The first event on the schedule was about Activision's upcoming Spider-Man game, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. This was low-key. However, the event following it which involved Quantum of Solace was not.
First, I was taken in a car with Evan from Nintendojo. In the driver's seat sat an "undercover chauffeur" and a Bond girl sat in the passenger seat. We zipped around the streets of Santa Monica as they told us "we were being chased." We wound up being dumped into a parking lot where someone with a trunk full of briefcases gave us each a briefcase and told us to put on the shirt inside and read the note for further instructions. Also in this briefcase was a fake gun, fake bullets, a small screwdriver set, a fake passport, and a lot of fake money.
Now clad in our bangin' suit shirts, we re-entered the car and were finally driven to the actual location of the event. When we arrived, we posed for pictures near an Aston Martin and were handed martinis (shaken, not stirred). We then played the new Quantum of Solace game for about an hour and a half. We were then booted outside around the nice pool area of the hotel where we were treated to an open bar, bikini-clad women, and food ranging from sushi to chicken and waffles.
Finally, after about two hours, we were allowed back into the room where the games were setup. Only this time, there were casino games ranging from Texas Hold'em and Blackjack to Roulette and Craps.
Not sporting the trademark hangover that half of the journalists at the event seemed to have, I enjoyed the final day of the event as I previewed the latest Call of Duty game.
Then I flew home. It was fun.
