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@Hawaii Jeff http://oneofswords.com/2010/08/bobby-kotick-those-infamous-comments/

Bobby Kotick is a gamer. A casual gamer these days, but he is a gamer who has the business savvy to run a successful company. There are plenty of other criticisms you can levy at him--and I would hope you read that incredibly informative article on oneofswords before you do--but it's not fair to say that he doesn't play games.

As for whether or not he is "for" gamers, I don't want him to be. I want him to be for the shareholders of Activision, because he's the CEO of Activision, and that's his job. Let creative people be for gamers, and business people be for shareholders. BECAUSE he is for shareholders, he has a healthy company that releases games that I want to play. I want that company to continue to be around, so I want him to be in charge of it.

Bill Roper started his own company, asserting that he would give gamers what they want, and now I can't play his game online because it closed.

I really don't believe that PAX is intended to replace E3. We can discuss where we think the different shows are going, but it's going to be up to the PAX organization to make such a shift. I'm sure that there will be some exhibitors that are drawn to the style of PAX, but I don't believe that style is going to change.

PAX is intended to be a show by gamers, for gamers. So shall it be written, so shall it be done. With E3 as we know it in turmoil, do you really think the bad boys responsible for Penny Arcade are going to sell out to take over that attendance? Trust me, you'll /know/ when they sell out, you'll be sending your hate mail to gabe@tropical-island.sandy-beach.you probably won't get a response.

PAX will continue on according to plan as an intimate gamer-centric show. You come, you play games, you see a rock concert for gamers, you hear some game industry people talking about what matters to gamers, you go home having experienced Wangstock '06.