<![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President - Kotaku Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President - Kotaku Comments]]> http://kotaku.com Fri, 09 May 2008 05:45:09 MDT Fri, 09 May 2008 05:45:09 MDT http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5611774 The hair tells everything...

No wonder we never see him shoot back at FOX. They would easily bury him in shame.

KroKan

]]> 9:5007647:c5611774 Fri, 09 May 2008 05:45:09 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5607528 I don't think I paid much attention to E3 last year despite how awesome 2007 was. Now we seem to be getting more and more flack in the media despite games doing better in every way imaginable. I'm not going to start rallying for this Lowenstein back because honestly I'm not familiar with his doings although they sound quite admirable. But now more than ever videogames as a whole require a strong and vocal leadership for the government and the media lest we be damned forever to be equated to the legions of comic book collectors and Trekkies (no intentional offense to either). I doubt that will happen but the years coming are important nevertheless and if this guy is already dropping the ball then get him out and get someone else in.

Absent Blue

]]> 9:5007647:c5607528 Thu, 08 May 2008 19:31:45 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5509699 Cool! I didn't know that Wedbush Morgan started to 'analyze' psychology and human behavior!

GaminShamin

]]> 9:5007647:c5509699 Sat, 03 May 2008 11:04:25 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5508695 awesome hair. But I remeber watching e3 live and it will be a shame if it collapses

JTBX

]]> 9:5007647:c5508695 Sat, 03 May 2008 06:43:01 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5507053 Look at the hairline on THAT dude. Wow.

Knoxximus (360/PSN)

]]> 9:5007647:c5507053 Fri, 02 May 2008 21:43:25 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5505573 @超外人: heh, current head. I think you just made a pun.

enigma89

]]> 9:5007647:c5505573 Fri, 02 May 2008 18:33:20 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5504690 E3: An hero.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

]]> 9:5007647:c5504690 Fri, 02 May 2008 16:55:55 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5504340 Don't forget, there is a couple of publishers not showing up for E3, besides those two. The new president needs to get with the industry.

zerokoolpsx

]]> 9:5007647:c5504340 Fri, 02 May 2008 16:28:42 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5504070 Ah well.....what can you say?? E3 used to be relevant when the real developers and fans and not business and marketing types and buyers were the attendees.....

And deride the spectacle and booth babes as you must.......THe companies and employees loved the spectacle.

dirtypanda

]]> 9:5007647:c5504070 Fri, 02 May 2008 16:08:53 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5503878 First moving E3 out of the LA convention center was a large misfire by this guy. Him not rectifying his mistake is the worst mistake of all. At least when Doug was in charge, he immediately realized that moving E3 to Atlanta was a largely boneheaded move and moved it back to LA the year after. This guy seems intent on killing the event. West LA is nice but it's definitely not a place to hold a convention for 20+ large ego companies.

Silenthillnight

]]> 9:5007647:c5503878 Fri, 02 May 2008 15:56:01 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5503817 @Phenom88: It's true. That hair is horrid. Like somebody took an axe to his head and the undertaker couldn't comnpletely reconstruct his head.

Shave your head dude.

Billkwando

]]> 9:5007647:c5503817 Fri, 02 May 2008 15:52:23 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5503751 @Sloopydrew: Hahaha, exactly! He needs to just shave it all off. His hairline has already receded to the top of his head. Its time to let it go.

Phenom88

]]> 9:5007647:c5503751 Fri, 02 May 2008 15:49:19 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5503517 Remember when E3 used to be the Superbowl of video games? Sad to see..

Abdar

]]> 9:5007647:c5503517 Fri, 02 May 2008 15:36:11 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5503212 @lolgumshoe: Yes, Hillary's the one who's criticized violence in games (alongside JT). Obama's just used them to criticize parents.

@SpishackCola: I second the confusion over firing Markels.

