One of the few advantages of not-E3 is that this year I am not sat here the week after the show, back at my desk and miserable, willing the jetlag away and, in particular, struggling through the traditional post-show headcold. Lockdowns have changed the way we think about big crowds, and I’ll admit to a little shudder whenever I think of events like E3: thousands of people from all over the world crammed into an air-conditioned convention centre, opening doors with handles that have been touched a hundred times in the last ten minutes alone, sharing controllers at demo stations, shaking hands and high-fiving and hugging. The whole thing gives me the shivers, which I suppose is appropriate in an ironic sort of way.
#21: The new normal
#21: The new normal
#21: The new normal
One of the few advantages of not-E3 is that this year I am not sat here the week after the show, back at my desk and miserable, willing the jetlag away and, in particular, struggling through the traditional post-show headcold. Lockdowns have changed the way we think about big crowds, and I’ll admit to a little shudder whenever I think of events like E3: thousands of people from all over the world crammed into an air-conditioned convention centre, opening doors with handles that have been touched a hundred times in the last ten minutes alone, sharing controllers at demo stations, shaking hands and high-fiving and hugging. The whole thing gives me the shivers, which I suppose is appropriate in an ironic sort of way.