Jumping in Headfirst

The E3 trailer, and... The gameplay. Ridiculously hard games for the win?

Soul Calibur V is a Thing. Not a bad video, though the game appears to be far, far off, and only 15 percent complete . I decided I like the game since it's fun and doesn't involve the down-forward input.

Slick. I mean, seriously slick. I *love* the old-school, 1920's world mixed with anthropomorphic animals they've set up. I've never played a Sly Cooper game before, but they have my interest right now; it just LOOKS like fun. Here's some gameplay courtesy of G4: I figured you'd be traveling in time, but I do hope they spend more time in the world from the teaser video over the one the second trailer takes place in.

For some reason, Paramount wants a Star Trek game. So they hired developer Digital Extremes to create a co-op action game that takes place after the recent movie, allowing you to control either James T. Kirk or Spock and kick butt. I'm a HUGE fan of the new Star Trek, so I loved learning about this game, and watching alpha footage. (Which makes the following even MORE impressive.) Tags: GameTrailers.com , E3 2011: Debut Trailer (Stream) , PC Games , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 ...Gonna go change my pants now.

After spending half of May working on the original game, Final Fantasy XIII has grown on me. So this trailer, which is over two minutes long and provides us with a look at both at both the cinematic and gameplay of this new game, is of interest. It bothers me that it doesn't seem like they tweaked the battle system too much...but the game does look gorgeous, and in that armor Lightning looks super-cool. It's interesting to be following the game now from Serah's perspective too, since she's such a 180 from Lightning's character, but I can deal with that since both will be in the game. Hopefully Square-Enix will recognize and alter the flaws fans complained about to create a superior game here, and we can enjoy a proper Final Fantasy game on the current-gen consoles.

A comic book geek at heart, whenever they mention a comic book game that I may actually enjoy, I get excited. And this one's written by brilliant Spider-Man scribe Peter David. It's a necessity for me to have as a gamer. Check the trailer. From the company that brought Shattered Dimensions to us. I would've preferred a greater amount of world-hopping, but this works too. Featuring Spider-Man and his descendant from 88 years in the future (Spider-Man 2099), the game is meant to alter reality as you work to change things at both ends. While you're playing as one webhead, another will be off doing his own thing, and your actions as one will have effect the other. Should be fun.

I was a little late with my pre-show picks, so instead I'll just go with following along with the Expo and posting things as they catch my eye. To start out with, there's this little gem from Insomniac Games. OverStrike At first I was a little bummed when CEO of Insomniac Games Ted Price started talking about the game--but the trailer itself was awesome. The team looks like they mesh well together, and I'm excited to give the game a try. (I'm presuming it's third-person, of course.)