It's Day 2 of the Electronic Entertainment Expo and Team Kotaku E306 is live in Los Angeles taking stomach-distending slugs from the gaming news margarita machine.

Joel's Press Room Mini-Blog

Hey, everybody! With such a surfeit of gaming news this week, we'll be updating this post throughout the day with the break out stories from our continuing coverage. Check it out!

Ah, my beautiful captain from Earth... Last night's party was a blast—thanks to everyone who came on out to Le Gopher du la Golden (I don't actually know any French). But now we've got to wash out our eye crust with Listerine and hit the mean streets of LA to get the real dirt. Don't miss Kotaku's Day 1 coverage, including (sort of) big name interviews, hands-on impressions and lots of great new game announcements.

Later... Join us again in our Campfire web-based chat to discuss all the news that's breaking at this year's E3. Plus, I'll be popping in as I can to hand out comment invite codes!

Much later... Things are humming along, although the manic pace of yesterday has gotten just a hair more mild. But that's not to say we don't have more in store for you! In fact, Crecente and I are getting ready to go have a sit down with a certain mushroom-obsessed game designer you might have heard of...

Much, much later... So we got to sit down with Miyamoto and chat, which was great. (Yeah, I'm supposed to be objective, but meeting Miyamoto is like shaking the hand of the man who invented the orgasm; I mean, it's not sticky or anything; That's not what I'm saying. You know what? It's time to abort this metaphor.)

Anyway, I got to say hi to Koji Kondo, composer of some of the most catchy tunes—including the lion's share of the Mario and Zelda classics—ever. I'm sure meeting me will inspire him for years to come.

Also! We've had tons and tons of content going up this week. I've been putting the highlights up here on the top of this post, but I've also added a round up of this week's post, by title, in their entirety, after the jump. Don't miss all the hard work from Team Kotaku!

Much, much, much later... Jeez and crackers—I'm bushed. Paris Hilton, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Adam West in a single day beat the timid, bleating seal that is my sense of pop culture appreciation around more than a game of polar bear volleyball. (The BAWLS Mints—verdict: Of un-disclaimed potency!—probably aren't helping.)

We're going to suck at Sony's teat tonight at the second-tier party—we still don't rate for either Microsoft or Sony's A-List swanky parties—and enjoy some much needed relaxation.

Good thing, too, because there's still a lot more news to post tonight and tomorrow. Stay tuned! On your web browser, I mean! Tune it to Kotaku.com, I'm saying!

Don't Miss The Big News

• Kotaku Stalku: Paris Hilton Launches Her Mobile Game At E3
• E306: Justify Your Game Name: Shigeru Miyamoto and the Wii
• E306: The Awesome Game
• Miyamoto Reveals Wii Details to Kotaku

• E306 Clips: Justify Your Game: Guitar Hero 2
• E306: Random Half-Naked Woman Getting Tossed Out of E3
• What's New in God of War 2?
• E306: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Q&A
• First Shots of Wii Virtual Console
• E306: The Best Nintendo DS Game EVER Comes Stateside (O! O! O!)
• E306: Robin Williams Spore One-Liners
• Kotaku Stalku: Nolan Bushnell Dislikes the "Wii" Moniker
• Snake To Appear In Super Smash Bros Brawl
• E306 Justify Your Game: Saints Row

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

•Kotaku's E306 Mini-Guide: Day 1 [Update 8]
•E306: The Best Nintendo DS Game EVER Comes Stateside
•Kotaku Stalku: Robin Williams Gets Arse Kicked By WoW
•E306: Robin Williams Spore One-Liners
•Kotaku Stalku: Nolan Bushnell Dislikes the "Wii" Moniker
•E306: Wired's Will Wright Event
•E306: Interactive Ping Pong
•E306: The Gaming Throne
•E306: Come Drink with Kotaku
•E306 Justify Your Game: Saints Row
•E306: XBox 360 Viva Pi ata
•E306: Fanatec Speedster Wheel-Controller
•SEGA Announces Next-Gen Golden Axe
•E306: Initial Nintendo Wii Responses
•Kotaku Stalku: Xbox Japan Honcho Caught Daydreaming
•Tiger Woods Next-Gen Graphics Hinky
•E306: Watching You Watching Us
•E306: Gears of War Gear Up Behind Closed Doors
•James Sokolove Feels Out Epilepsy Lawsuit Against Game Industry
•E306: Round Mice and Foot Fragging
•E306 Clips: Lia's Electronic Nintendo Boyfriend
•Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Coming to PSP
•E306: Wii Hands On Impressions: Twilight Princess and Super Mario Galaxy
•E306 Clips: Nintendo Wii-mote as Conductor's Baton
•E306: Crackdown Demo
•E306: PS3 Hands-On Impressions, Part 1
•E306: Nintendo Wii Zapper
•Miyamoto Talks About The Future of Gaming
•E306 Clips: Eye of Judgement Demo
•Lovingly Wrought Mock-Up of the XBox Portable
•E306 Clips: Yakuza Footage
•E306: The Death of the Party
•Preview Ho: The E3 Edition!
•Halo 3 Trailer Easter Egg?
•E306: Shiver Me Timbers, Pirates of the Caribbean Online
•E306 Live Gallery: Day 1
•360's Creepy Virtual Head Technology
•E306 Clips: Press Conference Score Card
•New Sam and Max Website Live!
•Golden Axe's Purple Chicken Things Come To PS3 and 360
•Dr. Ashen Reviews The Neo Double Games
•Shadowrun Confirmed, Disappoints Fans
•Meet Team Kotaku E306 (Bonus! Kotaku Party Details)
•Draenei Confirmed As New WoW Race
•Playstation 3 To Be The Size of a Victorian Waffle Iron
•Yoshi's Island 2 E3 Footage
•Aural Controller Feedback: Wii Remote Has Built-In Speaker
•Kotaku Stalku: Where's J Allard? With Waldo
•More Spore! E3 Trailer
•Live Anywhere: Cross Platform XBox Live
•E3 2006 Clips: What Geeks Eat
•Talking to Shiggy and Friends
•Resident Evil Announced for Wii
•Opera Browser Coming To Wii
•First Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Screens
•Super Paper Mario Trailer
•Grand Theft Auto 4 Announced!
•E306: Reggie Talks PS3 Pricing
•E306: Nintendo Power-Ups L.A. Nightlife
•E306: The Classic Wii Controller
•E3 2006 Clips: Wii Twilight Princess Demo

