Phew! That's another E3 that has quickly flown by. I'd first like to thank Gamespot for all their awesome coverage, such as the live conferences and their daily 7-hour stage shows. Every day I would look forward to sitting down and seeing what games were being shown off. Plus Brian read out my name, which is flippin' fab.

Sadly, I think that this is one of the weakest E3s in recent years. There didn't seem to be many big surprises being announced from anyone, and it didn't help that Microsoft and Nintendo's conferences were very poor in comparison to Sony's, which luckily for them had no "Riiiidge racer!" moments.

The game that I am most excited for that came out of this year's E3 is Animal Crossing: City Folk. It looks to be the same as previous Animal Crossing games, but that is in no way a bad thing. The addition of the city should help keep things nice and fresh, as well as a little something called Wii Speak.

Yes! Finally Nintendo have ventured into voice chat. Instead of a normal headset however, this device sits on top of your sensor bar and picks up sound from the entire room, enabling anyone to speak. It'll be interesting to see how they cut out any unwanted background noise that'll be picked up.

I've been reading about de Blob in the Nintendo magazine, but the concept didn't really sound that exciting for me. That was until I saw it on Gamespot's Thursday stage show. The graphics look very good, as does bouncing from building to building while splattering them in paint.

My only worry with de Blob is that the concept could grow old very fast, and the game will be sitting on my shelf with hardly any play time. Obviously I'm hoping this doesn't out to be the case. Do you have the same worries as me? Oh, and "I am so totally gray" is the best line in a game this year.

Wii Music looks... well, let's just say it looks different. It looks more like a toy for little kids rather than a game. Where's the challenge? I'm sure I'm not the only one to think that Nintendo's conference was very disappointing. Except the four people dancing while playing Wii Music - that was hilarious.

I don't like the way Nintendo are heading at the moment. The majority of their E3 conference was spent looking at their new casual titles, while quickly brushing aside the fact that new Mario and Zelda games are in the works. Have Nintendo really forgotten about their great IPs and fanbase? What do you think?

I've blogged before about the Lego series from Traveller's Tales and how impressed I was with them, despite not owning the Lego series. However, as a fan of the Indiana Jones series (for the record, the latest film was good), I was full of fan boy glee when this gem finally dropped through my letterbox.

If you're a fan of the whip-bearing adventurer, don't be afraid to play this game. You may think that because it is Lego that it will be for kids (granted, there is nothing to stop them playing it), but this game really is for everyone as it is full of clever puzzles and level design. My review for the game can be found at this link.

Spore is one of those games that was just set to be awesome right from when it first entered Will Wright's mind. The recent Creature Creator has allowed for some brilliant creations, one of my favourite having to be a Monkey Island-inspired three headed monkey. Have you made anything cool?

I currently only have the demo of the Creature Creator, but I have ordered the full one from GAME for a fiver. Not only this, but they also send you a code so you can get a £5 discount off the actual Spore game, meaning the CC is free! Bargain or what?

Laura (from Gamespot UK) always has good things to say about the Phoenix Wright series, but I have never picked it up. I recently ordered the first game from eBay (it was out of stock on sites such as Amazon) and I'm currently in the second case. I'm instantly in love it all, and it feels much like Hotel Dusk, a game I loved playing at the end of '07.

I'm looking forward to working my way through the cases and playing all the different games, although judging by the reviews it seems the rest are all pretty much the same game, just with new cases. What do you think on this? Do the later games in the series deserve the scores they got?

Another eBay purchase of mine is Grim Fandango. It's one of those games that I wish I had played when it first came out, but I was just not interested for whatever reason. I'm only about half an hour (if that) deep in the game, but the voice acting is an immediate highlight for me.

I'm finding the controls a bit iffy (I switched to using the 360 controller, and that's working out a bit better), but I suppose they're just like Monkey Island 4. I would have preferred a point and click game with 3D environments, - the recent Sam & Max games being a good example of this - but I suppose you can't have it all!

Thursday was a day of utter excitement for me. I am a long time fan of Homestar Runner, a brilliant online cartoon series. I'm also in love with Telltale Games due to their Sam & Max franchise. Imagine my surprise when Telltale announced their new episodic adventure game: Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.

That's right! You play the character of Strong Bad as you go around the HSR universe talking to people, checking emails and solving problems in the point-and-click fashion. The game will be released in five episodes, starting in June on both PC and WiiWare (I'll probably be getting the former version if both versions are virtually the same).

Mario Kart Wii looks like a solid, fun racing game, but it has been getting mixed reviews across the board ranging from 6 to 9.4 scores. I'm sure it'll be a blast regardless, but I am just wondering if it is going to live up to its DS counterpart which I've spent hours thrashing (*cough*) people on. I've also heard bad things about the wheel. I'm hoping Nintendo aren't losing their touch...

To try and make up for us in the UK getting Brawl late, Nintendo decided to be kind to us and give us Mario Kart on the Wii first. Sadly, despite having the game pre-ordered, I still don't have it in my mitts (it's two days after the release). You can read more about my sad story here. Update: The game arrived this Monday morning.

Tennis is the one sport that I like, but I've never owned a tennis game - probably because the giants of EA don't produce one. However, after reading about Sega Superstars Tennis in the Official Nintendo Magazine, it got me interested. The mix between Sega characters and tennis isn't exactly an original mix (Mario's already done it), but it looks to be a fun game.

The unfortunate downside? The Wii version has no online play. It's a real shame, because the Xbox 360 and PS3 have that luxury. Is it because Sega are just too lazy to develop it for the Wii, or is it because Nintendo doesn't support third-party developers wanting to use the Wi-Fi connection enough?

Set to be a sleepless hit, Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a puzzle-solving/adventuring game for the DS which mixes lovely visuals with clever puzzles. The game also allows players to download new puzzles every week, something which will give the game long-lasting value.

There isn't a release date set for the UK at the moment (as far as I know), so I really hope this does get released here, even if it is way after everyone else. Given the 9.0 Aaron Thomas gave this in his review, I hope other developers will pick up on this and start making stuff like this, rather than the tacky Wii ports they seem to love throwing out.

Anyone who has played decent adventure games should know of Bill Tiller, who helped make the awesome game that is Curse of Monkey Island. Bill has a new game in the making, and the name of that is A Vampyre Story. The game is a point-and-click and has stunning hand-painted locations.

At first I didn't pay much attention to this game, but as more information slowly seeped out, my adventure game senses picked up and I look forward to getting this game. If you want some more information on this game (since I've sold it so well to you... right?) which I'm pretty sure is coming out soon, check out the official website.

As you can see from my emblem on the right, I watched the Nintendo '07 E3 conference live and when I was watching it I was awaiting some big new game announcement that would totally shock me, perhaps a new franchise that they had been secretly working on, a game that all the hard-core gamers would love. What was it instead? Wii Fit.

When I heard the news, I laughed it up with all my friends, but I've changed my mind on it. Although I really dislike this whole approach Nintendo is taking in trying to introduce new gamers (Wii... Chess!?), I'm going to get this. Not only does it look really innovative, but perhaps other developers could use the balance board to make some clever, new game.