E3 thoughts

• Love, hate, or indifference, everyone had to try Wii
• Mobile games were featured, but almost always unplayed. Disappointing for the suits, great for tired punters needing some space away from the crowds.
• There were more poker games than platform (and that's even when counting Super Mario Galaxy as a "platformer")
• Rumours of the "booth babe" demise have been exaggerated
• People were queuing for two hours to see the Spore presentation - and still coming out smiling after.
• Gears of War will be massive - and if the multiplayer demo is anything to go by, it will deserve to be.
• Army of Two's buddy buddy dynamic impressed, and could work brilliantly online.
• WoW's success has lead to a swathe of new MMO titles. Sadly the fantasy and sci-fi template remains unaltered.
• Lego Star Wars 2 was bringing out the inner geek in everyone who saw it.
• Test Drive Unlimited looked like a decent Atari game. I repeat - a decent Atari game.
• Assassin's Creed was one of the finds of the show - barging through the crowd in the game's 12th century marketplace was reminiscent of the Verve's Bittersweet Symphony video.
• Saints Row looked utterly utterly awful.