E3 Microsoft Conference Post Wrap-Up (BO2, Tomb Raider, Madden + Kinect, SmartGlass, Splinter Cell, & more..)

For those of us who have been gaming since the days of Atari, when arcades willingly accepted an endless amount of quarters, E3 has become ritualistic.  You probably sacrifice your job, that good job with the benefits and the dual monitors, just so you can watch the E3 conferences.  Not one gamer wants to be the last pitiful peasant to find out about all the new stuff "Coming <insert possibility year/season>".  It's definitely a love hate relationship.  Some times you get Kinect and COD: Modern Warfare.  Other times you get Wii U.  This year is no different.  It's such a phenom, this gamer life.  Microsoft took the stage to unveil everything we thought they would and other stuff we didn't know they could. 

OK, now that all the introductory sh*t is out of the way, let's get right down to the nitty gritty of things.  Microsoft's conference was very exciting, minus the Usher performance.  Everything from the violently captivating Splinter Cell Demo, to the jaw dropping gritty Gears of War: Judgement, to the hilariously action packed South Park: The Stick of Truth, left the whole arena cheering.


First up, was Halo 4 then Splinter Cell: Blacklist.  Holy shennanigans!   Did the creators of Metal Gear lay up with the Creators of Assassins Creed and then put the bastard child up for an open adoption, making Ubisoft the new parents?  Remember all that clumsily awkward stealth movement?  Remember the mundane cover systems?  Remember....man look, all that sh*t you remembered that you didn't enjoy is gone.  Sam is a bad ass.  I don't know who pissed him off, but they done f*cked up real bad this time.