As I sit in sheer excitement while I wait for more blogs about E3 to come in on the home blog, I find myself musing about the state of my beloved gaming convention. I used to plan out the three or so days in July where I would not have to leave the room containing our 42" plasma screen, knowing that all the info about the gaming world over the next year would be shown to my previewing pleasure through those HD rays of goodness. Now, in order to get my E3 fix, the only thing I can do is check in on the Destructoid homepage a couple of times a day. That's it. Three days that pass by just like any other day, only with a few more interesting blogs. What happened?!?!!?

E3 was downgraded faster then I had ever seen. One year it was the same E3, all chock full of gaming news and goodies. Every developer was pushing and shoving to show the masses their new game in development for that year. E3 was supposed to be the Olympics of the gaming world. You trained all year for this time in the spotlight. Only here would the whole gaming world be able to see the new games that will be coming out soon with ease. And then, over two short years, my dear E3 has shrunk into another bland gaming convention, with big name developers dropping like flies out of the competition, and where the convention center it's held in advertising the event with one measly banner.

I blame the internet. It has become loads easier for the average gamer to easily receive the information one needed to learn about new games coming out. All of the secrets that developers were saving for E3 can be found on a random day in the c-blogs. I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but today's quick-fix world has become one of the main reasons the species of giant gaming conventions will soon be extinct.

Now, what evolves from the dying breed of the E3's of the world is the smaller, more common gaming conventions like Penny Arcade and EIEIO. Developer's are even starting to create their own conventions to reveal their even more kept secret games in development to the masses. As a child I always dreamed of walking into that huge building where every corner contained flashy and fascinating booths, which contained many people trying to show us why we should look forward to their games. Now all that jazzy advertising is unnecessary, because the only way most of the gaming world will get info about their games is through a stray article on the likes of Destructoid and 1up. Now the average gamer looking for his E3 news has to *gasp* read!

Now, as I revisit my pathetic state as I nod off in the wee hours of the morning hoping another article will come in and give me what I want (more BK hands-on! resident evil 5 gameplay!) I have that time to reflect on what this tiny famous-through-name-only event once was. When you've got someone like me, who dreams of being in the gaming industry when I grow up, you tend to mourn the death of something that once meant a lot in the hearts of the residents of that industry, of that world of gaming.

R.I.P E3, and can I please get some Animal Crossing Wii news?