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Blizzard Games: Return of the Buzz

Four days. That’s the amount of time you’re going to be stuck with me, Cody “Micajah” Bye, Ten Ton Hammer’s too wordy, comma-happy Managing Editor. Your normal Loading... wordsmith, John “Boomjack” Hoskin, has taken his leave from the frontlines after having to suffer through a painstakingly anticlimactic E3 2007. Even though we still managed to wrangle up a basketful of articles for you to read through and videos to watch, the show was nowhere near as big (or exciting!) as E3s of yesteryear. In fact, there’s a whole slew of industry and press personnel that believe E3 has been gimped, neutered, or whatever you want to call it. My personal favorite has to be the Gamecock E3 Funeral Procession and Mike Wilson running around in a hospital gown. From the Gamasutra interview:

Gamasutra: So why are you in a hospital gown?

Mike Wilson: I was in the ER at St. John’s Medical Center. I think I got some E3 on me and I’ve gotten very sick for the last couple of days. I had to be rushed to the hospital in the night after shaking in my bed for hours for the second day in a row.

I would’ve given my arm (but no legs) to see that.

Too bad the folks that run E3 forgot to send me an invite. Not that I’m bitter.

One piece of interesting information did float out of E3 via the Gamasutra website, and mentioned the existence of a THIRD Blizzard team that isn’t working on World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, or any of their cinematics.

Fourteen new MMOG articles, the quote from the Blizzard developer, a giant Homer, an embedded tooth, and an enormous tip are all but a click away!