Rochto’s…excited about the Duran Duran concert tonight.

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And I thought I was chatty on social media.  Turns out she just needed the right topic, clipped from her Facebook:

Rochelle Conway Toulouse What a fabulous weekend! Awesome fireworks displays (yes that’s multiple) in our very own Big Rock Ridge!!! Tonight – More awesomeness. Time to be a teenager again. Going to see my ALL TIME FAVORITE BAND EVER – DURAN DURAN!!!! I love you John, Simon, Nick, and Roger!!!!

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Okay – I can’t post about this enough. I’m hitting a nostalgia trip. Got the DD DVD Greatest Hits blaring in the background. I still remember when I first fell in love w/the band. I was 11 and saw the music video "The Reflex" on my best friend’s HUGE projection TV – Ah the days of MTV. Yes…I was a late Duranie bloomer. Didn’t become a fan until "Seven and the Ragged Tiger"…but it wasn’t too soon after that I had the 2 previous albums: “Duran Duran” and “Rio”.

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Then "Arena"!!! Oh how so many times I would go to the video store to rent "Blue Silver" on VHS (which now, yes, I own on DVD). And staying up until 5:00am to watch the premier video of "Wild Boys" on MTV. Remember Friday Night Video??? Oh the days – I’d stay up late just to see DD host! My bedroom wall was surrounded w/DD posters – I mean ALL walls including the ceiling. Teeny bop magazines and Japanese imports!!!

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I’m so blessed to have married a fellow Duranie. We were at the same "Big Thing" concert at Arcadia in Dallas when we were 15!!! And I have been so ever blessed to have seen DD perform every year in Seattle since we moved here in 2003. Not to mention the concerts in Dallas!!! I feel 15 all over again!!!

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Duran Duran – God Bless you for still touring!!! And for picking Seattle this year as one of the few "select" cities. Looking forward to an amazing concert!!!!

Rochto’s…excited about the Duran Duran concert tonight.

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And I thought I was chatty on social media.  Turns out she just needed the right topic, clipped from her Facebook:

Rochelle Conway Toulouse What a fabulous weekend! Awesome fireworks displays (yes that’s multiple) in our very own Big Rock Ridge!!! Tonight – More awesomeness. Time to be a teenager again. Going to see my ALL TIME FAVORITE BAND EVER – DURAN DURAN!!!! I love you John, Simon, Nick, and Roger!!!!

—

Okay – I can’t post about this enough. I’m hitting a nostalgia trip. Got the DD DVD Greatest Hits blaring in the background. I still remember when I first fell in love w/the band. I was 11 and saw the music video "The Reflex" on my best friend’s HUGE projection TV – Ah the days of MTV. Yes…I was a late Duranie bloomer. Didn’t become a fan until "Seven and the Ragged Tiger"…but it wasn’t too soon after that I had the 2 previous albums: “Duran Duran” and “Rio”.

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Then "Arena"!!! Oh how so many times I would go to the video store to rent "Blue Silver" on VHS (which now, yes, I own on DVD). And staying up until 5:00am to watch the premier video of "Wild Boys" on MTV. Remember Friday Night Video??? Oh the days – I’d stay up late just to see DD host! My bedroom wall was surrounded w/DD posters – I mean ALL walls including the ceiling. Teeny bop magazines and Japanese imports!!!

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I’m so blessed to have married a fellow Duranie. We were at the same "Big Thing" concert at Arcadia in Dallas when we were 15!!! And I have been so ever blessed to have seen DD perform every year in Seattle since we moved here in 2003. Not to mention the concerts in Dallas!!! I feel 15 all over again!!!

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Duran Duran – God Bless you for still touring!!! And for picking Seattle this year as one of the few "select" cities. Looking forward to an amazing concert!!!!

A WINNAR IS THEY!

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Between e3 and work, I’ve seriously not had much time to game or even answer emails lately. For everyone I’ve not gotten a chance to get back to, sorry.  This post might provide some context.

But now on to the winners of my contest! The idea was to come up with the best/worst fake video game title.  Here are the WINNARS:

Third place, winning the prize of being fired, is Jake (8Bitjoystick) for his entry:

Wilford Brimley’s Legend of the Oat Warrior: Shut up and JAM!

Second place, winning a set of steak knives, is Turtle502 for this entry:

Pi Hero: Digit expansion pack

As previously mentioned I had so many entries I had a three way tie for first place. 

For third first place, winning a copy of Wil Wheaton’s “Happiest Days of our Lives”, Chris! For his entry:

Fly Swatter: Broken Wings

For second first place, winning a copy of Wil Wheaton’s “Sunken Treasure”, Adam, for his entry:

50 Cent presents Mario vs. Tony Hawk Urban Snowboarding

And finally, for first place, winning a copy of Jonathan Coulton’s CD/DVD combo “Best. Concert. Ever.”, General Grey, for his entry:

The West Peoria Ornithological Society’s Woodlarks III : Revenge of the Dartford Warbler (Hellish Migration Edition)

Congratulations to all the WINNARS!  Your prizes will be mailed out on Tuesday, June 16th.  Thanks for playing!

Contest Info

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I’ll be sending out emails tonight notifying the contest winners of their…win—ening. Thanks to the generosity of one Wil Wheaton I have second and third first prizes to award! Second first prize gets a copy of Wil’s new book Sunken Treasure, and third first prize gets a copy of The Happiest Days of Our Lives. (Wil’s not sponsoring the contest to be clear nor does he know I am doing this, he gave me a new copy of Sunken Treasure at e3 and I have an extra of Happiest Days)

Second prize is still steak knives and third prize is you’re fired.

I look forward to posting the results, some seriously funny entries were submitted.

E3:Day 3

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After the keynotes and partying of the second day, it was time to hit the West Hall.

As I mentioned before the South hall was the home of the Microsoft booth plus many others. The West hall housed Sony, Nintendo, Capcom, and Activision.  Strangely, entering it was far more calm and staid then I expected. There was none of the shouty energy of the South Hall, which made for a far better experience demoing my favorite games that I wanted to see.

First off was the Sony booth and the viewing of MAG, God of War 3, and new titles I was super excited about like PAIN: Museum. I was disappointed we couldn’t see the new cart racing game and really not happy that The Last Guardian was no where to be seen. 

The Nintendo booth though made up for it with a fantastic playable showing of Resident Evil Chronicles and Dead Space: Extraction.  Dead Space Extraction is, in my opinion, a HUGE standout title for the Wii.  It is amazing and fun.  I really cannot wait for it.

We finished our tour of the floor and I retired for our awesome tweetup at the in-and-out burger in Hollywood. After that it was beers and dinner with a friend and early crash time since I had to drive the next day.

Overall this was my first e3.  In every way it was fun, crowded, and groundbreaking.  There wasn’t any swag, everything was about the playing of the titles.

I can’t wait for next year, everything about this event was amazing.