The Game Trust at E3

So the Rock Band/Harmonix suite that Alex Rigopulos invited colleague Scott Alexander and me up to? (I’d mentioned it last week in a previous post.)

Last Tuesday night Evan Narcisse, Gus “Wonder Beard” Mastrapa,” along with Libe Goad and Robin Yang from AOL/Game Daily and Dan “Dr. Sideburns” Ackerman from CNET all reported to the Wilshire Grand and took the elevator up to the top floor. We listened for the muted sounds of someone warbling his way through “Black Hole Sun,” and knew the suite had to be close by.

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Yesterday colleague Scott “Dr. Playboy” Alexander and I were passing through the lobby of the Wilshire Grand–which, come to think of it, isn’t especially grand–when I said to him, “In my next life, I want to come back as Alex Rigopulos. That guy just has it all.”

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Whenever my mother wanted me to take a pill—I was a very sickly child, always in need of pills and shots and heating pads–she’d attempt to hide it inside some apple sauce.

Which is basically what Microsoft tried to do Monday morning at their press conference.

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