So, I’m back from E3, the annual video game expo in Los Angeles.  The conference was a total blast, but mostly because this was my first trip to E3 and you lose yourself with the sights and the sounds and the Namco dancers(tm) and the weapons demonstrations. 

A highlight of the trip:  Karaoke Revolution Party.  OK, maybe not so much the game itself, but the story surrounding it.

Konami Rep:  Would you like to try out Karaoke Revolution Party?  It combines the joy of Karaoke with a Dance Dance Revolution mat.
My friend, Ken:  Holy crap, you have to sing AND dance?  They should make you act and just call it “Triple Threat.”
Ernie:  “FAME!  I’m gonna live forever.”

Konami Rep:  Hey you, you look like the perfect person to try a song.
Ernie:  Crap.

(After deciding to pass on Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love,”  I start to do a rendition of “Take On Me” while doing syncopated dance steps on the DDR Pad.  There is no way on Gods Green Earth that a white person would be able to last 45 seconds on anything tougher than Beginner mode.)

Voice of Cable TV Host behind me:  YO!  What can you tell us bout this game right here?
Konami Rep:  Karaoke Revolution Party is… well, why don’t you see for yourself?  THAT PUDGY ASIAN GUY IS PLAYING RIGHT NOW!

(Cue Ernie suddenly being surrounded by a cameraman, a guy holding a boom mic and someone who could only be described as, well, Lil’ Jon.)

TV Host:  AWWW SHIZ!  [ed note:  he says "shiz," of course, because we're being taped.]  I THINK WE LOOKIN AT THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL RIGHT HEE-YUH!
Ernie:  good shit.
TV Host:  YEE-UH, GOOD SHIT! (gives look to cameraman who gives me a dirty look for using profanity on-camera)
Ernie:  My bad.