This year, rather than writing about my reactions to E3 stuff, I’m going to write about what I’d like to see come out of each day. Yesterday (day -1?) Nintendo had a Pre-E3 stream that revealed more about the Wii U which looks incredible. I’ll certainly be getting one at launch. Now, for today…

First up is Microsoft, and I’m not sure what I really want to see. I know we’ll be seeing a bunch of Halo 4, and I’m really excited about that. As I mentioned in another post, that’s one of the few games that I’m absolutely buying this year. We’ll also see Twisted Pixel’s new game, and I love those guys so of course I’m excited about that. Maybe we’ll also see some stuff about Borderlands 2? Or perhaps Harmonix will show off more Rock Band Blitz? I’m stoked for both of those. Oh! And Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD!

Beyond those games, I want to see what Microsoft is going to do w/ cross-platform stuff. I’m talking Xbox and Windows 8 and Windows Phone. How are these three going to interact? We’ve seen talk of “Smart Glass” but what exactly will that be? Also, Windows Phone 8 info yes please? Maybe we’ll see something about a new dashboard revision? Skype integration? IE on Xbox?

I think that about does it for what I’m excited about. To push my excitement level above the bar that Nintendo set, Microsoft will have to do a lot. They’d probably have to show off some new hardware, like the rumored successor to the Xbox 360 Arcade (sort of a set-top box without a DVD drive and limited storage, so it can only play downloaded games and use Netflix/Hulu/etc), to really “win” E3 in my eyes.

Only about 30 minutes until we find out what they have coming!