Zappers, Queens and mechanical bulls. DERRIK J. LANG and RYAN PEARSON find out how the game world plays, both on and off the clock.
SANTA MONICA, Calif.
E3 shrank.
The guest list at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo was shaved from last year's 60,000-plus to under 5,000.
Add a move from the LA Convention Center to a relatively tiny airport hangar, a lack of new consoles or handhelds, transportation troubles and lackluster announcement events, and what's left to love at this year's gathering?
The games, for one. The parties, for two.
In this edition of asap's weekly gamer video, DERRIK J. LANG and RYAN PEARSON converge at the E3 Media & Business Summit, then split up, to see how the video game industry plays both on and off the clock.
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See the video here.
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"Up Down Left Right" is a weekly video feature starring asap reporters and gaming gurus DERRIK J. LANG in New York and RYAN PEARSON in Los Angeles. Joining together for the first time From separate coasts, they provide their take on today's -- and sometimes yesterday's -- games. E-mail them at updownleftright(at)ap.org.
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