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Day 2 of E3 week featured the Nintendo and Sony media briefings, as well as the opening day on the show floor. Your beloved and moderately well-dressed editorial team was again out in full force. Here's a quick report on some cool stuff we saw and played today, and if you missed it, here's yesterday's report. Again, it's not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the "best" things, just stuff that caught our eyes.

Patrick Klepek, News Editor

You know what, this one has nothing to do with video games. While waiting to check out Ubisoft's Avatar, someone shoved a giant metal statue in my hand. This statue was really damn heavy. Turns out, it was the -- I kid you not -- actual Oscar statue that Avatar producer Jon Landau received for working with James Cameron on Titanic. If there ever was a moment I thought about dashing off with something valuable...

Joe Rybicki, Freelance Writer

The Last Guardian: I wasn't at the Sony conference, didn't see this in person, and hence it doesn't qualify, you say? I say you shut the hell up. The trailer that leaked a couple weeks back showed me everything I needed to know that I will love this game. Sorry, those are facts.

OK, fine, coolest thing I actually saw in person? The Saboteur: It's not just Sin City style, folks. There's a real game here, and it's bigger than a lot of people realize.

Also, for In Memory of Kentia Hall, I would like to put in a vote for the Vitality Sensor. That is all.

Brian Leahy, Games Editor

The coolest things I saw at E3 today were probably the new instruments for The Beatles: Rock Band. They looked amazing during the Microsoft Press Conference, but wait until you see and feel these new peripherals. I really hope they aren't only available in the super-expensive bundle because I'll have to buy it if that's the case!

Raymond Padilla, Managing News Editor

Two major press conferences (and two major live blogs with Brian Leahy!) and three behind-closed-doors appointments: that was my E3 Tuesday. I definitely saw lots of exciting games and products, but the coolest thing that happened to me today was bumping into two doctors. Of course I'm talking about Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk. I was walking back to the G4 stage after my final meeting and bumped into the excellent BioWare doctors.Their company has a ton going on with Dragon Age: Origins, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Mass Effect 2. I'm super thrilled for them. They're just two fantastic people that happen to be in charge of my favorite Western developer. Catching up with them was my favorite "appointment" today.

Andrew Pfister, Senior Games Editor

I once again believe in Assassin's Creed. As I noted in my E3 predictions last week, I was in the "disappointed" camp with the first game. After seeing today's demo twice (first at the Sony conference, and then again up close at Ubisoft), and hearing Project Manager Jean-Francois Boivin adamantly declare that they're directly addressing the negative feedback from AC1, I'm back on board. I believe in the core concept, the inspired setting, and now the execution.

Want some bonus cool?

Almost Cried:  The Last Guardian trailer, especially the music
Almost Died:  Tecmo's Metroid reveal
Brain Fried:  God of War 3's Titan backdrop

Paul Semel, Freelance Writer

Dragon Age: Origins running on a console: While the real best thing I saw today was the plate of pasta I had for lunch, the best gaming thing was the console version of Dragon Age: Origins. Not that it looked better than any other game I saw today, but after playing the needlessly complicated PC version, seeing that the console one was more of an action game just made me happy. And not just because I don't have a PC.

OK, Feed readers. What were your Tuesday favorites?