Well, E3 has officially ended, and our team is preparing to wing their way back home. Before they started packing, they sat down to give you guys one more podcast detailing their final day at this year’s conference.

You can look forward to hearing Shawn, Jonathan, and Daniel discuss the games they saw on Thursday, their hands-on experiences on the show floor, and what they were most impressed with at the show as a whole.

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Since the Day 2 podcast was delayed, the E3 team thought you folks might enjoy getting a chance to check out Day 2 and Day 3 nearly simultaneously.

On Wednesday (Day 3 if you count Monday), the guys got a chance to check out Rock Band 2 (a game that I definitely want to hear more about). Now, I don’t know how they managed to get by without my amazing guitar skills, but they apparently did. They also dealt with something that was referred to as the ‘Konami Apocalypse,’ as well as getting some hands on time with Valve’s upcoming zombie-fest, Left 4 Dead. (Yes, that last bit makes me green with envy.)

You also get a chance to see what 3 days of sleep deprivation does to these guys, as they sound like they might be fraying ’round the edges just a bit.

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The Gaming Today crew at E3 is back with their insights into Day 2 of E3. You can find out what the guys think about Nintendo, Sony, and the Activision not-quite-E3 press conference.

Personally, I think Sony had the most impressive of the so-called ‘Big Three’ press conferences, but if you want to see what our guys on site thought, you’ll have to tune in.

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As I am sure you are aware by now, our industrious E3 team is hard at work gathering scraps of info for your perusal. We’re adding something a little different this year for your enjoyment: a nightly podcast wrap-up of the day’s events.

Wondering what’s in this episode? In the words or your immortal host, Shawn Sines, “E3 2008 Day 1: Microsoft & EA talked a lot, we’re talking about their talking.. only with opinions, innuendo and veiled sarcasm. Will the new Live! changes make sense? Is Dragon Age the most disappointing trailer of the show? Listen and find out what we think about Day 1 (sort of) of E3!”

We’ll have a podcast coming your way from E3 every day this week, so make sure you check it out.

You can grab the pocast directly from this link.

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A few weeks back (June 23rd to be exact) I had the pleasure of taking a quick trip out to sunny San Jose, California to visit the offices of MMO Developer Cryptic Studios. While there I got an update on the studio’s plans and their upcoming release Champions Online. Through fortuitous events I was lucky enough to get interview time with the company’s Chief Creative Officer Jack Emmert.

Champions Online is Cryptic’s latest MMO. Once again the topic de jeur is Super Heroes but this time the platform is a bit different since the game is being developed for both the PC and Xbox 360 platforms and is adopting and expanding the world setting and characters originally developed for the popular and long-published Champions Pen-and-paper RPG.

Mr. Emmert was kind enough to agree to allow the interview to be recorded and I’ve turned the entire 12 minutes into the first Special Edition of the File-N-Forget Podcast.

The podcast interview can be downloaded here and found on the File-N-Forget podcast page along with the other 30+ weekly episodes.

For those who prefer their interviews typed you can read a transcript of the conversation after the jump.

Keep an eye out in the coming weeks as the embargo lifts and I can share the details of my Champions Online Gamer’s Day experience more completely.

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E3.. once the premiere event of the video game season is now a shadow of its former self. While we’ve discussed this in the past and even lamented a bit about things long gone, Ron and Shawn choose this week to discuss the upcoming event and related coverage plans for the File-N-Forget Podcast and Gaming Today in general.

Readers and listeners should send suggestions for E3 coverage and possible developer questions to the podcast email. We’ll happily address them and if possible pose them to the guilty parties during the event and report back.

Once we move on from that topic the infamous Jack Thompson makes himself a topic of discussion again. In light of the recently released recommendations for his disbarment in Florida and then we move on to the “Jack Thompson” memorial Rant & Rave segment where Ron actually praises a Gamestop store, and Shawn laments the state of aussie censorship.

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SAGA News is out and the word is that the anticipated Undead Booster Packs are now available for pre-sale. The packs are only available in limited quantities and are exclusive to the SAGA Store on the official PlaySaga website. As an added incentive, players will receive a free pack for every ten Undead booster pack they pre-order.

The legion of the Undead is expanding rapidly. Players will soon be seeing Undead units in several quests. They’re also now part of the SAGA fan site kit.

In-game tournaments are making their way SAGA as well. The first to be introduced will be a sealed deck, eight player single elimination format.

Tournaments will allow players to experience playing with full armies at max level without needing to collect all the units and without competing against suitcase players who may own every troop in the game 50 times over.

Look for beta testing to commence soon.

For more information on the SAGA MMORTS, visit the official PlaySaga homepage.

If you’re interested in SAGA you can check out our previous coverage, including the File-N-Forget Podcast interview with the creators of SAGA from a few months back

via Press Release

The File-N-Forget Podcast returns this week as we ramp up for our upcoming E3 coverage. With Metal Gear Solid 4 now established in the market and fans going gaga over it, Ron and Shawn give their quick impressions of it along with Battlefield: Bad Company and Alone in the Dark.

Bigger questions loom however as we discuss the state of E3 and what we think might happen in years to come.

There are also Rants & Raves to make the fanboys happy.

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Our Mission this week is to debrief you on the history of Konami’s Metal Gear series. Maniac Elephant (Ron) and Infamous Cockroach (Shawn) discuss their past experience with the Metal Gear missions and plan a tactical approach for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4: Twin Acid Sons of the Patriots Liberty Eater’s Revenge mission that is set to go into operation this coming Friday.

The two mission specialists also talk about a rogue military superweapon (The Incredible Hulk), a rogue government assassin (The Bourne Conspiracy) and a silly child’s game featuring a plastic college professor (LEGO Indiana Jones).

This weeks show is available by direct download here.

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You can get your own Metal Gear Codename by checking out the Metal Gear Name Generator.

File-N-Forget returns this week with a discussion of the changing face of gaming. Our topic: Cooperative gameplay and its evolution over the last few generations of consoles. Additionally Shawn raves about the good part of the the Xbox Live! Arcade game delisting and Ron gets wishy washy with praise and damnation for Funcom’s Age of Conan.

This weeks show is available by direct download here.

As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.

File-N-Forget is also available on the iTunes Music Store.