After E3 proper shut down, the Gamecock crew held its "Up In Smoke" ceremony to commemorate and eulogize the Death Of E3. Not the end. The death. It was all scheduled to kick off at 4:20 PM—zany, no?—but in reality, finally found the energy to mobilize around 5. After a few keg pumped beers, watching various parade goers get made up and affixing our black Gamecock armbands, we started the one mile procession down to Venice beach, repeatedly answering two questions. One: "What's going on?" Answer: "It's a 'funeral' for E3." Two: "What's E3?" It was hot, long and at certain moments, things were throbbing.
I somehow managed to snap an appropriate 69 photos from the event, all of which are in our gallery. Mike Fahey's at the beer garden afterparty right now, drowning his sorrows. I'm sure he'll have more tales to tell for us later.
