Monday, 29 June 2009

E14 Outing: Friday 26th June 2009



Some details out of the conference were as follows:








  1. I've read this article three times now and I can't find the jokes. I thought this was a comedy site? Where's the funny stuff? Honestly...

  2. good reporting guys. I dont know about you, but forcing jokes into this report will not only look hideously shoe-horned and unneeded/unnatural, but it detracts from the validity from the honest field days work at the exhibition...

    either that or Brad has banned Rob from putting them into his reports..

  3. Yeah, I'm always trying to STOP Rob from being funny in his articles...

  4. Yeah, James, good point! 'Forcing jokes' into a comedy website would just be artistically bereft. Am I missing the point, here? I honestly thought this was supposed to be a funny website! There's a billion and one websites you can go to if you just want straight reporting on video games. Perhaps Rob and Blake were scared to take the piss after getting the free tickets?

    (Don't worry, James, in reality Rob knows I'm taking the piss and don't mean a word of it. Of course, that won't stop him smacking me upside the head like the bitch I am next time he sees me...)

  5. i think if anything serious gives you free tickets, then trying to force a few jokes at the ticket givers / organisers expense is just plain insulting..

  6. Unless, of course, you run a comedy website and the people who gave you the tickets KNOW that... It's like asking Eddie Izzard to appear at your show but then asking him not to be funny because he didn't have to pay to get in.

    Am I really the only person who can see this side of the argument?

  7. @Paul - The intention of this site, from the start, was to produce a website that was approximately 50% comedy, and 50% a "geek lifestyle" site. Sorry if you think we're swinging too far in either direction - we'll try and re-address the balance.

    @James - Paul has it right here. PR companies, publishers and what-not are under no compulsion to send us review copy, press releases, trade show invites, or anything like that. They do so because they hope it will be of interest to us and therefore our audience, and thereby gain exposure for their product/service. Yeah, we're liable to stick in gags and take the piss at the expense of them at at times. Frankly though, such PR companies/publishers can fall into one of two categories: a) ones who have done their research on the site, don't mind or don't care that we'll do that, and are thankful for the coverage or b) ones who haven't done their research, and get everything that they deserve as a result.