Things I’ve Thunk: Inc. E3, Glastonbury and Wimbledon 2011

• For various reasons (ie, lethargy and emotional ‘ikishifnriejrm’) I missed out on writing my many opinions on the Electronic Entertainment Expo held in Los Angeles earlier this month. Overall, it was a little bit of a let down, if I’m going to have to be honest. I don’t have to be honest. But I’m going to be anyway. As always, thanks to the first ‘E’ of the condensed acronym, I found the experience to be very much entertaining. Considering this was from the comfort of my own home, simply watching (stuttering) streams of the various conferences, it must have been a considerably more enjoyable experience to have actually been there. Not to mention the fact that a whole pool of playable games were available, if you were able to tolerate the queues. My highlights? The 3DS software, Gears of War 3, the Legend of Zelda tech demo for the Wii U, and the PS VITA. The Zelda tech demo will be a full game by the way. IT. IS. GORGEOUS.
• Glastonbury’s been and gone for another year, and it’s fair to say that it was a pretty damn good show on the whole. If you didn’t see any of it, what have you missed? Bono being the big-headed prick that he always is, as he performs on stage with the rest of U2…Coldplay surprising a lot of their many haters with a superb headline slot, Radiohead performing a ‘surprise’ set…Beyonce wowing everybody except Zane Lowe, who’s now caused a little bit of interwebs frenzy without even really doing or saying anything out of line, and plenty, plenty more. Find the BBC YouTube channel and go have some fun – there’s a ton of highlights available.
• Oh yes, it’s Wimbledon time. Where everybody becomes interested in tennis for the duration of the competition. Well, no, until there’s only the doubles matches to be decided. Does anybody care by that point? It’s a little bit like the ‘World Cup effect’ in football, where everyone in the country becomes an avid fan of the sport for the summer – minus the blind-eyed patriotism, and make it four times as frequent. I personally quite like tennis, but I’ll happily admit that I only really follow the sport during Wimbledon season. I know plenty of the players’ names, men and women, past and present – but to me that’s more like general trivia rather than a vested interest. My money’s on Federer, in case anyone out there gives a toss. He’s ace. Pun very much intended.
• The Sony Ericsson W810i truly is a magical piece of technological engineering. Dismantled, it was allowed time to rest in a puddle and soak up the moisture. After a brief scare, she works just like she used to…oh mobile of mine, I love you.
• Old Jamaica ginger beer is the tastiest liquid on the planet. Probably. Nothing beats an ice cool can.
• I’m tired, goodnight!