Comments on: Eurogamer Expo fails to inspire

By: Are any gaming conventions fun? « Welcome to Spinksville!

Are any gaming conventions fun? « Welcome to Spinksville! — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:54:46 +0000

[...] is a gaming convention, has a show floor full of demos that you can try, and that’s about it. I wasn’t impressed. I wonder if it was partly my own fault – what did I really expect from a gaming convention [...]

By: Soloing the Eurogamer Expo | Badinage

Soloing the Eurogamer Expo | Badinage — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:26:10 +0000

[...] the Eurogamer Expo Posted on October 9, 2010 by dmosbon I have to agree with Spinks’s summary of her own experiences of this years Eurogamer Expo. It was lacking in any real variety with 90% of what was on show being shooters or their [...]

By: Expo Man VI of VI: Survey Says « Electron Dance

Expo Man VI of VI: Survey Says « Electron Dance — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:44:08 +0000

[...] Only I wasn't looking for an arcade experience. I filled in the expo post-mortem survey and asked for more indie, more PC and more developers. If I had written "developers" a few more times, you probably would have confused me with Steve Ballmer but that's kinda how I felt. I'm not the only one who was underwhelmed – Spinks said it "fails to inspire". [...]

By: Jonathon

Jonathon — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:14:32 +0000

You do realize that the FREE CAKE was still a lie, no?

By: Dwism

Dwism — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:56:17 +0000

I think the number of visitors show that there is a huge interest in europe for conventions, we just get the short end of the stick, compared to us gamers, so we settle for breadcrumbs.

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:07:16 +0000

Apparently there were also male strippers at the wedding show. Just saying.

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:06:18 +0000

No, I would have happily queued to play that

By: dmosbon

dmosbon — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:53:25 +0000

Have to agree with you Spinks. I came away from the show feeling deflated at the lack of variety at the Expo.

By: SmakenDahed

SmakenDahed — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:47:00 +0000

Was there an APB booth? Tell me there was an APB booth?!

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:32:14 +0000

As you may have guessed from the general tone of the post, NONE of those companies had stands. Neither did Arenanet. Bioware had some demos up for DA2 but not an actual presence.