This years E3 has come and gone and after watching all the videos and the coverage on G4 here are the things that are coming out that I’m excited about:

• Assassin’s Creed II: If they truly have cleaned up some of the repetitive game play, I will be losing some productivity time to it, definitely looks cool; plus who doesn’t want to traipse around renaissance Italy?
• Castlevania Lords of Shadow:  I loved the original Castlevania all those many years ago when it came out.  This game looks fantastic, if it can deliver, I might just love it as much as the first.  Plus, hello, Patrick Stewart doing voice work!
• Brutal Legend: Jack Black and a bevy of metal gods… ’nuff said.
• Dragon Age Origins:  I love me the BioWare guys and I don’t know about this spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate but if they get me fun gameplay, they can call it whatever the hell they want.

Now you say, what about Mass Effect II, or Left 4 Dead 2 or Halo ODST?… yes, they look cool, but I never played the first ones. shocking, I know, but I have limited time and budget… I’m not some lazy bones 20 something with nothing to do and their parents money to blow, and if I’m going to blow my money and time, it’s gotta buy me dinner and tell me I’m pretty!  I’m also looking forward to how Natal develops but I’m remaining skeptical until I see an actual game I want to play that uses it as a control mechanism.

Now, did Sony come out with anything that would make me buy a PS3 for something other than being an overpowered BluRay player?  God of War 3 and Uncharted 2 were the only things to really catch my eye… enough to make me buy a PS3?, only if they drop the damn price.

That leaves Nintendo.  Oh big N, you only had Super Mario Wii and that isn’t going to make me drop one cent for your console.