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Hey guys, today was another fun day.  We started out in West Hall to get the scoop on the latest from Sony and Nintendo.  At Sony, we saw MAG which is an online first person shooter that supports over 200 players.  Looks like a fun game which was playable.  Right next to it was the multiplayer part of Uncharted 2.  It looked fun.  Seemed like a normal third person shooter.  We didn’t get to many details on the game as it was setup for a bunch of players to jump in.  Probably the biggest thing we saw there was the new PSP Go. It’s a new version of the PSP.  We’ll have an Hands on with Video and Pics.  Stopped by Nintendo.  Watched the new Wii Sports Resort.  This is the follow up to the original that was bundled in with Wii consoles.  Looked good and it was using the Wii Motion Plus.  This allows the control to be more precise.  The other big game we saw was the New Super Mario Bros. Wii.  Pretty cool, looked like the old versions with nice graphics.  One cool thing though is you can play with up to 4 people CO-OP.  Nintendo was really about games this year and they have a lot of titles to show it.

South Hall was up next and we didn’t see to much today as we plan to spend the entire day tomorrow here.  We spent much of our time at the Microsoft Main Stage Theater checking out Halo 3: ODST.  This game looked nice.  Definitely Halo.  This is supposed to be set before Master Chief so you play as a rookie.  It has 4 player Co-Op for both the campaign and Firefight.  We should have a more in depth preview of this coming shortly.  We did catch a little of the Live Entertainment.  We actually caught this on Tuesday off to the side where they had it setup.  They showed the new instant streaming from the new Zune HD store.  It allows you to rent a movie and either stream or download up to 1080p.  They also showed how you can browse and add to your instant Netflix queue without the need for a computer.  You can browse through everything as if it was on a computer.

The day was a little short so we plan to make up for it tomorrow with some more in depth previews, interviews, and hopefully a podcast.  Stay tuned folks!