E3 Conference - Day 1 start
Posted on May 18, 2005 at 12:49pm AST (GMT-04:00)
It’s a bright and sunny day in Los Angeles today, but a serious power outage in the West Hall of the L.A. Convention Center is causing consternation. The show floor opens at 10am.
A free breakfast for media attending an opening presentation by Entertainment Software Association president Doug Lowenstein resulted in over a thousand “media” waiting in line for a long time for not much more than a bagel. Apparently their publications don’t pay them very
much, or perhaps the emotional response to ‘free’ overwhelms reason.
