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QOTW: What was your favorite E3 2009 moment?

Answer our weekly question and check out our favorite user answers from last week!

Words: Tyler Wilde, GamesRadar US

Every week the hosts of TalkRadar present and answer a new "Question of the Week" - a personal inquiry which unearths some of our deepest, and sometimes most sinister, gaming memories. Everyone is encouraged to answer each week's question, so go ahead, tell us your most glorious, nostalgic, or shameful story!


This week's question:

What was your favorite moment at E3?

The biggest gaming show of the year isn't over quite yet, but the three biggest conferences have already come and gone. So what was your favorite moment? Best announcement? Most awkward presenter? Did your favorite company meet your expectations? Tell us what you thought!

Answer this week's question in the comments!

Questions can also be answered in the QOTW forum thread. Our favorite posts this week will be read next week on TalkRadar 55, and appear in the next edition of this article. Listen to TalkRadar 54 tomorrow for our answers!


Last week's question:

What big reveal do you most want to see at E3?

Thanks again for the epic participation! There were a lot of great responses, and a lot of them mimicked the GR team's personal desires. Now that the expo is half-way over, we're starting to see if any of our wishes came true. For the most part...no, not exactly. Half-Life 3? Not yet. New Zelda? Kind of - it'll be announced next year. Halo 4, Gears of War 2, Portal 2? Keep waiting. But we did see a lot of great stuff (Left 4 Dead 2, Halo Reach, FFXIII and XIV, Crackdown 2, Mario Galaxy 2, God of War III, Paul and Ringo looking simultaneously awkward and aloof...), so keep your chins up!

Below are a few of last week's answers that tickled our collective fancies, but since we can't feature them all here, check out last week's article and forum thread for more...



fivedollahfootlong wrote...
"J Allard comes on stage and proves that Microsoft actually own apple and the whole Ipod and Zune thing was a practical joke."

Sorry fivedollahfootlong, Zunes are serious business.



NorwegianKingOfNames wrote...
"I require a full-blown Pokemon RPG on the Wii that totally breaks the mould. That means no starting with either a grass, fire or water Pokemon like in EVERY OTHER GAME. Failing that, a Katamari game set in Hawaii."

Not even the Norwegian King of Names can make Nintendo fulfill our deepest desires. But you do get Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M. METROID! We actually didn't know there was another 'M.' Thought there was only room in the alphabet for one.



CandiedJester wrote...
"I want to see more of Dark Void. That game looks epic. I want to see Half Life 3 announced. And I know it's a very, very long shot, but I would absolutely love anyone who was willing to pick up Duke Nukem Forever and finish the damn thing. Because I want to play it."

Dark Void, Half-Life 3, Duke Nukem Forever...why couldn't you have just been easy-to-please and said "Yeah, I want more fitness games and, I don't know, maybe some goofy motion-sensing mini-games"?


Above: Will Duke Nukem Forever live again? Seems unlikely...



Z-man427 wrote...
"My wish isn't necessarily a game, but an accessory. I want M$ to announce a 250GB HDD for the 360. And possibly a... oh i dunno... a $50 price drop on the wireless adapter?"

NO! YOU GET NATAL AND A CREEPY KID NAMED MILO! LIKE IT!



jamminontha1n2 wrote...
"crackdown 2. make it happen microsoft. do it now"


Above: That they did do



PeteThePirate wrote...
"More info on Uncharted 2 and Assasins Creed 2"

Well, weren't you easy to please? Both trailers looked amazing.


Above: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee



SunshineHobo wrote...
"A Nintendo that doesn't blow chunks. Give us a proper Wii controller, not a chunk of suck. I'd also like to see the PS3 get a huge price drop. Make a PS3 arcade or something. i don't care, but i'm not buying a game console that costs $600 unless it cures cancer, or makes me breakfast, or fights crime. I want a PS3 that fights crime...Yeah."

Big dreams, SunshineHobo. By the way, the PS3 is down to $400. But we do like the idea of a crime fighting console.


Above: 'V' for '256MB GDDR3 VRAM'



Unoriginal wrote...
"I am getting tired of all the sequels and spin-offs. I want a bunch of fresh, orginal and new IP. A new Zelda, Halo 4 and the bi-monthly Sonic release are all as predictable as the sunrise.."

Ironic that someone named "Unoriginal" would want new IPs. Sorry, LA is spin-off city. But new Zelda will be properly announced next year, so there's that!



