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Costumes, creatures, and more from the E3 2010 show floor

A final look at the show floor from E3 2010.

Dan Ackerman
Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" (Hachette/PublicAffairs), a non-fiction gaming and business history book that has earned rave reviews from the New York Times, Fortune, LA Review of Books, and many other publications. "Upends the standard Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs/Mark Zuckerberg technology-creation myth... the story shines." -- The New York Times
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A giant robot with its human driver. We won't buy one until they make a hybrid version.
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This orc-like creature costume was highly animatronic (at least we hope it was a costume).
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Sonic makes an appearance, with an adoring fan.
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This DJ used two control-disc platters to spin tunes from his MacBook via turntable.
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Where there's a little sister...
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Big Daddy can't be far behind.
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Probably top of the list of games we never asked for.
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Are most games marketed towards a young male demographic? We couldn't tell...
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Playing dress-up in some Mafia II gear.
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A costumed pair promoting Shogun: Total War.
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The Kinect-filled Xbox booth.
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Emo dudes enjoy The Sims.
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A quick peek at the back of a new Xbox 360 (we call it the Xbox three-slimmy).
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These guys are playing with an off-screen Kinect (we hope).
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Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski.
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A lightcycle from the new Tron movie.
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Some re-imagined Mickey Mouse depictions from the upcoming Epic Mickey game.
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The single oddest game we saw -- Rock of the Dead.
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In case of a power outage, find these girls!
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Legendary director John Carpenter (center) discusses his work on FEAR 3.
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Giant Lego ninja -- need we say more?
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The luchadores of the upcoming Lucha Libre game.
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Are dancing games the next big trend? We saw at least three of them.
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Pac-Man hasn't done much of note lately, but we appreciate his early work.
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A rare appearance by some PC hardware -- in this case the Alienware M11x, now with Intel Core i3 and Core i5 processors.
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Coming soon -- France: The Game.
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An esoteric sculpture. It's meaning and motivation remain unclear.
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A life-size sculpture of the retro protagonist from Splatterhouse -- a 1988 game getting a 2010 reboot.
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We're guess this isn't a display for a Mature-rated game.
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A Tron helmet, under protective glass.
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More from Tron -- this time a custom Wii controller.
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Show security goes to new levels. (Actually, it did -- badges were scanned with an ultraviolet scanner at each entry point to prevent counterfeits.)
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An idea so crazy, it just might work. This Nyko PS3 controller is laid out like an Xbox 360 controller.

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