While I wasn't able to attend E3 this year, I did manage to catch a lot of the press about, particularly the press touting the new games we should see coming out in the next year.

What impressed me was that, according to the manufacturers, cosoles have caught up to where game makers would have liked to see them in the DreamCast days.

That is, the game quality is going to be as good as the short movies you get between gameplay sections.

I saw a demo for a military style action game and was blown away when they said that was the actual game play and not some canned, pre-recorded movie. The graphics were awesome, the sound was incredible and the game makers made it feel like you were actually the one behind the M-16.

Overall, I think the next year to 18 months will bring us some incredible gaming advances, thanks in part to the new Xbox and PS3, plus I think we'll see some of that "new" technology begin to appear in the handhelds as well. It's going to be a great year for gaming.