E3: Best of Show by Eric "Snacko" Marlow
	With respect to Gene Siskel, here are some of my 1999 E3 highlights: Thumbs Down to the many sim developers/publishers that did not include adequate HOTAS setups with their displays. All too often we were asked to get the feel of simulations while using Microsoft gaming sticks. Yikes. Double Thumbs Down to Psygnosis for displaying Nations with NO STICK what so ever. What gives? Thumbs Up to SSI and Digital Integration for giving us good HOTAS to fly their sims with. Hoo-ah. Thumbs Down to Jane's for not showing any of A-10 or Fleet Command. Jane's reasoning for not showing Fleet Command was because it was a released product. Well, it did release, but only days before E3 and we did not have access to preview versions. I'm still wondering why they didn't show A-10. Thumbs Up to the many gaming companies that included "show babes" with their displays. Thumbs Down to the babes for not inviting me home. Click to continue		Thumbs Down to the sim companies as a whole because they didn't. Thumbs Up to EA/Jane's who got pictures of Xena, Warrior Princess flying F/A-18. Ok CJ, where are the pics? Thumbs Up to ME for remembering to bring sturdy walking shoes and my knapsack to carry my E3 literature in. Our intrepid Editor at SSI Thumbs Down to ME for forgetting to set my voice tape recorder properly and loosing some valuable "question and answer" time. Damn this new fangled technology. Thumbs Down to Dan "Crash" Crenshaw for forgetting his camera on one particular day, and not allowing us to take pictures of Bubba Wolford in front of the "Bubba's Hunting Lodge" display and the entire COMBATSIM crew in front of the Mattel Barbie display. Damn, lost opportunities. (By-gones) Well, there's always next year! Left - The COMBATSIM.COM™ crew at the Jane's display.
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