A little more info on Watchdogs (go watch the regular preview and 10min trailer first):
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-watch-dogs/731860

Art, at least on the day of, Kotaku had the best selection of videos available. Not sure if there’s anything better now that there’s some distance.

David Hughes:
I haven’t watched the conferences but based on Twitter feeds during them, I totally agree with Todd with his “throwing spaghetti at the wall” interpretation.

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Thanks, David. I thought more about it today and what I saw reminds me of the first signs of a local business about to close up shop. When say, an independent video store first starts, their primary product is videos. They may have some candy and maybe even soft drinks for sale but everyone knows when they walk in they are going there to buy videos. Times change and so does the market which pushes the video store to add games which still fits the model to a degree but change and adaptation is beginning to take place.

The video market begins to shrink and to answer the need to still make a living the video owner decides to sell some magazines and maybe some posters. They might even sell plastic light sabers because they are kind of related to movies but according to that logic they could also sell Avengers figurines, Hulk hands or Diary of a Wimpy Kid books because all those things are related to movies as well.

I term the next stage “bat-shit crazy”. This is when a business begins to sell anything that might make money. they are no longer adapting to the market they are just trying to survive. They may give a local woodcarver a corner of the store to sell handmade walking sticks or allow the Rainbow Cleaner guy to give demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday mornings. All options are on the table and the business plan is out the window. The only other thing you will usually see that tells you the end is near would be lots of handmade signs that say things like “Checks not accepted,” “No returns of any kind, ever” and “$5.00 rewind fee.”

There are only passing similarities to what I see taking place at E3 but it is obvious to me that the “shops” are about to close and shiny new businesses are just around the corner.

Adam Bash:
Jim, there’s a very simple and straightforward reason for onesies. Early on, sure it’s a “keep their core warm” issue. Later on, not so much.

A family friend tended to put her kid in shirts and pants instead of onesies. One day, at day care, the kid reached into his diaper, pulled out a brown mound, and smeared it on another kid.

THAT is why we have onesies, Jim… to prevent scat-scattering.

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Where is the plus-one button, Adam?!!!!