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saw this guy in the checkout line before me.
I think wearing ED HARDY is atrocious and evil.. but you cant hate old people still trying to juggle!
And then came my hours of walking at GAMESCOM, the largest games convention in Europe.
And boy was it boring! Granted, I never have been to something like this AND i really did not know what to expect.. but i don’t get why people go to these things.
You look at screens playing videos (that you also can see online one week later), your able to play demos (also available later the same week) and you get demos of games really new BUT you have to wait for at least two hours to get in (Diablo 3, RAGE).
YUCK! But of course, there are lots of funny people walking around, 90% wearing a shirt that contains a funny pun involving video games.
Here is an example:
The god of icecream granted me some of his gold after this stressfull experience:
Oh, i also drew this and did not knew what to do with it
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Gaming conventions are only fun if a) You get press permission to preview games that won’t come out for another 6 months and b) You get press invites to all the cool parties with open bars :3
yeah, i thought about that after writing my rant.
and i get why business/press people need this kind of things.. i just don’t understand the
“normal” guys being all exited to watch trailers and play demos.
(comic con is also different because you actually buy stuff and meet the creators)
I guess the other idea is that it’s a place to meet and network with people, but that is sort of the part I despise the most :) I have a hard time going to conventions these days… when I went to Comic Con last year it was really awesome, but I had a hard time staying in the convention center for more than 40 minutes at a time without being overwhelmed by all the people/things going on!