It seems that when John isn't busy making products for ID Software, he is working at Armadillo Aerospace on a project aimed at the X-Prize.

Here are some links to other announcements and stories coming out of E3 about the gaming world. Doom 3 trailer debuts on Gamespot IDSA claims parents actually pay attention to their kids video games and may even play with them. See the press release. Blizzard announces Worlds of Warcraft for …

The Carmack interview started out well. I've never seen him speak before, so I wasn't about to let the opportunity go by without attending this session. There was a nice demo reel from Doom 3 running and then our interviewer (N'gai Croal from Newsweek) started in with the questions. Thankfully …

The freelancing discussion was more interesting. The panel was a little slow to start, but the moderator engaged them perfectly and within the first ten minutes they were rapidly exchanging opposing views on the subject. Unfortunately, the moderator's otherwise flawless start was marred by switching to audience questions when there …

I decided to split out each of the sessions into a separate article, so you didn't have to dig through one looking for information on the other. Here's the first one about the MMOG Trends session. The MMOG trends discussion was good, but a bit repetitive from similar discussions on …

The second day of E3 also marks the first day of the exhibit floor. Here is a summary of the sessions that I went to and what was on the floor's three concourses along with what I expect to be going back to on the third day. Conference sessions This …

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to be out of the allergen-infested East Coast for a few days, but I'm a bit perplexed by the weather predictions here in Los Angeles. When I arrived, I checked the weather on Weather.com and it refers to this weak as being "Partly …

At the E3 expo, Sony announced the planned introduction of a device known as the PSP. An article at CNET contains more info.

I didn't realize it until I did a google search this morning, but apparently this is breaking news. According to a presentation given at the E3 workshops yesterday, the US Army is bringing the popular brand-building "simumercial" (America's Army) to the Macintosh and Linux. There is no announced date yet …

It's the first day of the E3 Conference/Expo and there isn't any earth-shattering news to report. All of the really big press releases are coming tomorrow as is the opening of the exhibit hall. However, I did attend 3 sessions today and I'll give the recap here. W3:Smart …

With E3 starting tomorrow, Wired has an article that reviews last year's biggest "flop" (the Sims Online) as a preview for what may be coming this year.

An interesting article (interesting to me at least) about programming the Atari video game system.

A Reuters story appearing on ZDNet UK announces the renaming of the French/American games manufacturer Infogrames under the Atari name. Read the article for the sordid details of acquisition and sale that brought the world to this point.

Apple is listing the demo for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as available for download.

An interesting article in Wired asserts that video games are an essential part of training the next generation for productive work in a high-tech society. The claim centers around the move from the fuzzy school programs of the late 70's and 80's to the "back-to-basics" programs of the 90's and …

An article on The Mortuary Portal. The article has a bit of information about the phone versions of Everquest:Hero's Call (pun intended, no doubt), Ultima Online, and Wizardry, all set to debut soon. It also mentions an upcoming phone version of Neverwinter Nights, including an article from Intel on …

The MMOG Subscription Info page has been updated with new information for March of 2003. According to most recently available information, EverQuest is the largest MMOG in the US (big shock... not), and the three-month-old "The Sims Online" is still limping along below 100,000 users.

Shadowbane, the MMORPG for both Mac and PC from Ubisoft is now up and running. After extensive delays, the game is now live and should be available at local stores everywhere. From discussions with the authors at GDC, my understanding is that they are limiting the initial shipments in order …

An article on CNet and originally from Reuters, Bungie (now owned by Microsoft) is saying that they have delayed the release of Halo 2 so that they can complete the Mac and PC ports of Halo.

OK, you're thinking, enough about the sessions, tell me something about what's going on with the Expo itself. Fine, here are my thoughts on the expo: I've been to the expo floor each day since it opened and decided to put a summary here on the last day so that …