The End of E3

Unexpected news flew through the gaming community Monday, as we learned that the premier yearly video gaming event, E3, will undergo a seemingly radical downsizing. Announced by the ESA (Entertainment Software Association: Yeah, I’ve never heard of them either), this is supposedly a reaction to the tendency of gaming companies to save up their news and announcements, much akin to charging up that perfect plasma bolt, which they then unleashed on the games community each May.

I for one will morn the passage of E3, as the gaming community treated it as our own little holiday, a secret ceremony outside the coil of the greater consumer consciousness. I can see the point made by the ESA though, especially due to game companies habit of… “overstating” their looming products.

Even though I fully believe there will be an E3 next year, and there will most certainly be spectacle in tow, the conclusion that it will be lessened considerably seems unavoidable.

Rest in peace, sweet prince of an Expo.