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I think they are looking for 10K unique visitors a month. The stupid part is that they won't use Google Analytics, despite the fact that it's the most accurate representation of traffic out there. Our Quantcast, Compete, and Alexa numbers are totally offbase from our Google Analytics numbers and the numbers that I personally log through incoming traffic.

The ESA is absurdly restrictive and has kept us out of the show for the past two years for barely sinking below the line. I'd say we're a little bit bigger than some silly blogging site and the people who write here have been doing this for a while.

As you said Cary, E3 is fantastic for networking and I really miss the opportunity to do that. Without having a presence there, you really miss some big chances to spread your site's reach and your interpersonal relations with companies and other writers.

I guess there's always next year for all three of us...

This is a great beer. I actually had it in Tampa, FL of all places. Funny enough, now that I'm back in Albany, NY, I haven't spotted it yet.

Chessa just bought me a Goose Island sampler pack, so I'm looking forward to cracking into that tomorrow for Father's Day.

Nice call, Travis, that's exactly right! I'll definitely get you fixed up, just need to add a bit of code to escape the character.

Thank you sir! Same to you, of course, and enjoy that delicious Booker's.

I've got my parents, my in-laws, and my wife's grandfather coming over on Sunday for a BBQ. Should be a good time if the weather holds up.

I agree, Julian, this probably is the future, but I don't think it has to be. Similar to how the music industry still supports CDs and even Vinyl, I don't see why gaming companies can't continue to offer physical products (at a premium) to those of us who'd rather own something than purchase a license.

Seems like they're all too eager to take our ownership rights away and smash the retail market. I mean, maybe that will pay off for them in the long run, but I think they're losing a pretty vital partner when they do that. Gamestop may seem like the devil, but they're pimping games every single day and acting as a salesman for a very small cut of the profits. Shelf space at big box retailers is no doubt expensive, but it's also a valuable marketing tool to reach the market who isn't into gaming as rabidly as we are.

As a collector, this topic hits very close to home. While a move to digital seems like it's going to come up as all roses in these content providers' minds, I don't think it's going to be as fruitful as they perceive it to be.

I won't even get into the planned obsolescence issue that consoles have with digital purchases, but in the end I think that consumers are going to have to sacrifice a lot more than they're willing to in the name of "convenience."

I think it's likely that we'll be hearing some more from Nintendo soon. This was a very safe presentation and very tailored toward the crowd at E3. Chessa pointed it out to me just a little while ago, but it's something I didn't even consider. Everything shown here is multiplayer centric, which is great for the booth at E3. More people get to play, the lines are shorter and move quicker and you don't have people missing the nuanced details of a single player experience.

I'm guessing that anything they might have that's a single player gig is going to be done in another Nintendo Direct with an accompanying private press event where journalists have a bit more time to take in the experience.

I was very happy to see Sony take the consumer side of this whole debacle last night, but I don't think we should look at them as white knights. At the end of the day, I have no doubt they would've followed suit with Microsoft if their plan went over more smoothly. Regardless of their motivations, this is a win for gamers and it's hard to complain about that.

Other than that, I didn't see too much that really caught my interest. Final Fantasy XV was pure eye candy so it's hard to really throw much excitement behind it right now, but you can consider me at least intrigued to see what the game turns out like. Surprisingly, I thought Destiny looked pretty good (don't typically like Bungie games), so we'll see how that turns out.

If anything, I can confidently say that I'll eventually get a PS4, but for the time being, my main priority is going to be on building a gaming PC. I've already got a huge library there just waiting to be played and almost nothing on the PS4 that I'd consider getting right away. Maybe when Uncharted 4 is released, I'll finally take the plunge.

As long as we get the speed from Melee back, I'll be happy with pretty much anything they do. I'd say my only other wish would be for lesser known characters to make their appearance on the roster and have some very unique and interesting movesets. I think we can all agree that an Elite Beat Agent squad that danced their enemies to death would be magical.

After much stress and hard work, I think I've gotten the site back in tip-top shape. Absolutely everything should be zipping about at this point. The front page seems to be loading pretty close to instantly for me, which is a big improvement over the near 30 seconds it was taking before.

Anyway, it's 2:30AM and I need to get some sleep. I need to be up for work in 3.5 hours and if I'm lucky neither of my boys will wake up before then...

Hell yes! This would be glorious.