Summer Game Fest - What's It Like to Attend? | Push Square
The month of June 2023 has contained a lot of firsts for me. It now marks the first time I set foot in an airport. It marks the first time I flew on an aeroplane. And most importantly, it marks the first time I visited the USA — Los Angeles to be particular about it. I was in town to attend Summer Game Fest, an event so many of you will have followed online — and E3 before it — just like me in years past. I had always dreamt of going to such a significant event in the gaming calendar, so I wanted to document what it's like to attend Geoff Keighley's expo so you can get a taste of it from home.
I spent one week in LA, from 7th June 2023 to 14th June 2023, attending a variety of events and conferences as well as taking in the country and what it might be like to live there — for better and worse. Below you'll find my experiences as I was accompanied by Nintendo Life staff writer Ollie Reynolds and senior video producer Zion Grassl. It was a trip I shall likely never forget.
Despite having never flown before, I most definitely threw myself in at the deep end with a 10-hour flight from London Heathrow Airport to LAX, all on maybe one hour of sleep. This was a constant theme through the first few days: I was knackered. Having met Ollie at the Virgin Atlantic entrance and checked in and grabbed some breakfast, it was time to board our 10:40am flight. Since this was my first time on an aeroplane, everything for the first two or so hours was a novelty and quite exciting. Free food! Free drink! Films to watch that are still in the cinema!
It was great, so I settled down and passed most of the time with some movies. I watched Scream VI (fun film), 65 (meh, it was okay), and Don't Worry Darling (fairly interesting). 10 hours and a
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