I watched the entire Microsoft keynote for E3. Lots of cool announcements, but only two that really interested me: Crackdown 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. I’ve wanted more Crackdown ever since finishing the first one. I’m really looking forward to hearing more about that game.

Left 4 Dead 2 is very surprising to me…. usually Valve releases at the pace of Blizzard, i.e. hella slow. Also, they usually support their games with a hefty amount of post-release content. Will L4D2 mean that they are leaving L4D out in the cold? Time will tell. I can definitely say that I got my money’s worth out of the first one, but I’m not so sure I’d jump on the L4D2 bandwagon right at launch. I’ll have to find out more details.

Finally, I wrote a review for Plants vs. Zombies, if the million other such reviews weren’t enough for you.

UPDATE: According to this L4D 2 preview, the format of this release is not in stone. Hopefully we’ll see a discount for owners of the first game, or a possible inclusion in some sort of Orange Box 2. Valve has never screwed over its PC audience yet, so there’s no reason to think they will now.