Holy crap and that's day one done. Sorry about lack of smaller updates like I was hoping to do but wireless at the convention centre was more or less not working... to many people overloading their poor servers. Rumour has it maybe it'll be fixed tomorrow?

We started the day down at the PAX Theatre, where the keynote was going on. We had no intentions of going, we just wanted Intel Badges for a chance at swag, that and a chance to see how crazy the line up was. The picture doesn't really do it justice. It went into the venue, outside, down the block, around, along that, into the plaza out back, snaked back 3 times and when we left we heard that it was heading back up the other side of the block. Madness. That being said when we got to the convention centre that line up wasn't much better.

 When entering the convention hall this year I was over come with the usual initial sensory over load of walking into a loud, dim, but with lots of flashy signs and lights, and then went into child in a candy store mode.

"We've had the idea for some time of exploring the idea of what video characters do when they're not ‘on the clock' in the games we play," explained Telltale CEO Dan Connors via the game's announcement. "We pitched the idea to friends in the industry and it really resonated. We all had a great time imagining what these guys would banter about while slinging cards – from there Poker Night at The Inventory was born."

I freaked when I first read it but I was dissapointed to read on to see that it was ony going to be for Xbox LIVE.

"With an anticipated launch in early September, Plants vs. Zombies on XBLA will deliver more game content than any previous iteration of the franchise, boasting seven game modes, including two all-new multiplayer modes, 12 unique achievements and 21 mini-games. Upon its release, Plants vs. Zombies for XBLA will be available for 1200 Microsoft Points (US$15.00)."

They have also added a goofy new way to track and share progress online, where players create their own custom house and cruise down the street to see their friends' cribs! It would also be wicked to witness the highest resolution of any Plants vs. Zombies adaptation to date at 1920 x 1080.

Later this year, PopCap will also release a retail boxed edition of Plants vs. Zombies (including Zuma and Peggle as well) for the Xbox 360, and a new "Game of The Year" boxed edition of the PC/Mac original.

For those of you interested the new Fallout MMO made by interplay is now accepting beta sign-ups.  Now whether I want to to get sucked into a MMO again is another story, trying out the beta looks to be interesting.  Be warned though that this is made by Interplay and not Bethesda.  Bethesda only made Fallout 3 and the expansion packs while Interplay made the Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics.  There was even a brutal court battle between the two.

Hit up the link for information about the game, the court battle and the link for the actual website for more information.  Be warned that the website is cracking under the stress of signups, so be patient.  Always a good sign for a beta signup.... Right ?!?

Interplay's Beta Signup Page

Court Battle