RAPID FIRE RANT - On E3 and Pointless Commercialism

Each Rapid Fire Rant allows a writer to vent their spleen on a certain topic relating to gaming. Leave your thin skins at the door.



Gamers, let's talk about what E3 has become.

In days gone by, E3 was a gaming mecca. Even up to three or four years ago, I still would have happily committed non-violent felonies to get a ticket. So, what has changed? The games, that's fucking what. I no longer look forward to E3 any more, I dread it, as I dread Christmas. Let's look as some possible candidates from this year

Facelift!

Hey gang!

So, as you may notice, We have changed the blog! Much love to Nick for all his hard work and sacrifice of a Sunday to get it done! Wa-hey!

Tell us what you think!

RAPID FIRE - Episode Three

In this weeks podcast: The News Rush Down, Karl will be reviewing the new Prince of Persia: Sands of Time movie, Shelley will be doing a feature on the sensationalism surrounding games and Nick will be reviewing Plain Sight.

PODCAST REMOVED DUE TO HOSTING RESTRICTIONS
RAPID-FIRE ARCHIVE COMING SOON

LINKS:

- Parents Television Council

- SMH Article about the positive effects of Gaming

- Soldat

- Gang Garrison 2

- Plain Sight

Better Know a Podcaster

 Each "Better Know a Podcaster" post details a member of the Rapid Fire team.

Hi, I'm Shelley. By day I'm an accountant, and by night, I'm still an accountant. As a result of being an accountant 24 hours a day, I tend to see the gaming world differently to Nick and Karl.

My main role here at Rapid Fire is to take care of the Totally Imaginary Portfolio. The TIP is a portfolio of 10,000 shares each of Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts Inc, THQ Inc, Take-Two Interactive, GameStop Corp, Ubisoft Entertainment SA and Perfect World Co.

So, here are the answers to the questions that I'm sure have been keeping you up at night:

We're so cool, we outperform Valve

That's right! We're more than happy to admit that we've started recording episode three of the Podcast! And we'll have it done by this weekend!

See, Valve? It ain't that hard.