E3 is real and the biggest. It's where all the year's major releases, both of hardware and software, are announced. The biggest announcement at E3 2004 was the first appearance of the Nintendo DS.

I'm about quarter of the way through the next chapter of Tabula Avatar; I had intended to finish it during these five nights off work but it didn't work out that way. This story is insisting on taking priority, and also I've been asleep much more of the time than is normal for me.