Chris explores how he’s recently become jaded and the effects it has had on his perception of the industry.

What’s the Citizen Kane of video games? Are you nuts? Give me one sentence that defines what a video game is, encompassing all genres out there, and then we can start to talk about what the Citizen Kane of games is.

I don’t know what compelled me to sit through all of the Secret Girlfriend premiere, but it did get me thinking about designing a game based on falling in love.

Once again Reggie claims that Nintendo hasn’t abandoned the hardcore with flimsy examples. In response, gamers outcry that there’s nothing for them while completely ignoring perfectly good ‘core titles they would love. Game developers continue with half-assed ports, on-rail shooters, or lame attempts at keeping up with the higher-tech platforms. This is one of those times where nobody gets that they are all part of the same problem.

That is, unless you consider the pain and torture that will be required to get the game to run properly payment enough. Otherwise, it’s free!

In addition to Square Enix releasing a teaser site this weekend, Capcom has also plugged up a teaser site of their own which makes even less sense, but could hint at a new Onimusha game.

The Administrator of Obsidian’s official forums has dashed everyone’s hopes and dreams, announcing the cancellation of the Aliens RPG. Sega has confirmed, saying that the possibilities of the Aliens license are clearly limited to first-person shooter.

Square-Enix Japan’s website has released a new teaser page for what is apparently a new game. In case you were confused, the title bar of your web browser will make it very clear that this is certainly a new game. In all caps.

There was a lot of stuff that happened last week at E3, a lot of good games shown, and a lot of announcements made. Chris tries to stand back and look at everything from a neutral viewpoint, as well as following reactions of gamers across the Internet, and determine what the best and worst parts of E3 2009 were.

Choosing between kissing a baby and eating a baby is all well and good, but where’s the small choices that have a drastic butterfly effect on the world and story? I want off these damned rails already!