SXSW08: SXSWag
by JC Fletcher 
{ Mar 7th 2008 at 5:00PM }
My first task upon entering the Austin Convention Center was ... well, it was to challenge the Labyrinth of Press Registration (instead of a minotaur at the end, there is a nice-but-flustered volunteer). But after that! I went for the swag bag. I just wasn't carrying enough stuff! It's stuff. How could I resist?
SXSW Interactive is not strictly about video games, and the free stuff in this bag is similarly focused on interactive technology in general. Microsoft is promoting their Flash-like Silverlight browser plugin, Opera's pushing, uh, Opera (via koozie!) and Fuze is putting their marketing effort behind their thirst-quenching technology. By far the most enjoyable bit of swag was Adobe's ad-filled fortune cookies. Or, as I like to call them, breakfast. I am literally a consumer of their ad material!
I laid out everything that wasn't an advertising flier and took pictures to provide you with the immersive SXSW swag bag experience. Check our gallery and imagine what it must feel like to have things from a convention!
Gallery: SXSW 2008 swag bag
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fernando Rocker @ Mar 7th 2008 5:05PM
Ok... Texas rules! Don't mess with Texas... we only like states that start with "Tex" and end with "as".
This is for Texas haters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc
Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 7th 2008 5:20PM
One day I'm going to come to Texas just to see the game warehouse you always talk about.
Fernando Rocker @ Mar 7th 2008 5:24PM
Is a small warehouse... no bigger than a typical Gamestop...
But you find awesome stuff... my most recent acquisition this week was Zelda Collectors for Gamecube... brand new, sealed. $39.99
Fernando Rocker @ Mar 7th 2008 5:29PM
My bad... it wasn't the Collectors Editio (the one with the Triforce cover)...
It was the one with The Ocarina of Time Master Quest
http://bolandsworld.com/images/the_legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time_and_master_quest_ntsc_front.jpg
License to ill @ Mar 7th 2008 5:57PM
I hate Texas, and the cowboy you rode in on...
Vexorg @ Mar 7th 2008 5:14PM
I am literally a consumer of their ad material!
I bet you're wondering why those fortune cookies tasted rather papery...
Eddie @ Mar 7th 2008 5:26PM
now the question is, did you go to Stubb's last night for the Gamecock party? That thing was crazy.
Kdawg @ Mar 9th 2008 12:55PM
So why does that map of Texas include part of Oklahoma?