Social Media SMW Day 4: Discovering New Music Plus Ian “Enable” Wyatt

February 17, 2011 - 11:59 am

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Ian “Enables” My Gaming Habit

Red Bull Space knows how to do Happy Hour. Not only did they provide alcohol for Social Media Week attendees last week, but they provided video games! Each day of SMW11, attendees could hang out in the Gaming Lounge and drink Red Bull & Vodkas as they tried their hand at Wii Snowboarding, raced in Gran Turismo, or shot at enemy soldiers in the new HALO Reach game. The star of the Happy Hour on the third day of SMW, however, was Ian “Enable” Wyatt. At only 17 years old, he’s one of the top HALO players in the world! Gaming fans had the opportunity to play with Wyatt in a relaxed atmosphere, allowing them to get into the minds and play-style of one of their gamer idols. And so did I!

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Gallery E3 is War

June 8, 2009 - 12:32 pm

If you are in the video game business or a gamer, then you already know that the Electronic Entertainment Expo is war.  And not just one war, there are multiple wars being waged on many fronts.  There is the war over console dominance, the war over the latest tech add-ons, the war over the best exclusive content, the war to stay ahead of the trends, the war over the best games and the war over which booth has the best babes.

This year’s battle took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center where I took up arms myself, well, a camera actually.  War at E3 is not exactly hell.  In fact, it’s more like Nerd Heaven and the only injuries might be sore feet from walking.  Or perhaps a sore thumb from gaming.  At least, I think the sore thumb is from gaming.

Onward soldiers!

By Chris Gore

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