There's always a bit of an audio delay with the countdown, but we always to the Midlife Gamer podcast. Today is Thursday, the 13th of June 2013.

My name is Darren Baldock and at the other end of the intertubes is Mr Matthew Moore. Say hello my friend.

Hello, can you hear me okay?

I can hear you loud and clear perfectly like you were almost in the room with me, just like the good old days.

Those are long gone, I'm afraid, but let's not dwell on that. Why are we here? Well, we did promise that we would get together at some point after E3, because there was a big thing that went on over in the States. And potentially, that could be a reason why you're listening now. If you're a first-time listener, Matt and I have been recording

together for five years. And we provide a unique perspective, if you will, on the gaming

industry, and nothing changes when it comes to E3. So we'll have things to say that will potentially be interesting,

be a lot of guff spouted, maybe a slight bit of fanboyism, but we try and steer clear of that.

But regardless, we will give you our own personal views and opinions on all the major conferences

from the E3 show that happened. So we're talking big hitters here.

We'll be discussing Microsoft, talking Sony, we're talking Nintendo, we're talking to Ubisoft, we're talking Activision.

We'll try and ball all that down into some manageable chunk of audio that you can savor either bit by bit or take it all in one load on your on your face

wow sir and you've just perked up matthew it's great to see the power of the power of video

is amazing isn't it brilliant technology anyway enough of that without further do kickback relax

and listen to our E3 2013 special.

And I guess the order of play will probably be Microsoft, then Sony,

and then we'll mop up some of the others.

Okay, so long as I can start off with a question.

Of course you can.

It's always good to start with a question. Okay, so how does I can start off with a question. Of course you can. It's always good to start with a question.

Okay, so how does a 40-something male consume E3 when they take a day off work?

Now, that's a fantastic question, and I'm glad you asked because it reminded me that we needed to sort of get it out there on how we consume these things.

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