I'm just now back from E3 and now facing the task of debriefing countless pages of notes and marketing materials into a summary of the near-future of gaming.

While I get to that, let me point you to something I wrote on the Denver Post online site.

This rumination is about the soul of E3 and, by extension, the heart of the video game business. The piece doesn't mention a single game, publisher, developer or platform. But does fit in a reference to Zeppelin's Tangerine.

As far as the photo. That's me standing next to a cherry, authentic original Computer Space cabinet. What was my highlight of the show? Simple--seeing and touching this link to where it all started!