by Angel Washizu Photo Gallery 3:

The Sandyman himself, with his red hot suspenders. My #1 regret from E3 was not bringing along my copy of Hyperspeed, one of my all time favorite PC games, so he could sign it. AOKH forumers know him well as a man who knows at least something about everything. ES 3D artist Chris Van Doren said that if he was ever on "Who Wants to be a Millionare", Sandy would be his lifeline. In one inspiring moment after the show one day, Sandy stood up and said, "When I was at Microprose , if you sold 100,000 games, that was a really big hit. When I was at id, Doom sold 400,000 copies and that was a huge hit. You guys sell millions of games, and right now there are doctors, lawyers, clowns, and murderers all playing your games. When you think of E3 2000, remember Sandy Petersen saying that you guys will one day sell 100 million copies!" That quote may not be 100% accurate, but it was pretty close. Hearing this, I just sat thinking of how amazing it is that a game studio unheard of just 4 years ago, has become one of the top developers in the country. Congratulations Ensemble Studios!

The infamous Laura Croft of the Tomb Raider series. There were so many girls at the show with "enhanced" features, I had a hard time telling whether she was made of plastic or was made with plastic. ;)

Seeing this in person just defies description. You're outside resting your tired feet from a long day at the show, and a tribe of midgit KISS impersonators walks by. I'd be interested in knowing if this was just for E3, or is this what LA is like all the time.

Ice-T, one of the most famous rap artists in the world was on hand to sign promos for a game he's doing the voice for. I saw him when looking for the Olsen twins, who were supposed to be at E3. Unfortunatly, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen must have took off as soon as they saw Ice-T (or maybe me, now that I think about it).

These are two buddies of mine that I met a few weeks ago at Fanstock. From left to right, they are Guy "Stormbringer" Baker from DungeonSiege.Org and Brent "Allen Grey" Stineman from the Crossroads of Dereth. Brent was helping out the PR guys at the MS booth for the show this year and Guy was helping all the booth babes earn their paychecks ;)

Two trashy looking girls and a guy from Planet of the Apes. This is really what E3 is all about folks. These girls were part of the Gameshark booth, and I still don't know what Gameshark is. It's not a game, and it's not a magazine, or at least I don't think it is. Anyway, they definitely went for the easy road in terms of booth marketing. There was always a large crowd.

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