Festival

Every year, we hold a festival to celebrate games, but probably not in the way you’re thinking.

…have a demo of every game releasing in the next 3 years on display for you to line up and try out until somebody kicks you off.
…have hundreds of studios and developers vying for your attention and money with jargon-saturated song & dance routines featuring the #NextBigThing.
…have panels on driving revenue with ~~psychological warfare~~ microtransactions, or how to rewire humans brains to increase “player engagement.”
…have Keanu Reeves in a graphic tee and blazer. (Although we wouldn’t be opposed to that…?)

…have games. Weird new games. Old dusty games. Games for outsiders. Overlooked gems. Games with bizarre controllers. Games that are in art museums. Games that will start an argument between you and your friends over what a game actually is.
…have keynotes from brilliant people who explode the idea of games into a million tiny pieces and then reassemble those fragments into mind-blowing new things.
…have workshops and panels featuring Professional Humans™ from the games industry (and beyond) who will teach you how to make better and more interesting games.
…have an all-you-can-eat cereal bar. (Keanu Reeves, eat your heart out.)