Only in Vegas, right? I just sat down for the first keynote, and they've got a Johnny Cash impersonator singing on stage to warm up the crowd.
They figured out that breakfast need not be overly fancy the way they did in '06, but cold scrambled eggs are kind of the opposite extreme.
During the Q&A last night after the King of Kong screening, I asked the producer if he thought that online distribution and the dependence on theater and DVD revenue was being challenged. He felt that the tech is on the right track, but the "right" product has not been marketed to consumers yet. The Donkey Kong champ's wife and kids came in at that point, and when you see what a cute family they are in real life, you get a sense that the guy is actually pretty normal outside of the goofy obsession.
I hope I run into Guthrie after the keynote, or at some point today. I just want to shake his hand for helping me out last year. I'm still blown away that someone so high level is able to find time to help the smallest of customers.
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