E3 was a concentrated dose of gaming — and I’m going to miss it
by Andrew Webster from The Verge - All Posts on (#6H3DV)
Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images Back at E3 2017, I had a plan. The annual convention always had a wide range of game developers in attendance, offering reporters like me the opportunity to talk to prominent folks from all over the world. I decided it would be the ideal place to chat with Japanese creatives about the then-resurgent mood surrounding the country's video game efforts. First on my list was Toshihiro Nagoshi, the infamously prickly creator of the Yakuza series. In an attempt to break the ice, I asked the stylish director where he bought his shoes. He replied, very simply - and in a very serious tone - very expensive." The only words of English he spoke during our entire conversation.
Now that E3 is dead - for real this time - I can't help but think back on...