Because I was the only person from Blue's News that attended this year's E3, we won't be putting up a Best of Show type article. Instead, I thought I'd share my personal favorites here (note that these are just my opinions, and not necessarily that of anyone else here). The best overall game I saw at this year's E3 was Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, which can only be described as "freaky realistic." The other two games that really wowed me were Jedi Outcast: Jedi Knight II and Unreal II, both of which are really looking fantastic, although unfortunately both of them still have a long way to go before completion. As for console stuff, I was very impressed with the GameCube, particularly Rogue Leader and Wave Race: Blue Storm. I didn't see too much that impressed me on the Xbox, although I did see some decent stuff from Halo that raised my expectations of the game (which were seriously diminished after its lackluster showing at Microsoft's GameStock). I'll definitely be getting a GameCube on launch day, but I don't see myself picking up an Xbox until the new Panzer Dragoon title comes out, since that's literally the only game announced so far that really interests me enough to throw down $300 for a new console. Still, I think long-term the Xbox will turn out to be a pretty good system. Microsoft can afford to lose this year's Christmas to Sony and Nintendo, and they can keep throwing money at it until it succeeds. Overall it was a very good show (it's just a shame the best games were being shown by appointment-only).

Link of the Day: The Pearl Harbor reviews page at Rotten Tomatoes. Not since Battlefield Earth have critics gotten so creative when bashing a movie.
Story of the Day: Wild Pitches (ESPN.com). Thanks Chris Johnson. The story of two baseball players and their rivalry in EverQuest.
Weird Science: NASA Releases New Mars Face Image (AP) and Unmasking the Face on Mars (Science @ NASA). Thanks erik. Somehow I think Richard Belzer is going to remain unconvinced.