Before anyone answers that question, no, I am not sweeping the floors you racist bastards.

Muy chingon, huh?

Every year, I follow the news, hoping to hear announcements about my favorite gaming platforms. I was disappointed to hear that E3 had restructured into a smaller, less extravagant event known as the E3 Media and Business Summit. But now, the E3 I came to know and love is back, maybe not in full force, but, given what I’ve heard about the last two years, it definitely seems like a step up.

I admit it. I look awkward when playing Rock Band.

While it was unfortunate I wasn’t able to make it to the Nintendo Press Conference with Jamie and Nelson, my day started down at the MTV booth, where a team from Harmonix discussed and demonstrated the upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band before letting everyone loose to try the game for themselves. Personally, as a Beatles fan, I enjoyed it. I’m not good at the drums but I wound up getting stuck on them during my first playthrough. However, I eventually made my way to guitar and bass, as well as taking advantage of the three-part harmony and laying down some vocals while strumming away.

Next, I headed off to Disney Interactive for my 1:00 tour. Unfortunately, when I got there, they couldn’t find my name on the list. I had them check for Jamie, just in case she was the one listed, but they couldn’t find her either. Thankfully, the Associate Manager of Public Relations, Sunny Ing, offered to give me a booth tour anyway. Turns out both Jamie’s name and mine were on the list but she didn’t see it. They had a few good offerings, such as Spectrobes Origins for the Wii and Split/Second for the Xbox 360 and PS3. I also got a chance to play Toy Story Mania, a party game for the Wii based on the Toy Story franchise and a theme park attraction by the same name. It was fun, but not my thing. After a rather long demo for the game G-Force, based on the upcoming Disney movie of the same name, I headed out, having spent an hour and a half there (that G-Force demo was long).

After a well needed break, I met up with Jamie and Nelson, where we discussed Jamie’s interview with Fatal1ty for a while. Heading off for my scheduled appointment with Tecmo, I was introduced to Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and even got a chance to play it before we moved onto Undead Knights for the PSP and Quantum for PS3. All in all, Tecmo’s booth this year seemed very Sony oriented. Before heading off to check out Lego: Rock Band, I took one last look at Tecmo’s amazing Booth Babes, cosplaying as Sigma 2 characters. Awesome.

Finally, heading down to the Into The Pixel booth at the Concourse Hall, where the Geeks and I got to chill out, have a few drinks, and check out the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen game in an online team deathmatch. By chance, Nelson ran into Revenge of the Fallen star, Tyrese Gibson, who we got a chance to interview before calling it a day and heading back to our hotel.

After unwinding a bit and doing a bit of blogging, we headed over to The Conga Room for Digital LA. We got a chance to unwind, got to listen to some great music by 8-bit Weapon, shmooze with other E3 goers, and enjoy some well-needed alcohol.

Everybody's unwinding after a long day.

Day 1 has come to an end and we’ve got two more days here at E3.  Tomorrow, we cover the Konami Press Conference. I won’t lie, guys. I am quite excited.