Los Angeles – On May 11th, 2004, Konami unveiled their E3 2004 lineup in a pre-show, held at the Los Angeles Public Library and Auditorium for a select audience of industry journalists.

These preshows have a certain pattern to them. A company rents a location, hires caterers, and fills a bunch of writers up with plentiful food and liquor until our judgement is almost certainly impaired. Then, and only then, do they show us the games. It is a clever plan, only occasionally derailed by the near-superhuman drinking capacity of many video game journalists

In Konami’s case, they really shouldn’t’ve bothered. As

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