Joystiq Reader Meetup in Santa Monica next Thursday, July 17th

by Christopher Grant { Jul 8th 2008 at 8:00PM }

Wanna know what's in those five boxes up there? We'll tell you: over 200 lbs of swag! And we're bringing it all to E3 for our Second Annual Joystiq E3 Afterparty!

And that's just part of what we've got in store. Ask any of the 160 plus people who showed up last year and they'll spin tales of mountains of swag gathered from just three days of E3. This year we'll be doing that again, of course, as well as giving away three years worth of accumulated stuff, including hundreds of free games (over 50 lbs worth!), tons of t-shirts (including the very last of the Joystiq tees), faceplates, baseball caps, controllers, headsets, and more. Giving it away. Gratis.

We'll also be providing free food and drinks, along with a bunch of video games to play on the projectors, so all you've got to bring is yourself. Just like last year, we'd like to give a shout-out to the folks over at Mahalo.com for hosting the event. If you're planning on coming, be sure to let us know in the comments so we can scientifically deduce how many to expect or, even better, hit up the Facebook event page.

When: 6pm - 10pm PT on Thursday, July 17th
Where: Mahalo HQ, 902 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica 90401 (map)
Who: Yes, this event is all ages!
RSVP: Facebook

Tags: BreakingNews, E3-2008, E308

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Sora267 @ Jul 8th 2008 8:05PM

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too short notice to plan for a trip to Santa Monica from Virginia. >_>

TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ Jul 8th 2008 8:13PM

Same here!
If only I lived in CA and not VA... :P

Christopher Grant @ Jul 8th 2008 8:18PM

We're gonna have an East Coast meetup soon! I live in Philadelphia, so really, there's no excuse.

Mr Khan @ Jul 8th 2008 8:30PM

Wait a sec, Philly?

I'm going to St. Joseph's University starting September 1

FOXHOUND @ Jul 8th 2008 8:33PM

I'll have to try to hit up the east coast one if I get time. :]

Fatass of Rebuttalness @ Jul 8th 2008 8:49PM

An east coast meetup? For the VGXPO in Philly, I presume? I'll have to make that one, I live less than ten miles from Philly.

Christopher Grant @ Jul 8th 2008 9:17PM

Mr Khan: I live like 5 minutes from there currently!

Christopher Grant @ Jul 8th 2008 9:18PM

Fatass of Rebuttalness: That's not a bad idea. I'll try to put something together for then.

OMGOMG @ Jul 8th 2008 9:48PM

Come down to Texas, damnit!!

We used to be a country, you know.

samfish @ Jul 8th 2008 10:13PM

I can do east coast, assuming it's held on a weekend, that is.

Fatass of Rebuttalness @ Jul 8th 2008 10:43PM

"That's not a bad idea. I'll try to put something together for then."

Awesome. I wanna own some of y'all at their arcade games - I was down there last year and their selection was godly (though sadly devoid of games involving street fighting), and I've read that this years'll be bigger.

Korova of the highlands @ Jul 9th 2008 7:09AM

I go to philly regularly. It about half a tank of gas away from me. I'd love to meet up with some stiq's. Should be great fun.

Have fun in Santa Monica.

Korova of the highlands @ Jul 9th 2008 8:12AM

Maybe we can do in NYC at web2zone in the East Village. Its a console gaming den that we can take over for a few hours and get our game on. Might involve some money though.

But its made for stuff like this. Chris, maybe you can pull some AOL marketing money for a Joystiq banner. We can help promoting it around NYC and the intertubes.

www.web2zone.com

deaftly @ Jul 9th 2008 10:32AM

Hey Chris, how about when the Philly video games expo comes around, I think in August?

deaftly @ Jul 9th 2008 10:33AM

Fuck! someone already mentioned it

Saria the Cat @ Jul 17th 2008 2:55PM

Poooooot! I used to live in LA but now I go to school at Berkeley. :( Cannot drive the 6 hours it takes to get there in time!

sergo @ Jul 8th 2008 8:07PM

I am in

ryan @ Jul 8th 2008 8:12PM

Ooooh free stuff and only 40 minutes away. Sounds good to me assuming I can ditch work.

Mr Khan @ Jul 8th 2008 8:16PM

(fuming about existing in the apparently empty void between New York and LA)

Courtney @ Jul 8th 2008 11:26PM

Kansas?

Raikage (GOLDEN Gun Of The Patriots) @ Jul 9th 2008 3:33PM

Idaho? :(

Vault @ Jul 10th 2008 12:40PM

Maine!?

jtrgmr @ Jul 8th 2008 8:16PM

I will try to be there.

XLM @ Jul 8th 2008 8:19PM

4 blocks away, i'll try to pop over

Cesaria (cesariatic.wordpress.com) @ Jul 8th 2008 9:24PM

Your avatar is amazing. Seriously.

aldo @ Jul 8th 2008 8:32PM

Will there be drinks of the alchoholic variety? Cause there is no way I am going to sing in front of a bunch of geeks without some coaxing from my friend jack.

FOXHOUND @ Jul 8th 2008 8:34PM

I like the way this user thinks and would like to subscribe to the magazine.

Or partake in similar booz'n'hol activity, LoL.

Christopher Grant @ Jul 8th 2008 9:17PM

No one says you can't bring a flask, friendo. :-D

samfish @ Jul 8th 2008 10:11PM

You're gonna need more than 1 flask if you want to make it through me singing.

mezzanine @ Jul 8th 2008 8:38PM

I may go, I live just north of Santa Monica.

datwig @ Jul 8th 2008 8:38PM

Do you think you'll have an east coast meetup before the end of July? I'm living in NYC for summer school right now, but I have to go back to Los Angeles in the beginning of August. It would suck if I end up being on the opposite side of the country for BOTH events. I did go to the E3 meet up last year, though. It was a blast and I only wish I could go this year.