tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post5089353371249255655..comments2023-06-19T10:45:56.724-04:00Comments on Player Versus Developer: Cautionary Notes from GamescomGreen Armadillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-18872799282661133262015-08-15T22:13:59.207-04:002015-08-15T22:13:59.207-04:00Trade shows for the game industry are surprisingly...Trade shows for the game industry are surprisingly mundane affairs. Most of them are focused on the business side of things, and having normal people wander in and out tends to be more of a distraction than a help. Press is invited along because game companies might as well get some press coverage as well.<br /><br />One tip: find a website and write them to see if they need any freelance writers for a show. Often you can get press credentials and greater access, but you'll have to write some articles. And the pay is guaranteed to suck. ;)Psychochildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06066038436696697892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-67002864378405725972015-08-15T04:56:30.907-04:002015-08-15T04:56:30.907-04:00I live about 45 minutes from Cologne's Trade F...I live about 45 minutes from Cologne's Trade Fair by train, and have yet to go to Gamescom even once. On the news we get to see shots of massive crowds attending, and information that it had been sold out for weeks. Since the Loveparade 2010 when 21 people died in a mass panic, I can't deal with crowds like that anymore. Also, it's in August, and usually quite the sweaty event. How fun is it to stand in a crowd and having to wait 3 hours to briefly play a demo?<br /><br />I go to RPC Cologne instead, which is a role-playing convention featuring some MMOs (mostly FFXIV this year), table-top and boardgames and LARPing, with a huge segment for cosplaying which was really absolutely amazing. Much smaller, but I really like it that way.<br />Kadomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05406568314302191895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-62439502119709338022015-08-12T16:33:54.281-04:002015-08-12T16:33:54.281-04:00I think I'd like to go just for the experience...I think I'd like to go just for the experience sometime, subpar or not ;) For me it's not that far, I can take the train and take some friends - if it's very disappointing, we'll buy more booze lol. I have heard that it depends on the year/lineup a lot, some years people gush about Gamescom and some seem to be rather bleh.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.com