I won't really miss E3 either. What's the point of these "let's have a contest to see who can out-surprise-announce each other while trying to woo journalists with pretty lights and free stuff" events anyway. They just make life miserable for journalists who have to run around and cover 5 things at once with a live blog. Where's the love for the Kotaku team?

Tiber

]]> 9:5007647:c5503212 Fri, 02 May 2008 15:19:31 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5503013 @huginn: Exactly, E3 fails at life since then.

Fireblast

]]> 9:5007647:c5503013 Fri, 02 May 2008 15:09:56 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5502301 "He's heading for that small moon over there..."

"That's no moon... It's some dudes head."

Alanux

]]> 9:5007647:c5502301 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:41:03 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5501768 This is either the beginning of the end of E3, or the beginning of the return of E3. Personally I am hoping for the latter as E3 was always one of the highlights of my year. PAX is great, and has come in to grab a lot of the hype and press that E3 used to garner, but E3 holds a special place in gamers, and developers hearts. Remember, it was the ESA that wanted to get away from that format, not necessarily all of the developers. If they were smart, they would go with the old way and get some love back from the gamers. I think there are enough games that the gaming community would be fine with 2 game conferences a year.

Zanatos

]]> 9:5007647:c5501768 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:20:56 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5501552 Kotaku should create the next version of E3 to be held in the penthouse suite at the tippy top of the Kotaku Tower™.

Twisk

]]> 9:5007647:c5501552 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:13:24 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5501539 @Sloopydrew:
You were right, it is a photoshop crop. Mr. Gallagher insists on wearing a tiny hat in all of his formal photos, which his staff has to 'shop out when they release the photo to the press. In this case, he was wearing a tiny cowboy hat that he called a 10 ounce hat. And this is who we left in charge...


kingofallcosmos

]]> 9:5007647:c5501539 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:13:03 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5501163 since the E3 downsizing decision, this was bound to happen

Zombie_Moogle

]]> 9:5007647:c5501163 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:59:53 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5501037 @kw4k: "ring back the booth babes and access to the public." +2

axiomatic

]]> 9:5007647:c5501037 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:55:34 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5500999 TGS is the next E3!

djricekcn

]]> 9:5007647:c5500999 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:54:16 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5500908 The E3 thing is only a small part of what the possibly massive overall outcome this could have.

I'm more concerned about the the ESA closing the NY office and firing the person who won every case against unconstitutional video game laws. I sincerely hope they rehired that person somewhere else in the ESA, or I'm really afraid of what may happen with future game bills.

SpishackCola

]]> 9:5007647:c5500908 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:50:51 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5500882 @Pezdispenser:

I thought the same thing, Pez. It's like his hair line is beating a hasty retreat to the back of his head, yet he still blow-drys what's left to give it to that poofy look.

Even so, one part looks like its been totally ironed flat. I don't know where you go to get that look, but that's where the real meat of this story is, no doubt.

DugDawg

]]> 9:5007647:c5500882 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:49:38 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5500820 Oof. Rough first year, huh? I guess that's what happens when you don't properly interview your candidates. I mean, the guy had a year to make plans, probably more than that to prepare for the new position/direction. Instead, it sounds like the guy was trying to ride the wave that Lowenstein started.

I could totally be wrong, and his speech at this year's E3 (if he makes one) would be the inspirational and progressive piece that everyone in the industry is waiting for. I hope it's not just, "Come baaaaack!"

boopadoo

]]> 9:5007647:c5500820 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:47:22 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5500714 Meh...E3 is dead anyways.

