I got to go officially for the first time last year. Started the day with a trip to our LA dev-house, then breakfast at Roscoe's Chicken 'n' Waffles. I highly recommend the omelet with fried-chicken. Pretty much made my day. After a full day of gaming, performing a rousing edition of Lego Rockband, and chatting up a Nintendo booth-girl while playing the new Sin and Punishment (a highlight for me last year) I took the train back to San Diego high on games and Stone IPA. A great day.

Well, little Jr. gamer is coming, in fact due June 11. So, unless he comes very early, looks like E3 is not an option for me. And I'm OK with that. But I'm really looking forward to what comes out of the show this year anyway.

However, what I'm realizing, as I get older, is this: I'm becoming a game-geezer. That is, I'm much more interested in games when they've had a shelf-life than I am the new-hotness. While most folks clamor for the newest Gears of War or Call of Duty, I think I had a gamer-gasm this week when I realized that there would be three "new" Ys games coming out for PSP from XSeed. My most sought after purchase will likely be KOF XIII, if it ever makes it to console. While it's certainly "new", it's decidedly old in mechanics and legacy.

So, maybe Jr. will sway me. But probably not. And he'll be on his iBrain, thought-blogging about his old man and what a stick in the mud he is. I can live with that.