I don’t know how many of you current PlayStation.Blog readers attended last year’s E3 meet-up, but it holds a special place in my heart. It was the Summer of 2008, and a small, upstart blog, barely a year old, met with 50 or so of our closest friends to eat our weight in tacos and drink gallons of horchata.
We also definitively proved that I’m a better Hot Shots Golf player than Andrew Yoon.
Fast forward to 2009, and E3 is back to its former glory. I even hear that booth babes will return. So we better step up our game. That’s why I’m happy to announce the PSB E3 2009 meet-up!
On Sunday, May 31st, Chris, myself, and the rest of the PlayStation.Blog staff will celebrate the start of E3 2009 with a fiesta at Mama’s Hot Tamales Café (the Los Angeles location) from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. If I could bring San Francisco’s Tamale Lady down to cook for you, I would. Fortunately, I hear Mama makes one heck of a tamale herself.
But it’s not all about food – the PlayStation.Blog E3 Meet-up will be the first public hands-on showing of SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3, and the devs will be on hand to answer questions and offer tips. Free food, pre-release game, what else do you need? Oh yes…
In true PlayStation.Blog meet-up fashion,we’ll also be giving away cool prizes, free schwag and a special incentive for the ultimate PlayStation fans: on top of all that, I’m happy to announce that the first 100 people through the door will be granted access to the PlayStation E3 Press Conference, taking place the following Tuesday at 11am!
Note: You must be 18 years or older to attend. It’s a school day :-)
Oh, and yes, this event is free. If you think you can make it, please RSVP on our Facebook event page (or, if you don’t “do” FB, email us your RSVP here).
We hope to see you there!
@ Jeff Rubenstein
Hey Jeff, I’ve been meaning to ask this question for a while but it usually slip my mind. What are Sony’s plans about illegal PSN game sharing? I have a bunch of people on my friends list that’s always asking to share my games. This method is getting more popular by the Thursdays. If you guys are not aware about this then here’s a heads up. I noticed a lot of us here are big Sony fans but, we are not supporting the good devs with our wallets. You guys are losing so much money and you don’t even know it. In my little Brother’s school (NYC Arts & Design). Nobody buys PSN games, it’s all being shared among students and friends. Piracy has tainted the PSP’s image to the point where developers are afraid of releasing their titles on the platform. It would be a shame to see PSN go down that path. Which also means less games for actual buyers.
I know some of you guys might think that I’m screwed up for saying this but… As an Artist, I know how it feels to not get paid or enough, for your hard work.
By the way, no offense to the guys on my friends list.
Cool, can’t wait to see what else Sony has planned for E3.
Can’t wait to see more about SOCOM too.
Sorry for the off topic first post but, I didn’t get a reply on the last post.
I wish you guys were doing this event in NYC.
Oh I wish I could go! :( Bring E3 to Seattle! We have plenty of spots to host it. Have a good time PSB team, I look forward to your top notch coverage. And PLEASE get us what you can on TrICO! The youube vid had well over 700k views in about 24 hrs! Sony has got to get behind this one and actually *advertise* it!
Seattle? That\’s what PAX is for!