E3 was great. Parts of the convention were attended a little sparsely, but spending time in the MTV/Harmonix booth, you'd have never known. We entertained a constant stream of press and visitors with hands on demos of Rock Band 2. Our floor space was almost always packed - my apologies to the other booths in the area... we were loud.

Many of us showed up on Monday, although a few hardy souls (Sean, John D, and some MTV folks) arrived in LA before the weekend to attend VH1's Rock Honors - yes, that means Sean saw The Who live twice in one week. Wtf, right? After some Monday set up, we had a late night dinner followed by some time relaxing at the hotel bar, where we met Blizzard VP of Design, Rob Pardo. Cool, eh? Yeah, I had a bit of a nerd-out, although Dan and Helen did most of the talking.

Tuesday was when the action begun. Lots of hands-on demos were held in our amazing Rock Band 2 room. There are pics and videos of it out there somewhere, which I'll add to the bottom if I have time later. We did a live Gamespot broadcast as well, and totally kicked Everlong's butt, even though I dropped a stick halfway through the song. Late Tuesday, after all of the E3 fun, was followed up by a private party at Alex's suite downtown. I got to meet a ton of the MTV folks (most of whom I knew only by name on e-mails and such). It's always great to put personalities and faces to names.

Wednesday was a day to remember. If anything else happened that day, it is inconsequential, unworthy to be discussed, since it was entirely eclipsed by the legendary The Who show at The Orpheum. The Who came to play, and they totally brought the house down. I am still trying to figure out how I managed to get a job where attending a concert of such proportion is considered "working."

I don't mean to gloat, but the show was simply astounding. Check out some of the reviews of the show (the ArsTechnica blog and Jeff Green's blog were particularly well-written... plus I used to read Jeff Green's stuff all the time back when I had a Computer Gaming World subscription). There are some pictures and videos floating around, as well as a few choice Daltrey/Townshend quotes.

Thursday wrap-up meant lots of packing, prepping for shipments, and that sort of thing. We managed to get 90-95% of the work done, so we had the rest of the evening to relax and have fun, and I even got to sleep in until 9:30 on Friday! It's a good, thing, too, since we were out late carousing with a few of the good LA folks we met.

It is really nice to be back, and I must say it is an absolute pleasure and relief to finally be able to talk about all of the features now. The setlist is incredible, and the game looks and feels incredibly polished right now. I can't wait to start unveiling the rest of this year's DLC. There are some epic weeks in your future. Be patient.