IDG: ex-E3, now “E for All”
They finally settled on a name. If you recall, International Data Group (IDG, parent company of GamePro.com and GamePro mag) held a contest to see what the new name of their E3 replacement would be. The previously-proposed title was GamePro Expo, but then again, that sounded a bit like a plug for the publication, doesn’t it? Well, the contest is over, IDG has a winner, and the new name shall now be:
E FOR ALL (Entertainment for All) EXPO
Why the name? While E3 now only caters to the industry, this “E” caters to everyone (as the E3 of yore did): the hardcore gamers, the casual gamers, the odd tourist, and so on. The fact that they held a contest among the community to get to this name in the first place kind of demonstrates that.
Okay, so it isn’t as catchy as we thought it could be, but it is the name they have settled on, and given the rationale behind it, it’s quite appropriate. We’d likely bet that someone’s going to acronymize “E for All” further, which would probably result to E4A, E4All, 3411, or whatever catchy acronym or 1337-speak someone might think up.
And the lucky winner of a trip to Los Angeles, California, to see and experience the event he has named in all its full glory this October 18-20, 2007? California resident Dante Padre.
They finally settled on a name. If you recall, International Data Group (IDG, parent company of GamePro.com and GamePro mag) held a contest to see what the new name of their E3 replacement would be. The previously-proposed title was GamePro Expo, but then again, that sounded a bit like a plug for the publication, doesn’t it? Well, the contest is over, IDG has a winner, and the new name shall now be:
E FOR ALL (Entertainment for All) EXPO
Why the name? While E3 now only caters to the industry, this “E” caters to everyone (as the E3 of yore did): the hardcore gamers, the casual gamers, the odd tourist, and so on. The fact that they held a contest among the community to get to this name in the first place kind of demonstrates that.
Okay, so it isn’t as catchy as we thought it could be, but it is the name they have settled on, and given the rationale behind it, it’s quite appropriate. We’d likely bet that someone’s going to acronymize “E for All” further, which would probably result to E4A, E4All, 3411, or whatever catchy acronym or 1337-speak someone might think up.
And the lucky winner of a trip to Los Angeles, California, to see and experience the event he has named in all its full glory this October 18-20, 2007? California resident Dante Padre.
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