women as the booth babes get more scantily clad. If E3 were mostly female, I have no doubt that the marketing would be reversed.

Hey - I think that IS my blonde bimbo cousin in one of those pics...

Re:Psi-Ops? Suspiciously Absent?

[CheeseMonkey]

Hell yeah! I'm a programmer on the Psi-Ops team, and I have been a bit bummed about the lack of coverage- particularly since everyone, press or otherwise, who saw the game at E3 seemed blown away! :/

<Plug>Well, like he said, get the demo and try for yourself :D</Plug>