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Each week Dennis McCauley contributes The Political Game, a column on the collision of politics and video games:But beyond that, E3 put the modern video game business on the map. You could be certain of national T.V. coverage from all of the major networks. The top newspapers were there as well. The media coverage of the show's bright lights, booth babes and nonstop bells and whistles made mainstream America sit up and take notice of a form of entertainment it had previously held to be child's play, and for geeky children at that. Of course, the gaming press went absolutely nuts during E3 week, pushing screen shots and trailers and interviews and whatever else it could get hold of to millions of eager readers.
To paraphrase Mick Jagger, I used to love you, E3, but it's all over now.
Continue reading The Political Game: E3 is dead
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