Every year I get more and more excited to get the E3 experience.

This year's experience is drawing nigh. The pre-registration has closed and GameSpot has already flipped the switch on their E3 2006 page. Sony has chosen the VIPs, contests are drawing the final winners, and anyone who currently is without a ticket might as well be the last person standing in a game of musical chairs.

This year I am taking an entire week off of work to go, setting up the Internet for field updates, and wishing I could crash the keynotes. . .

Great companies build great [online] communities?