If E3 is the sort of thing you care about, you've probably already gorged yourself on more coverage than you can even possibly remember. Last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles was geared toward videogame industry insiders -- sort of an opportunity for game developers and reporters to stand around sniff each others' butts -- but there was plenty of stuff going on that's of interest to casual gamers as well. E3 ain't just for the Xenis and Wils of the world, after all, so we packed up and drove down to LA last week to schmooze with gamey nerds and check out some cool upcoming amusement devices.

After the jump: nifty online French quests, previews of the new Zelda and Final Fantasy games, Slash (from Guns'n'Roses) says "whoa," advanced physics, and we go head-to-head with the voice of Mario in a MarioKart DS tournament.