Kentia Hall. It was a weird and wonderful place, where strange tech gadgets nuzzled games you’ve never heard of and cute girls played yo-yo while they waited for people to check out their lonely mobile phone stand.

With the news of the re-formed and streamlined E3, we also have news that the streamlining will probably cost many of the smaller players their invite. Many of these guys got a polite message from the ESA saying, thanks for the support in previous years. Where does that leave our beloved E3 gadget carnies?

On a basic level it makes a lot of sense. If you have two thousand exhibitors, the intimate meeting room approach probably isn’t going to work. It’s still a pity to have things shake out like this. The little guys managed to claw their meager coverage on the back of magazines sending their journos out for more "serious" work. Even if they managed to have their own splinter shows, there's almost no way it would be practical for PCPP to get out to them.