I know at least 2 of those pictures are from months to years old. So yeah, it can get bad but is it really that bad if they have to pull from the past like that.
Maybe its just Kotaku having shitty fact checking too.
There should be places within a mile to park for significantly cheaper. I think there's a lot off Virginia St which is 10 dollars a day there.
If you want to get extra cheap you could park for free in madison valley neighborhoods (where I live, 3-4ish miles away from the center), and hop on a...
I'd disagree on e3 demo impressions, at least from my experience. The e3 demo of the 3ds castlevania game ended up playing almost exactly like the final product, it was just a bit more polished and had the rest of the content.