Letter from the Editor - Willy105Hey kids!My username is Willy105. I am what you guys here call a 'senior citizen' of System Wars. I have been here for about four or five years, and it's great to see so many new faces around here. In fact, I barely see anybody from the days when I was a new face. But either way, I am proud for you kids to look up to me.You guys do look up to me, right?Anyway, this week is E3. That stands for Electronic Entertaiment Expo, kids. It's the biggest event in the industry. Just like last year, we at System Wars Monthly will be covering the event LIVE from here! What will the big three do next? Tune in to this thread everyday this week to find out! And don't be afraid of my old age. I am one of you. I think.Look out! Live from E3 2009.......THIS IS SYSTEM WARS MONTHLY!To go straight to our E3 coverage, click here!Weather Report - Tsug_Ze_WindHello SW! I'm Tsug_Ze_Wind, and I'll be your weathersheep.May has come and will soon be gone, and apparently the month of April just didn't exist. Oh well. We really didn't miss much. As we all know, May is the month of E3 predictions, the most popular one being 'Is E3 going to suck yet again this year?' Of course, the fools in SW refuse to entertain that possibility, parading around the board shouting 'OMG E3 is gonna ROCK!!!'But I'm just as much of a fool as the rest of you, so on with the forecast! But first...--Congrats cows, you've got another AAA! And it's actually one you didn't hype AAAA! Enjoy inFAMOUS. But please, just stop watching that year-old TrICO vid before you hurt yourself and/or I hurt you.--Facing a drought, the lemmings look to an old standby: MGS4 rumors. I'm finding the ZuneX rumors pretty interesting, myself, but the lemmings don't seem to be onboard yet. I guess they spent too much time wishing for a long shot already.--Some fascinating damage control has spawned from the sheep's recent AA streak. Are AAs irrelevant now? Do revivals of 20-year old games not count as new games?? Do these games not even count as games in the Wii's library, which according to some, is still completely empty??? :o Now you see why we play sales; this stuff is confusing.--Hermits are still trapped in an endless cycle: A mysterious poster brings up Crysis, which leads to Crysis bashing, which leads to Crysis defending, which leads to confusion about who mentioned the game in the first place. And repeat. Someone save the hermits/Save everyone else from the hermits!That was the news, and now here's your special E3 forecast:____________________Cows are expecting big things, but I'm not sure why. They should have learned from sheep last year: You can't have an awesome Q1 and a good E3. Expect footage of games we've known about for years, perhaps a new weird little IP, and of course, a new TrICO vid that will tide the cows over for the next ten years or so.Microsoft's PR is making epic claims for this E3, so big that nothing short of virtual reality will save their show from being disappointing to someone who actually takes those PR statements seriously. Expect a new Xbox Live update, mayhaps a new IP, no MGS4, and...ZuneX?Nintendo has to show up this time, and for most people, that means Zelda. For me, that means PIKMIN FRIGGIN' 3! The only Zelda game I see being shown is Spirit Tracks. The show will belong to Motion+, with new Wii Series games and a 'hardcore' IP or franchise using it.As for a megaton, it could come from any of 'em.____________________Until next time, Duke Nukem Forever--I Still Believe!--TsugCheap Games - DarkspineslayerTimes are tough now (but you already knew that) and most of us are tightening our belts and saving some cash in this global economic downturn. what does this mean for gamers? not much from a relece standpoint as were still getting as many big name new releces as ever. but the problem is affording them all. instead of selling bodily fluids, let SWM be your guide to cheap or free alternitives to get your gaming fix.1. Guitar Hero 3/AreosmithAlright, lets get this out of the way I realise there is a big difference. and yes, this game does lack the Drums, and mic of its big brother and attractive cousion, but when the edition that comes with 2 controlers will only run you just over $80, is it not worth taking a look at? a better option for solo rockers with a decent PC in the Guitar hero 3/Areosmith bundle for the same price as getting a single new game. Merits include:one of the best track lists in recent memoryIcons Tom morrello and Slash as boss and playable charectersThe Metal, Enough saidDemerits include:lacking some of the major new additions introduced in the next installmentWii version lacking DLCRetro Wars! - Willy105Looking Back at the Fall of the PSP - Willy105For the first time since Sega deployed their Game Gear to the market in the very early 90's, Nintendo was going to have a real competitor in the handheld market.Nintendo was quite literally the king in the market, with the Game Boy dominating the world and becoming the most succesfull line of videogame systems ever released. Tons of other companies have tried to enter their kingdom, like Neo Geo with their Pocket, Tiger Electronics with their Game.com, and even Atari with their Nomad. But each have been met with total failure. They just didn't get enough attention.Sony, the second company ever to make a system that could compete with Nintendo's offering, and the first one to actually surpass them in the market, was determined to take the handheld market as well. To do this, Sony had to reinvent what gamers thought a portable machine could do.Nintendo had made a tradition of making their handhelds with power similiar to the home console that preceded ...
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