Popkulturist's Festival Dispatch pieces, newest first. Filed from and about the showcases, expos and festivals that have replaced the one big event everyone used to fly to.
The games industry replaced E3 with eighteen separate showcases in eight days, clustered around Los Angeles hours. A note on what the new arrangement fixed, and the one thing it quietly broke.
You learn a games show by its handouts. London Games Festival's Pocket Guide was folded into thirds: a venue map of Level 1, a numbered key to ninety-six games, and the Playlist Rewards card. It fit in a back pocket.
