5 Ways To Win At Computer Game Press Events

2. You Are Not Hunter S. Thompson€

€so don€™t think you can get drunk the night before, or turn up to the event stoned. Sounds like obvious advice but I screwed up plenty of press outings and live radio shows before this finally sunk in. It€™s cool to imagine yourself floating around E3, drugged rotten, skulking back to your hotel room to neck cocktails while typing up the day€™s events for the first edition. But, you know, it€™s also cool to imagine yourself jumping over forty buses on a motorcross bike, or doing a 900 between two halfpipes €“ and you can€™t do those things either. So remember, YOU ARE NOT HUNTER S THOMPSON. That means no beer the night before, no joints before you go in, no nothing. Don€™t even drink cappuccino. If you€™re going to make the best of press events you need a clear head and a professional demeanour. Remember€
 
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