VideoGamer.com at E3 2009: Photo Diary

Seb invented Blue Steel. True story. Here he is posing before heading to Heathrow to catch the flight out.

Waiting for the flight to board Neon and Seb break out a couple of Nintendo DSs to pass the time. As if drinking grotty airport beer wasn’t enough entertainment!

Seb making some kind of hand gesture. I imagine to youthful people this symbol probably represents some kind of dark sordid sexual manoeuvre. Notice Wes in the Fatal Fury cap back there in the background.

Neon attempts to play Hotel Dusk with the eye mask on. The case went unsolved.

Wes holding up the in-flight entertainment controller. His was broken so instead of access to a wide selection of great movies he was stuck playing solitaire.

The air hostess doesn’t seem overly impressed with whatever Adam and Seb are showing her. Use your imagination.

Unfortunately this didn’t turn out to be our hire car.

Our first stop in the US? A McDonalds Drive-Thru of course. They do nuggets in denominations of 8 and 20 instead of 6 and 9. They’re light years ahead of the UK in this regard.

Seb and Chris’ hotel room. Being the largest of them all this would eventually become the VG war-room and the venue for Neon’s complete breakdown.

Seb working like a dog. “Chillaxing” is part of his job description. Probably.

Wes and Neon enjoying the ambience of the main hall lobby.

Chris’ hoodie is made out of TV static. At least so the legend goes.

Assassin’s Creed 2 definitely wins the banner wars.

The reason we got up at all on Monday, to procure our show floor passes. That is a pint of a beer called Sam Adams. Not bad.

When he isn’t working for VideoGamer.com Seb also works for VideoGmaer.com… apparently. This typo really upset him. Really.

All hands on deck, the editorial team man the battle stations as the press conferences kick off.

Now for some random snaps from the show floor. Warner actually erected a miniature WB water tower which we thought was cool. You’re still laughing at “erected” aren’t you.

A bunch of guys take to the stage with LEGO Rockband. Nobody seems to care. This whole area of the show floor forced passers by to endure a steady stream of terrible terrible singers.

Microsoft’s booth. Halo ODST commanded one of the longest queues of the show.

Square Enix had a stunning HD screen playing the latest trailers from the Final Fantasy series amongst others. Up close the experience was breathtaking.

Seb, clearly enjoying himself. If you look closely you can tell something has snapped in his mindbox. He looks a little unhinged.

Steve Wiebe attempted to beat the Donkey Kong world record right here at E3.

Koei’s booth. Home to a strange Pokémon style monster, some attractive ladies and the latest Dynasty Warriors game.

Nintendo’s area offered the chance to go hands on with the new multiplayer Mario title. Unfortunately Galaxy 2 wasn’t available.

Activision reps giving a demonstration of the new Tony Hawk game. If you like pretending to ride pretend skateboards then this is the game for you.

Checking out Need For Speed Shift at the EA booth where they gave a demonstration and held some kind of time trial competition for attendees.

Watching the DJ vs Guitar face off during the DJ Hero presentation was one of the highlights of the show.

Seb finds his long lost identical twin. Who is also huge. And a wrestler. And isn’t Seb’s twin at all. John Morrison ladies and gentlemen!

Neon, Chris, Wes and Adam taking in some of the LA night life.

Wes, Neon and Adam hitting the beach before catching the flight back to London.

Fancy pants photo of some trees. Not overly game related but nice nonetheless.

The beach really was gorgeous.

Our weary heroes walk off into the distance, bruised, battered and beaten from an epic trip. See you next year!