http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:57:33 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/01/000045.php#comment-582946 Calling game journalists "fans" is part of the reason this entire situation happened in the first place. 582946@blogcritics.org Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:57:33 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/01/000045.php#comment-582820 About the fans? Funny, I always thought E3 was a trade show. 582820@blogcritics.org Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:45:55 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/01/000045.php#comment-582735 I just have to say that this is a joke. E3 has always been about the fans, 60,000 of them, and cutting it down to 3-4,000 is beyond hilarious. I couldn't even believe my eyes as I read about the change (or cancellation, in my opinion) of E3. I work with a gaming website and have attended E3 for the past three years and now no longer want to go. It's going to be held in a hangar??? Come on. Much of the excitement is having it be in the LA Convention Center with many different halls and conference rooms for both media and fans. Having it held in a hangar in Santa Monica is just ridiculous. Who makes up the gaming industry, I ask you. Closing it to everyone, even though I'm still invited, is excluding the most important people and turning E3 into a country club meeting. Where is the fun in that? Where is the fun of the mass amount of media and showrooms. E3 can and has been personal, as I have had many quiet meetings with software developers above the brilliant show floor that wasn't located in some abandoned hangar. The point is, the people who make E3 happen want it all to themselves. In essence, we're seeing a display of obvious selfishness. I refuse to go. 582735@blogcritics.org Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:31:35 EDT