Woodwater

]]> 9:5007647:c5500714 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:43:09 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5500405 @Fulgurator: +1. bring back the booth babes and access to the public. its what got the public crazed about their favorite titles!

kw4k

]]> 9:5007647:c5500405 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:30:12 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5500024 @lifeinthefridge: well they better not fuck it up like they did with GW. nerfbat for all, yay!

mownkay

]]> 9:5007647:c5500024 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:14:39 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499913 wow the E in E3 must stand for
Everyone
Except
Everyone

since there will be no booth babes, i hope at least they bring the tumbleweed.

zanzibarlegend

]]> 9:5007647:c5499913 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:10:09 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499908 @huginn:
e3 has never been open to the public.

but since they made it less of a spectacle its been kinda less attractive.plus there are other shows popping up

Truepatriot

]]> 9:5007647:c5499908 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:09:59 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499618 I do miss the spectacle and wall-to-wall coverage of the old vintage E3. That was just about my favorite week of the year. I prefer my gaming news in big spurts of gooey goodness all at once versus these drips and drabs here and there.

Ahh...the good ol days.

lionkitten

]]> 9:5007647:c5499618 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:58:52 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499595 "...even though it chose to confront fewer issues, removing lobbying on online gambling, taxation of virtual property, and Internet privacy in favor of focusing solely on constitutional, copyright and relevant trade issues."

I actually think they made a good move here. ESA shouldn't be wasting money on those issues... best to focus on the important stuff.

kidko

]]> 9:5007647:c5499595 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:57:53 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499442 What about Bethesda?

enewtabie

]]> 9:5007647:c5499442 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:51:03 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499272 It's a conspiracy I tell you......

Skitch01

]]> 9:5007647:c5499272 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:44:15 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499271 @Raynre: you know those orbs in Portal?...yeah...he forgot his helmet

Seiven

]]> 9:5007647:c5499271 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:44:11 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499264 @Spoony Bard:It means that they are "F-ed in the A". More devs will follow suit.

Mr.SithNinja

]]> 9:5007647:c5499264 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:43:49 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499234 @enewtabie: That's executive hair. Few well-off execs have anything close to a normal haircut. I worked for one that had the david lynch thing going on. I read a study once that said waaay more men than women feel like their day is shot if they have hair or appearance trouble (like torn trousers or whatever).

In other news, I don't see how the E3 is that big of a deal. None of us go anyway, so presumably the companies that withdraw from the show will have more time to work on their games or will just release comparable amounts of press after the event (don't want your game/company to get lost amid E3 buzz). That said, the progressive weakening of the ESA is a huge loss for the industry. The shift in focus from issues that are important to game consumers to issuers that are imporatant to the business side of the industry may prove to be short-sighted. More disturbing is how this evident short-sightedness effects the policies they mean to affect now - are copyright laws being lobbied for now anticipating the increase in digital distribution? Also disheartening is that ESA management hasn't seemed to develop much of a raport with developers - while most other industries have a pretty standard method of delivery (books are still, by and large, printed and sold in book stores), video games have a growing number of methods of delivery and these means are often first implemented or at least concieved of at the developer level of things and not necessarily at the publisher level. Also of note is that there is a lot of interprnetration between various parts of the video game industry (like how an Actor may write, produce, direct, etc a movie) and it just seems that ESA's more conservative approach to the industry doesn't address alot of the nuances.

PearceShea

]]> 9:5007647:c5499234 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:42:32 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499203 @Does Not Equal: I have the same feeling. It's looking like this year may be the last E3 ever. Hopefully, those who aren't satisfied with the ESA will come together to set up a new lobbying committee.

Now, I'm off to watch Iron Man.

MasterDex

]]> 9:5007647:c5499203 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:41:08 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499133 What in the seven Hells happened to that man's head?!

Raynre

]]> 9:5007647:c5499133 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:37:49 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499084 Only two of those are really a big loss. E3 is still where it at most other events like PAX etc as good as they are don't get a lot of new stuff announced.

The big three press conferences have always been the high points anyway.

sargemat

]]> 9:5007647:c5499084 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:36:17 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499062 This cannot be good for the ESA. It pisses me off that they have a rising budget but they are cutting back on lobbying. I know there is a huge negative connotation to lobbying, but it is something the game industry needs in order to properly educate Congress about what the gaming industry is all about. Every time I see some clip of a debate about video games, a majority of the time it's some misinformed Congressman trying to stir a shit storm that really doesn't exist because some constituent or Jack Thompson tries to get this to be the rallying cry for family values. Shape up or ship out Gallagher now is the time to fix this before you make things harder for gamers everywhere and allow there to be a greater assault on our 1st ammendment rights.

swordfish2eva1

]]> 9:5007647:c5499062 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:35:10 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5499003 thanks for the informative article!
This worries me... mostly because gaming is so much stronger when its a community function, and that's true for the developers just as its true for the consumers.

