Having read both IGN’s and Eurogamer’s live blogs, I’m hopelessly confused about what happened. But I think I know three things:
I promised myself that I wouldn’t do any more of these mega-posts. But with a ridiculous backlog, and the Leipzig Games Convention looming, it’s clear that I was lying.
Since this is the time of year that the weather around LiBiPl.net HQ gets particularly unbearable, the crew opted for a short vacation in Surrey. We were overjoyed to receive an invitation from the Molecules, and promptly rubbished our plans to visit Lewis Carroll in order to see our favourite game being polished and made ready to take over the world come October.
(Note to reader: In order to prevent the release of any sensitive information, our notes and pictures were submitted to the LBP Ministry of Information for editing. We do not contend that this has infringed upon our journalistic integrity in any way, and do humbly thank the Ministry for their indulgence.)
Just go to the “Smile Planet Campaign” site and click on one of the Sackboy cards to be taken to a gallery of people who had the opportunity to play LittleBigPlanet at the Fuji TV building in Odaiba. Then go have a good cry, and try not to think about the incredibly delicious noodles they probably ate afterwards.
Uh-oh, it looks like Sackboy’s been travelling again!
More this weekend… 
As the days tick away toward “October”, more and more of the fans’ questions can be definitively answered. Following Gastronomic Gamer’s report from Edinburgh, and the appearance of an answer-laden Sony employee on both sides of the Atlantic, now the renaissance of LBPCentral.com continues as they receive answers to their questions from Mark Healey. The true nature of the moon, seven kinds of switches, no DIY video screens, rain emissions.. definitely a must-read.
[Thanks Brian!]
Ahead of the Games Convention in Leipzig, we have this:
Our friend the Gastronomic Gamer continues to deliver, with nine videos from the Edinburgh Interactive Festival. I’ve re-ordered them here to push possible spoilers to the end.
[Spoiler Warning One: Beyond here be mini-games that haven't been widely seen yet:]
Looks like Wal-Mart has an exclusive trailer to encourage pre-orders there as well. With even more camera angle goodness. And ghosts, and a skateboard passenger, and rolling the orange and football across a bridge, and…
Unfortunately, they do have the game in their database as “Little Big Planet”, and the URL for the trailer implies that they think it’s a Wii game (although they do file it under PS3). Oh, Wal-Mart, what shall we do with you?
The intrepid Gastronomic Gamer has posted his report from the Edinburgh Interactive Festival. He managed to get almost all of your questions answered, so go on over and take a look. Just don’t quit reading early; the last paragraph is, to me, the most important.