Anatomy of an E3 press conference

Paul Miller teases apart the standard issue E3 keynote and this curious trend of vicious throat stabbing.

First off, the neck is a guaranteed fatality. Gamers have seen their enemies recover from innumerable forms of slaughter. Lightning, fire, blue lightning, green fire, shotgun blasts, and the occasional lower-torso removal can be shrugged off by a resilient boss or an indifferent zombie. Not so with neck stabs.