William "Killer" Shatner

]]> 9:5007647:c5499003 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:32:13 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498992 @Pezdispenser: I like to imagine that it's dented.

FightingChance

]]> 9:5007647:c5498992 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:31:46 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498973 Don't care much E3 any more anyway.

ScOtTy

]]> 9:5007647:c5498973 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:30:52 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498884 See what happens when you get rid of the booth babes?

Gray665

]]> 9:5007647:c5498884 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:27:17 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498876 Wow. If a single guy causes this much trouble, as an investor, I'd be hard-pressed not to sack him.

dunetiger : one of the naerds

]]> 9:5007647:c5498876 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:27:05 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498752 A lame duck, leading
a group that has lost focus.
Bad sign of the times.

Dorphat the Insomniac

]]> 9:5007647:c5498752 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:21:39 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498717 I'm getting a domino-effect vibe from this. E3 has been a shadow of its former self since the shakeup, anyway. If people keep backing out, E3 could be done by next year, and the ESA might not have anybody but small publishing houses on board.

Does Not Equal

]]> 9:5007647:c5498717 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:20:04 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498691 @2NinjasTapedTogether:

www.theesa.com is a quick way.
Helps the gaming community,pr,etc


enewtabie

]]> 9:5007647:c5498691 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:19:08 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498661 Well this sucks.

ShirtGuyDom

]]> 9:5007647:c5498661 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:17:43 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498655 @DigiMish:

Yes, If E3 doesn't work, dont go, because something else will step up to take its place. Don't hold you're breath on E3 waiting to return. E3 is DEAD.

globones

]]> 9:5007647:c5498655 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:17:35 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498650 @Pezdispenser:

He's like me...Folically challenged.I'd just shave it,if it was me. lol

enewtabie

]]> 9:5007647:c5498650 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:17:26 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498622 @Phenom88:

I was thinking the exact same thing. Unless that is a weird Photoshop crop, it is the most awful haircut I have ever seen. It's like one strip of his hair decided to rebel and not be like the rest of his head.

Sloopydrew

]]> 9:5007647:c5498622 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:16:24 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498600 Ouch. They must miss the half-naked women in the booths.

Fulgurator

]]> 9:5007647:c5498600 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:15:39 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498582 @DigiMish: I'm tempted to go

CHU BOI

]]> 9:5007647:c5498582 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:15:06 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498570 I wonder what happens when his expanding baldspot and receding hairline meet? Is pure energy created? Only time will tell...

glibby

]]> 9:5007647:c5498570 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:14:45 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498527 "Business reasons"? That's pretty much saying "We're not telling you why." "Business reasons" could very well be that they don't see the business value of an organization that doesn't have a good leader anymore...

Also I kept thinking about sledgehammering watermelons for some reason.

Insane_Penguin

]]> 9:5007647:c5498527 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:12:32 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498518 and this Gallagher seems like a pawn. Seriously, if you're going to represent the ESA, at least have a voice and an opinion on video game related things such as the GTAIV political/MADD fiasco.
Don't sit there and cower in your corner without any comments.

People like this make me so angry, they're partially responsible for all the flac the gaming industry has been getting.

DigiMish

]]> 9:5007647:c5498518 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:12:13 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498512 "Barack Obama saying videogames are corrupting our youth"

He never said that, he said that the parents should start teaching their children instead of video games teaching them.

lolgumshoe

]]> 9:5007647:c5498512 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:12:08 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498450 @DigiMish: Already got my plane tickets. See you duders at PAX!

