Still Playing Sunshine

 Another E3 is wrapping up as I write this and the new online formula was tested.  There was much to see despite Covid-19 limiting what developers had ready to show, and things ran the gamut from great to awful this year.  E3 is full of things for different gamers, and now it's time to look back at everything we've seen these last 4 days and sort out what fell where, starting with the more lackluster and moving upwards! The Worst: Ubisoft Forward: The Ubisoft presentation was pretty standard for them.  We got a new Rainbow Six  announcement with Rainbow Six Extraction , which sees players go up against an alien parasite foe.  Players found more Farcry 6  news as well as Blood Dragon  and a new thing that sees players take on the roles of Vaas and other villains.  We got a new dance game and some sports titles, but the highlight had to be the reveal of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope , which gave us a glimpse into the more free moving gameplay...

 E3 2021 approaches fast, and since large gatherings are still out of the question, the event has become the "Electronic Entertainment Experience", going all online for the first time ever (2020 was canceled).  While many talk about what they hope to see and what series deserve a new entry, a different thought occurred to me.  Being all online is definitely convenient for more people, but given how much gets announced and shown off at the event by so many companies,  can everything be done like this well? The usual spectacle of E3 is a big draw.  So many industry big names showing off what they have planned to large crowds.  The reactions and the in person reveals make up so much of what makes E3 fun, so having pre-recorded or even live recordings of it will never be able to hit the same way as being in person would. While companies like Nintendo and Sony had already begun their shift to video presentations a few years ago, others like Bethesda and Microsof...