Ashley Cheng on E3

[King of Creation]

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<p><strong>Ashley Cheng</strong> wrote up a small <a href="http://bethblog.com/?p=131#more-131" target="_self">article on E3</a> over at the Bethblog. Check it out:</p><blockquote><p><em>E3 is dead.</em></p><p><em>This week is E3. But its not E3. The mammoth, sweaty monster of a
trade show is gone. I had gone to E3 for the past 5 years, but didn&rsquo;t
make the cut this year - just Todd and Emil from the development side.</em></p><p><em>

If it had been decided that we weren&rsquo;t going at all, I wouldn&rsquo;t have
been surprised. We just did a large press day for Fallout 3, so the
major press folks have already seen our stuff by now. But I think its
good that we have a presence. I usually post some pictures and blog
posts while I&rsquo;m at E3. Instead, I thought I&rsquo;d write a few thoughts
about the press day we had here at the offices for Fallout 3 &mdash; our own
E3.</em></p><p><em>I would say it was a major success. The day went remarkably well. My
favorite part was the Q&A session with Todd and Emil. Pete ran it
like a press conference, pointing to journalists who raised their hands
to ask questions. Lots of great questions asked.</em></p><p><em>It was a great way to chat with journalists that I would&rsquo;ve normally
seen at E3. I spoke with Desslock of PC Gamer before the demo and later
at the after-event party. He has been in the industry for a long time,
and its possible he may have been the oldest guy in the room &mdash; after
Richard Aihoshi (another esteemed, long time journalist) of RPG Vault:)</em></p><p><em>I&rsquo;m a fan of Desslock&rsquo;s Alternative Lives column in PC Gamer. The
Dec 2006 column, Memo to Bethesda: Five tips for not screwing up
Fallout 3, is a great read. He wrote some <a href="http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk ... essions</a> of the press day via a forum post, and I believe he&rsquo;s planning on writing more about the game in his next column.</em></p><p><em>I met a few journalists who admitted that the original Fallout games
were a bit before their times, and that they were going in cold turkey.
Based on the questions from the Q&A, it sounded like they were
digging it.</em></p><p><em>I will miss the parties. E3 always had the best parties. And heading
over to EA with Todd to play NCAA Football, will miss that, too. (Most
people schedule appointments on their E3 calendar, Todd and I scheduled
when we would play NCAA Football).</em></p></blockquote>
<p> </p><p>Spotted @ <a href="http://bethblog.com/">Bethesda Blog</a></p>

[Dreadnought]

I wonder what nerds mean with "best parties".

Lots of free softdrinks and soft pizza and unlimited access to high end computers with experimental hardware?

[King of Creation]

Soft pizza?

[Killzig]

there are hookers and blow at developer parties too.

[Mechanurgist]

there are hookers and blow at developer parties too.

Only if Cliffy B is there. He always brings the hookers and blow.

[Superhaze]

Cliffy B has nice vest. :jeffk:

[Koki]

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[S4ur0n27]

Fallout was before their times? What kind of journalists do we have now? 15 years old? What the shit.

[PiP]

if you don't know yet, video games is for teh kiddies, so journalists are not too old too. It would be hardly surprising if some of them are like 20, so they were like 10 when F came out.

[Killzig]

most of them were/are console kiddies. OMG NEW MARIO GAME!

[S4ur0n27]

The fact video games were made and were sold in those days surely mean some people played them. I'm pretty sure they didn't all die; it wasn't that long ago I guess they just don't play video games :sad: