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Feeding Off the E3's Rotting Carcass

E3... dead, bastardized, whatever. The Guardian GamesBlog points out just how opportunistic my fellow Texans are. Comparing these Johnny-Come-Latelies to vultures (and heck, why not?), GamesBlog posts this email excerpt from the Austin Game Conference:

I'm sure you've heard the announcement that E3 is downsizing next year from a zoo of 60,000 attendees to a smaller, more manageable invitation-only crowd of 5,000. Good for them! But what does that mean for you? If you're looking for a great event to cover that would be happy to have your journalistic-prowess, look no further than Austin, Texas, September 6-7-8... What we lack in booth babes, we offer in top notch headlining speakers...

Note to future E3 wanna-bes: Do not schedule your events too close to the Tokyo Games Show (end of September) or the Game Developers Conference (March), PAX (August) or Leipzig Games Convention (also August). Otherwise, nobody will give a fart.

More Here [GamesBlog]

7:24 AM on Thu Aug 3 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
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