Los Angeles, CA - Part 2

Today was the first official day for E3.  The Los Angeles Convention Center was jammed with exhibit space and attendees.  The lobby was full, even before the show opened:

Many of the booths were spectacular - giant in size, bold in color and full of great games:

Nintendo's booth - showing the new Wii Fit Plus

Sega and Konami booths

Activision booth - with Guitar Hero in the background

Activision booth - showing off DJ Hero game to the crowds

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, you run into a few celebrities here at E3.  I think the strangest one happened today.  I had a meeting in the afternoon - but came out of the meeting room to find Mickey Rourke:

He's providing the voice for an upcoming game....

One of my favorite games that I saw today (I didn't have much time in-between meetings), was the new Super Mario Bros. for Wii.  Anyone who played the classic game on the Super Nintendo will love this new version:

When it's all said and done, it's a good sign when you find both Sonic and Mario just hanging out as friends ; )

I finished the first day by meeting up with co-workers from my days at Universal Studios.  We had a great time, after not seeing each other for 6-7 years.  It was a good group of folks and it was nice to see that, despite marriages & kids, nobody had really changed.  I love to see my former employees doing really well in their careers ; )

More coming tomorrow...