E3 No Show

This week, the E3 Expo begins in LA, and for the first time since 1999, I shan’t be there :-(

I won’t miss the show as such, although the fact that Sony are debuting PSP, Nintendo are launching the DS, and Sega are being rumoured to have a new portable console in the works does make things slightly more difficult for me.

More annoying for me is that I will miss what I call the meta-show: everything that happens around the show, in other words. I’ll miss catching up with folk that I don’t normally see through the year, and I’ll miss hanging out in Santa Monica (which by now has lost its Wizards store and has gained an Apple store). I’ll especially miss the whisky party which the Scottish companies throw in the Staples Center: always a good night, and the thrill of seeing your company logo on the massive screen on the outside wall is just one of those Great Moments…

Best of luck to everyone I know who will be there; I’m only slightly jealous ;-)