In the days leading up to E3, emails and phonecalls are non-stop and preparations are in the final stages of being complete. It's never calms down until you're on the plane headed to Los Angeles, but after those short five hours, it all starts back up again and the insanity rushes through your body, because you realize that it's here: E3.

This year will be no different, if anything, it will be more exciting than ever, more to see, more to do, visual and aural satisfaction will be all around.

In today's excerpt, we go all the way back to.. last year, from Brandon's recollection of the events of E3 2005.

The next morning was a fantastic experience. We all went to a Hollywood location, which I believe was the Kodak theatre. We were to get in line for registration so we could go upstairs to the Nintendo pre-show. In line, we all busted out our DS stuff and started to pictochat. Nintendo's foresight couldn't have possibly imagined the atrocities committed this day. Among the pictorial highlights:

- Stick-figures launching groin-liquid at other things and phrases
- Swear words
- Penis

During this time we also saw "TYP" from Planet GameCube. Lots of people called him names and he vanished. Perhaps he was an apparition. Also there was Adam Sessler. No, the television doesn't make him look any stranger than you'd expect he looks in person. After this we went upstairs and enjoyed free objects and drinks. We got into the Nintendo conference and I was overwhelmed by people. We kicked their asses and took their pictures. Highlights of the pre-show included the Reggie remix (a loud music clip proclaiming very slowly "My.. name is... Reh-reh-reggieeeeeee"), Shiggy's Nintendog screwing the brains out of that G4 lady's dog, and Reggie not pulling a Glock out of his pocket but instead pulling a Game Boy Micro. Then he pulled a Glock and shot people with it. Only in the Glock it was just acid. The joke's on them!

This year is going to be a banner year for N-Sider's E3 coverage, so keep your bookmarks updated, and be sure to add N-Sider to that list (it should already be there!). As a reminder, we're still accepting pre-orders for our E3 2006 DVD, at only $6 with free worldwide shipping, it's a hard deal to pass up. So give in to temptation, and Wii'll be sure to give you an amazing disc once again this year.