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WELCOME
The week following E3 is always a strenuous period in the office. Every year,
the show lands bang in the middle of June, leaving just four or five days to
write up all the coverage. When I attended my first show 11 years ago, the
format was completely different. It was a media-only event with just 3,000
attendees, compared with close to 70,000 in 2017. Social media was still in its
infancy and there was no STACK website – my editorial obligations consisted
of a two-page write-up in the magazine. Fast-forward to today and the print
coverage now sits at 22 pages of editorial, 80 website articles and literally
hundreds of social media posts. The E3 of 2006 – aside from the location – is
totally unrecognisable to the show we just attended. Doors opened to the
public for the first time – with mixed results – and the increasing popularity
of streamers, YouTubers and esports ensures that the event will undergo
further changes in 2018 to align with the ceaseless evolution of this dynamic
industry. With the workload increasing exponentially, and downtime reduced
to the hours of sleep each night, I told myself – as I have for the last three
years – it will be the last show I cover once the E3 issue is finally sent to the
printers. But like caring for a newborn baby, you eventually forget about the
sleep deprivation and the vomit, and go back for more. And why wouldn’t you?
Attending the video game show-of-shows and playing the plethora of upcoming
titles on hand under sun-filled Californian skies each year is a privilege we don’t
take lightly. We hope you enjoy the coverage. Paul Jones, Editor-in-Chief
Founder Nic Short
Editor-in-Chief Paul Jones
Film & DVD Editor Scott Hocking
Music Editor Zoë Radas
StaffWriter Alesha Kolbe
Creative Directors Justin Buxton, Michelle Black
DVD Consultant Kerrie Taylor
Games Consultant Andre Eivik
Music Consultants Mike Glynn, Fleur Parker
Chief Contributors
Bob Jones, Gill Pringle, Jonathan Alley
ContributorsSavannah Douglas, Graham Reid,
Amy Flower, John Ferguson, Michael Dwyer, Jeff
Jenkins, Simon Lukic, Chris Murray, Billy Pinnell,
Denise Hylands, Simon Winkler, Adam Colby,
Tim Lambert, Jake Cleland, Holly Pereira
Social Media Manager
Sally Carlier-Hull
Production Manager
Craig Patterson
Accounts Coordinator
Tracy Kingman
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