I'll give you a snapshot of my diary from Wednesday at E3, by way of explanation.
7:30am: Out of bed. This never happens to me. She says it happens to every guy, but it's never happened to me. Does the sun even shine this early?
8:00am: Breakfast at the hotel restaurant. Why are breakfast buffets all the same? Bacon, eggs, potatoes and a waffle iron. We ask for the menu and learn there are approximately five different ways this restaurant can serve bacon, eggs and potatoes, all of which cost more than the buffet. Two buffets it is.
8:30am: Registering for the Nintendo Press Event. I've already registered with Nintendo via email, but now I must register again. Why? I do not know. In case the person who emailed them was an imposter, perhaps? What happens if my name is not on the list? Will I be ejected? The lady at the desk looks for my name on the sheet - it is not there.
"Could it have been registered by someone else," she asks.
I give her the name of the person on our team who made the phone call. His name is listed under my registration. The lady smiles, writes in my name in the margins of her sheet and hands me a badge. Apparently the names aren't that important after all, but they ask you to register twice anyway. I feel like I'm back at the airport. I offer to show her my toiletries, but she declines. At least there's free water.
10:25am: I skip out on the last few minutes of Miyamoto's gloating to hit the head before my 350 colleagues storm out of the auditorium and flood the stalls. Glad I did. By the time I'm finished, there's a line twenty deep for the half dozen or so toilets.
10:30am: In line for the charter bus from Santa Monica to Culver City, for the Sony Press Event. It starts at 11:30am. It's a half hour away. It's scheduled to last about 90 minutes, which means it will be over at around 1pm, but I won't get back until sometime after 1:30pm. My next appointment is at 2pm. I'm having doubts about whether or not I'll make it. Three hours for a single press conference. This is the new E3.
11:00am: The Sony Three Hour Tour is turning out to be more of a vacation than a press conference. They're serving drinks. I hope there's also food.
