Every year in a conference
centre in Japan there is a
gathering.





Tokyo Game Show 2006. Wow I can't believe its been 2 years since I last came to the game show! Well I missed it last year so I sure as hell were'nt gonna miss it this year. I dragged my new flatmate Cameron Tan along (he'd only been in the country for two days!) I figured it would be a good insight into Japanese culture. I had allready taken him to a bar called free culture on his first night in Japan. Its a quiet place in fujisawa where alot of teacher go on a wednesday night. Apparently its THE place to be but I would'nt know cos its not my scene. Actually I was supposed to get two new flatmates but a certain Denis Bolton from England decided on the 11th hour not to come to Japan. Denis if your reading this hello mate! Anyway we had to go to the game show on friday cos I could'nt take the weekend off.

This meant we had to blag our way in cos friday was for Business and industry only. So we took a couple of old business cards and somehow managed to speeched our way in, I suppose it's quite easy in Japan cos as the people are so trusting. Once we were in we got to play Playstation 3 and a few other new games. We also got to test out a few new concept machines but Tokyo game show aint really about the games. Its about the sub culture, Its about meeting fellow gamers and experiencing their passion for the gaming world. Its about showing our dedication and support to the game designers who give us unfound levels of escapism. Its about showing loyalty to the characters we gave our misspent youths to. It has nothing to do with the cute Japanese girls dressed in cos play.