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

•E306: Microsoft Press Conference Photos
•E306: Broken Microsoft Kiosks
•Kotaku Stalku E306: Kojima Watch
•E306 Clips: Reggie, Iwata, Miyamoto and One Really Lucky Dude Playing Wii Tennis
•E306: Wii Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
•E306: Wii Excite Truck
•E306: Dance Dance TV
•E306: A Real Biohazard
•E306 Clips: The Creepiest Facial Animation Ever Captured
•E306: DS Nerds In The Wild
•E306 Clips: PS3 Concept Eye of Destruction
•E306: Gamecube's Not Dead
•Halo 3 E3 Trailer on Kotaku!
•The Cynic's Guide to the Microsoft E3 Presentation
•Halo 3 Trailer on Live!
•Nintendo's E3 Wii Footage 2
•E306: Wii Super Mario Galaxy
•Nintendo's E3 Wii Footage 1
•Kotaku Stalku E306: Don King's Hair Does Not Disappoint
•E306: Wii Ware Wario: Smooth Moves
•E306: Liveblogging the Microsoft Press Conference
•Final Fantasy VII: Advent's Children Statues
•Kotaku Stalku E306: Sony Exec Sweats Out PS3 Demo
•Activision Swallows Red Octane's Soul
•Kotaku Stalku E306: Famous Developer Dudes at Msoft Presser
•Now Showing: World of Warcraft Movie
•E306: Kotaku Stalku Spots Halo 3 Tees
•CORRECTION: Hip-Hop Enthusiast Using Video Games For Recruitment
•E306: Msoft Pre-Presser
•E306: Liveblogging the Nintendo Press Conference
•E306: Nintendo Wii Games
•Sonic Goes Wii
•Nintendo E3 Press Conference Live Video Stream
•Shadowrun All But Confirmed
•E3 2006: Sony Spelling Blunders
•E306: We're Ready For Our Nintendo Ass-Kicking
•Stay Tuned: Kotaku's Nintendo E306 Coverage In The Shake of a Lamb's Tail
•Guitar Hero 2 Hands-On
•Guardian Gamesblog Underwhelmed By PS3
•Microsoft Responds To PS3 Plans With Apathy, Then Befuddlement, Then Contempt
•New WoW Alliance Race = The Broken?
•$499 Playstation 3 To Be Gimped
•High-Quality Metal Gear Solid 4 E306 Trailer
•Final Fantasy XIII E306 Trailer
•Kurt Wenner Does Gears of War E3 Painting
•Our Spidey Sense Tingles! The Playstation 3 Font.
•LucasArts Announces Digital Molecular Matter Technology
•E306 Clips: Playstation 3 Controller First Look
•E306 Clips: Metal Gear Solid 4 Trailer

Monday, May 08, 2006

•E306: PlayStation 3 Pricing Info
•E306: PS3 Controller Porn
•Jack Thompson Wants Publicity. Go Fig.
•Nintendo Wii Just in Time
•E306: Sony Playstation Presser Liveblog
•E306: Square Announces Final Fantasy XIII (Three Of Them)
•Microsoft's XBox Portable? So Claims Takahashi's New Book
•E306: Sony Pre-Presser Party
•Nintendo Business Card Holder Part III: Game & Watch
•Sonic E3 Trailer
•Guillermo del Toro to Make Zombie Apocalypse Game?
•Jade Empire Coming To PC
•Metal Gear Solid Sequel Announced For PSP
•Hideo Kojima - Gaming's Warrior Poet?
•Pre-E3, Outside The LA Convention Center
•The Pump It Up Breakdancing Champion
•First E3 Nintendo Booth Pic
•Yuji Naka Leaves Sega, Forms Prope
•Wired's E3 Predictions
•New York Times on The Sims
•E3 Spore Footage Leaked
•HD-DVD Coming to the 360
•Nintendo Wii: Are You With Me?
•Retro Donkey Kong and Frogger Polos
•Mutant Storm Sequel Coming To Live Arcade, Amongst Others
•XBox Live's E3 Calendar
•Bleep Bloop: E3 Party
•Virtua Fighter 5 Coming To PS3 in 2007
•Microsoft E3 Press Site Now Live
•What Awaits At E3 2006?

Sunday, May 07, 2006

•E306: Someone Didn't Get The Wii Memo
•Time Gets Wii Hands-On
•E306: Sony's Ad Campaign
•Kotaku Reader Wins Wii Contest
•Msoft Drops Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
•A Tale In The Desert 3
•Lost Alternative Reality Game