Jun 3, 2009

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KingEamon  - 9 months 15 days ago 
Watching Sony and MS fanboys go spaz on each other trying to prove which motion controller is the best.
Cyberninja  - 9 months 15 days ago 
golden sun ds and metroid: other M both look like they can make nintendo hardcore again
Snarf  - 9 months 15 days ago 
Chainsaws in L4D2
MGS4SolidSnake  - 9 months 15 days ago 
it depends on what happens...if all the sweet new psp games go to the original umb as well as the new one then it will have to be all those sweet games, mgs, assasins creed, LBP, gran turismo
Caio  - 9 months 15 days ago 
They were three, actually. First, watching the PS3 fanboys scream in despair as MGS Rising was announced for the 360.
Then, watching Microsoft and Sony beat each other to death in an attempt to recreate the motion technologies their fanboys love to bitch about on the Wii.
And finally, Metroid: Other M. Brought tears to my eyes.
thor0997  - 9 months 15 days ago 
It would have to be a tripple tie.

Its between Trico trailer, Warhammer 40k Space Marine, and L4D2.

And when the Nintendo Conference finaly shut up. What a fukin cloner.
Ninjamatt5  - 9 months 15 days ago 
My Favourite moment had to be seeing Golden Sun DS at the Nintendo conference. Completely unexpected, completely awesome, and I want it so badly. The battle graphics look IMMENSE! Why can't Pokemon do that?
oryandymackie  - 9 months 15 days ago 
Damn it, my favourite E3 moment WASN'T this year!! It was definitely that Jack Sony guy nervously wandering about the stage, broken-voicedly talking about the same subjects that he's just been over thinking "Why did I spill coffee over my lines? Why did I spill coffee over my lines? Why did I spill....
Although if I'm pressed for an answer it was Microsoft completely owning Sony, with a creepy Peter Molyneux designed kid named Milo who can pretend to care about your "feelings", but can secretly see you naked beneath your clothes. Molyneux's got a camera there too. Sony is receding into a corner of E3, mumbling dark threats to Microsoft under it's breath.
sgloomy  - 9 months 15 days ago 
God of War III trailer hands down, Especially at the end of the presentation when you thought you were going to see some more awesomeness and what happens, they stop it very suddenly, and i also really liked the uncharted 2 and assassins creed 2 trailers, come to think of it, i gotta say my favorite moment(s) were when they showed amazing trailers or a good gameplay (not like the enw super mario for wii where it seemed like the four people playing were not quite sure how to play as a team, kinda ironic considering the point was the 4 player option...)
BodyDamage  - 9 months 15 days ago 
I loved the uncharted 2 demo along with God of war 3 and FF14. i do hope however, that ff14 isn't full on MMO like ff11. i would like to have seen more gt5 stuff and an effing twisted metal ps3 demo, even a trailer would have been fine.
jimmeroo  - 9 months 15 days ago 
Mine is the golden sun ds announcement. that was even epic how reggie announced it. "After going dark for six years...."
aragonwwe  - 9 months 15 days ago 
when Sony revieled that dildo looking controller. I couldn't stop laughing
fionnoh  - 9 months 15 days ago 
as a proud wii owner, my favorite moment was definitely sony and microsoft announcing motion controls. i've already notice the difference in the word "gimmick" used by fanboys.

other than that, all the games. from mario galaxy 2 and metroid: other M, to left 4 dead 2 and crackdown 2 i'll have enough to keep me busy, but i may well be moving into my friends house for a fortnight around november 17th.
jamminontha1n2  - 9 months 15 days ago 
woot i got my answer in the article. my favorite reveal was crackdown 2. microsoft you made it happen. great job.
RebornKusabi  - 9 months 15 days ago 
Mine was the announcement for MOTHER****ING CRACKDOWN 2!

Oh, and I guess the new Metroid is kinda cool, but I'm really hesitant on this one due to Team Ninja's involvement...
mrandydixon  - 9 months 15 days ago 
Splinter Cell: Conviction, without a doubt. I'm so happy they're finally rebooting this franchise I just peed all over myself.

Oops, looks like it wasn't pee...
may.be.vital  - 9 months 15 days ago 
Kudo Tsunoda's awesome neon orange jacket. End of story.
zymn  - 9 months 15 days ago 
seeing that footage of Uncharted 2. sure, Assassin's Creed 2 looks awesome, but AS2 didn't make me say "HOLY CRAP!" out loud numerous times. it's like a MOVIE for god's sake!
GoldenMe  - 9 months 15 days ago 
Halo: Reach. Looks like a proper prequel with a team of Spartans AKA not Halo Wars. Yes please!

And Golden Sun for the DS, well, there is no other way of giving me a huge boner.
skyguy343  - 9 months 15 days ago 
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