Journal #5939

Edit: So I finished my review and hopefully they likey. http://www.habboi.co.uk/2009/07/eas-battlefield-1943-review.html

So I went to that EA press party last night and I took a friend. I didn't take any pictures as I didn't want to lug it around but the picture ZIP emailed to me contains one picture of some reporters playing here:

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So I might as well describe the night in detail since I'm sure some people are interested. I need to get my writing noggin' on anyway since they expect a review and I don't want to throw away another chance at being invited to one of these.

So I took an old friend along with me who I hadn't seen for half a year and as we got to the train station I realised I'd left my ID under some clothes so we had to walk back and get it which was the first bad experience of the day. I needed it in case a pub man wanted to see it, especially since I don't look 20.

So yeah we got to the end of our journey on the tube and had to walk around a bunch of roads for bit to get to the bar. We got there 20 minutes early and spotted a pub opposite so we went there until it was time. Once it was time we walked over and was greeted by a hot woman who I thought was hired just to pimp up the event but it turns out she plays Fallout so that shut me up.

We went in after saying our names and after navigating winding corridors and stairs we came out into a sexy, sexy club / bar with chandeliers and candle tops etc. Then a Japanese guy came up to us and gave us cocktail menus in the theme of the game. Such names like Infantry something and Sniper something...Yeah the names didn't stick in my head but they were mighty tasty and "free". They?re normally 9 pounds according to the website.

So we order the drinks and are greeted by some people who ask if we want to try the game so we sat down on this nice curved sofa and I got the first go. I did some research on the game beforehand so that I didn't look like a noob but that failed when I accidently threw a grenade which landed perfectly on my teammate?s tank causing it to explode and team kill. Good start?

Then all that happened was I was approached by all these people and they were asking where I came from and why I was here and I kept explaining how I just made a simple blog about my life and games and how surprised I was to be invited to this. I met a guy who wrote reviews for The Times newspaper, a digital distributor at EA, a developer who told me how he got his job and Bill Bailey. No, not really but the guy was so much like him that I kept laughing.

So yeah, these guys were all pretty big and here was me and my friend. Me with my personal blog and my friend with nothing D: That didn't stop him from being the "Man of the Party" as he was chatting to everyone etc so I was glad I took him with me.

In the end I drank more free cocktails, ate free food, met some really nice people who actually listened to me and walked into a mirror. What? Yeah as I came out the toilet I was looking down so my eyes caught someone walking towards me so I move out the way and to cut it short I soon realised after bumping into this person that it was me in a mirror. D:

Anyway it was a nice night and very insightful etc. These people were down to earth and were easy to chat to. A lot of them had one thing in common and that was they had hardly any time to game because of work which worried me I can't live without me games.

So after 3 hours we left and said our goodbyes and went to the pub for half an hour before returning home and ending the day.

As for the game? Yeah it was alright but nothing new to the industry but pretty damn awesome since it's only 9 pounds. But what's even better is I got a free code to download it so hoorah for my blog. Oh yeah and they said the evening was for the press so I felt honoured to be called that.