Kirk Hamilton

And that part is the only part that actually lets you see new games and play stuff and play demos and actually talk to people.

The keynote part is just a waste of time, I would say, for most people, unless you just want to sit in an audience and cheer for new game trailers, which certainly does not.

You want to experience decibels.

That's a good place to do it.

Oh, my God.

Yeah.

It was so loud that, like, oh, man, Kirk, we were there a couple of years ago, and we actually just left in the middle of it because it was so loud.

It was pretty punishing.

Yeah.

I've been watching that from the hotel that I stay at in Los Angeles in recent years.

Maddie, I believe we watched it together last year.

So a couple of other options that come to mind.

One is the Game Awards, which is also just kind of sitting in a big theater, but at least that has more of a social component to it.

A lot of people wind up just hanging out in the LA Live area afterwards, including at the hotel bar.

nearby.

And so you have an opportunity to kind of do some schmoozing, meet some people.

You'll spot me at the hotel bar.

You'll spot a lot of like famous gaming people.

You might look at one side of you and see Reggie Fils-Aimé.

And then another side, you'll see Phil Spencer or something like that.