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(Cured) Deenight: Blessed by the Titans at last
08/04/09

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so is someone from kotaku covering the gamescom in cologne? it would be too awesome to see one of you guys there...
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-MasterDex-
08/04/09

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Games Com in Cologne seems to be where everyone wants to be this year and it doesn't surprise me with the specifity of Leipzig.

I'd also wager that there's quite a few gamers unwilling to make the trip to either convention this year due to tighter and lighter wallets.
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Orionsaint
08/04/09

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Time to move on
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Paradox me
08/04/09

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While not a fan of online gaming too much, aside from the addicting MMO every ~5 years, I don't question its presense in gaming today, but an entire show dedicated to it?

Sounds kinda boring, but 43,000 people would probably tell my to STFU so to each their own!
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GalinaBanana
08/04/09

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You shouldn't forget to mention about politics: The former Games Fair will take place in Cologne this year, under the new label "Gamescom" instead of "Games Convention", organized by german Entertainment Software Foundation BIU.
Well, EA's german HQ is based in Cologne, parts of Microsoft as well and BIU is mainly maintained by those.
On top of that, last year's Games Convention showed that the fair got a little too successful for Leipzig: Lack of hotel space and a poor airport connection made it difficult for the big companies to host everyone, not to mention the visitors. That Leipzig fair focussed on online gaming this year seems quite logical to me, as this might be the market with the most potential these days (browsergames, portable etc...)

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BritBloke916
08/04/09

@GalinaBanana: A winner is you. It always seemed to me that whevever discussing Leipzig, games journos would complain about how the place just wasn't up to holding a conference of that magnitude (hotel space in particular was apparently a total nightmare). A change of venue was inevitable. On the other hand, this new smaller scale event is probably far more suited to the venue and will keep generating a reasonable income for the local businesses if they do it well.
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-MasterDex-
08/04/09

@BritBloke916: With any luck, hopefully the new direction of the Leipzig fair will allow for some nice advances forward for online gaming or allow for more of a spotlight on ideas that would have otherwise been overlooked at a big full-on convention.
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Naryoril
08/04/09

@GalinaBanana: I can only second what you wrote. I went to Leipzig last year, and finding some lodging was a pain. In the end after about 20 phone calls we found a little pension on the other end of the city that still had a room. Finding a hotel in Cologne was WAY easier even only 4 weeks before the convention.
The other point you also mentioned was the accessability of Leipzig. Even from Switzerland there was absolutely no direct flight to Leipzig, we had to fly to Frankfurt and then to Leipzig from there. Now reaching Cologne is a completely different matter. There are several daily flights to Cologne and even more to Düsseldorf which is only 45 mins away by train from Cologne.

It may be sad for Leizpig itself. When talking with the locals last year they were really disappointed that Cologne "takes their convention away". The GC was a really big thing for Leipzig apparently.
But for the visitors i'm sure it is way better this way.
Now the only thing that remains is that they can keep the quality on the level of last years (Tokyo Game Show was very disappointing compared to Leipzig)
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hazelnut
08/04/09

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Never heard of Games Com. Is that new?
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-MasterDex-
08/04/09

@hazelnut - RIP Michael Jackson: In a way yes. Really it's just a relocation of the Leipzig convention to Cologne for various reasons such as the ones GalinaBanana points out above.

Not to be confused with the failure that is the Game.com

edit: Dang image going to the top and ruining my comment structure! GRRR!
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Just2Fresh
08/04/09

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got damn shame
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(Zombie) Teliko
08/04/09

@Just2Fresh: You receive item: Damn Shame "It fills you with a strange sense of shame as if damned upon you from the heavens..."
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ThursdayNext
08/04/09

@Teliko: Became Shamefully Addicted to Free Realms: Hahaha...beautifully executed.
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Showmeyomoves!
08/04/09

@Teliko is shamefully addicted to Free Realms: Damn Shame Get?
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thespyderboy
08/02/09

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Death Adventure Island

Tag lines....

"Relax, while you die."

"It's the last vacation you'll ever take."

"Explore the possibilities. Make memories"
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Ghede
08/02/09

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Wait, YAMFRIES. An acronym containing another acronym? Wouldn't it be YAMMOFRIES?
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Sheogorath
08/02/09

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MEGAWARS: ULTRADOOM

RECTAL FOREIGN BODY: THE GAME

KILL SHIT: EXTREME

GIB MONIEZ PLZ: SUPER EDITION

EXTREME: THE EXTREME GAME FOR EXTREME PEOPLE WITH EXTREME EXTREMENESS IT IS THAT EXTREME OH MY GOD I AM GOING TO HAVE A STROKE FROM HOW EXTREME THE EXTREMENESS IS.

How are those?
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ConMon
08/02/09

@Sheogorath: last one should be Xtreme: The Xtreme game for Xtreme people with Xtreme Xtremeness it is also oh my god I am going to have a stroke from how Xtreme the Xtremeness is.... everything is 500% more Xtreme when spelled with an X
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Ghede
08/02/09

@ConMon: It's true. Xoidburg is a Xenophysiologist Rock Star Surfer.
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Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
08/02/09

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DEATH: FOREVER WARS

Hmm, that may be a bit too morbid.
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ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
06/24/09

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I find it funny that the guy who failed drastically with PSN is gonna talk about digital distribution
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Michael Dukakis
06/24/09

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Apparently Vin Diesel is their mascot.
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Antiterra
06/24/09

Awesome! Schrödinger and Heisenberg: double whammy of trendy one-size-fits-all analogies that you can apply to practically anything 'cause they sound cool even when they're completely irrelevant to your point. :)

Throw in Ockham's razor and we have a trifecta.

@Michael Dukakis: Not enough pit.
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offshore
06/24/09

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Oh goody.

He wacky views are always welcome.
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DigitalHero
06/24/09

@offshore:

I liked him because he was a nut. I'll take those over boring PR guys. XD
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(Zombie) Jölan
06/24/09

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speaking of a letter off, "te"?
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