Derigor

]]> 9:5007647:c5498450 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:09:39 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498446 This is like the party that happens anyway even though the DJ and half the guest list didn't show. Just a bunch of people nervously shuffling around in an extremely awkward situation.

E3 is pretty much through as a public venue, let some other show fill the void now.

art_zombie

]]> 9:5007647:c5498446 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:09:31 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498436 I wonder if it really is the fault of the current head. The firing of one of their best lobbyists is concerning though, and seems to be a major worry to developers to feel about leaving.
The ESA is largely about protecting IPs right now, which means raiding mod chip users and trying to gain back theoretical revenue from mod chippers.
Since they got this new guy, who was a person who did instigate such methods, it seems most developers feel they'll be paying for nothing that'll benefit them in the long run.

超外人

]]> 9:5007647:c5498436 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:08:59 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498412 that jerk better not screw up E3 this year...if he does...well...I am going to send a STERN email...and go back to playing games because I am lazy...like all Americans, and apparently we take everyone's shit now.

I mean we don't enforce our own laws and we elect people based on "well the other guy/gal sucked worse"

BAH *flips off picture of Mike Gallagher*

Seiven

]]> 9:5007647:c5498412 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:08:07 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498408 Hm. Very curious. I don't know that I even am familiar with what the ESA does. I... COULD check wikipedia or something, but... I'd rather a 1 word summary from someone here.

2NinjasTapedTogether

]]> 9:5007647:c5498408 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:07:55 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498323 @DigiMish:

I'm a fan Leipzig myself..

enewtabie

]]> 9:5007647:c5498323 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:04:41 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498313 This is probably the most pointless thing to notice, but what's up with his hair? It's so flat, like you can balance a bowling ball on there.

Pezdispenser

]]> 9:5007647:c5498313 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:04:22 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498300 If the ESA actually helped the developers by promoting things through things like the old E3 and running ads like many other trade groups do, instead of sitting on their asses when Jack Thompsons of the world bash video games and have shitty E3s, people might not drop out

pd771

]]> 9:5007647:c5498300 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:03:49 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498297 This guy needs to drop his barber!

Phenom88

]]> 9:5007647:c5498297 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:03:48 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498295 Increasing the budget,but reducing your lobbying on behalf of games.Yeah,that's a bad idea when you have people trying to attack games at every corner. Gallagher is just filling a desk apparently, and not sticking up for the community like Lowenstein.Still sad to see E3 in such shape.

enewtabie

]]> 9:5007647:c5498295 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:03:42 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498283 I'm gonna wait til the rats start jumping ship (AKA EA) before I call a sinking ship

But it does not look good for the trade show. It's been going down hill since they closed it to the public.

huginn

]]> 9:5007647:c5498283 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:03:15 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498255 Now THIS has some meat on it, lets hope the story breaking brings out some more official responses.

Random1512

]]> 9:5007647:c5498255 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:02:28 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498243 So what does this mean for the ESA and ultimately E3?!?

Spoony Bard

]]> 9:5007647:c5498243 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:02:00 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498212 WTF no guild wars 2 at E3 Damn you arenanet/ncsoft

lifeinthefridge

]]> 9:5007647:c5498212 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:57 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498150 @thejakeman: probably disagrees with you: weird

thejakeman: probably disagrees with you

]]> 9:5007647:c5498150 Fri, 02 May 2008 11:59:14 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498138 how wierd

thejakeman: probably disagrees with you

]]> 9:5007647:c5498138 Fri, 02 May 2008 11:58:58 MDT <![CDATA[Five Publishers Drop Out of E3 This Year, Some Blame ESA President]]> http://kotaku.com/5007647/five-publishers-drop-out-of-e3-this-year-some-blame-esa-president#c5498108 PAX is the new E3, everybody come to Seattle at the end of August, you won't regret it.

DigiMish

]]> 9:5007647:c5498108 Fri, 02 May 2008 11:58:06 MDT