The line waiting for South Hall to open. Once they get inside, most of these people will line up again for the fifteen-minute play session or half-hour, hands-off demo of their choice.

Crafting (South Hall).

Traditionally, Electronic Arts takes up the largest chunk of South Hall, and it's the first thing you see once you get inside. Believe it or not, they kinda toned it down this year.

Upstairs in the exclusive Microsoft Lounge. Project Lead Brad Muir (left) and Lead Programmer Chris Jurney (center) of Double Fine show off Trenched. The door labled "06" is the Halo: Anniversary demo room.

A very bad shot of ex-Bungie (and current 343 Industries) guru Frank O'Connor in the Halo: Anniversary demo room. Taken late Thursday, he's smiling because he's leaving, done for the year.

Nintendo booth, West Hall. Most of those people spent about 90 minutes in line to get in here.

Assistance.

Wii U controller demo (media VIP area).

As above, so below.

There's exclusive and there's exclusive. This is the latter: Nintendo's executive VIP room, located behind the seondary media check-in kiosk (the primary check-in, from what I understand, didn't get you into the Wii U demos). We tend to refer to rooms like these as "behind-behind closed doors."