Amabhithi & Amabhayithi iyikholomu yamasonto onke lapho uMhleli Oyinhloko u-Robert abelana ngemicabango yakhe mayelana nemidlalo yevidiyo kanye nemboni ngeSonto elivilaphayo. Ukufunda okulula kosuku lokuphumula, i-Bits & Bytes kufushane (ngaphandle kwaleli sonto), kuze kufike ephuzwini, futhi kukhona ongakufunda ngesiphuzo esihle.
I-E3 yami yokuqala yayingo-2014. Ngabhekisela kuyo ngaleso sikhathi ngokuthi into yohlu lwamabhakede ithikhiwe ngokusemthethweni. Eminyakeni eyisikhombisa kamuva, ngisabheka emuva ngokumangalisayo kulolo hambo lokuqala. Uhlelo lwami lokufika ku-E3 lwalulula: ngibe nokufinyelela ngenxa yokusebenzela iNintendojo kodwa ihhotela libiza imali eningi kakhulu, ngakho gibela isitimela se-redeye ukuya e-Los Angeles (lapho umhlangano uvame ukubanjelwa khona) futhi ufike endaweni ye-expo njengoba ivulwa. . Chitha usuku uhlola umbukiso, zama amageyimu, bese kusihlwa uhlehlisa inqubo bese ubuyela ekhaya endaweni ye-Bay ekuseni ngakusasa. Ngo-10 PM, ngizithole sengigibela ibhasi elikhulukazi i-Amtrak Thruway endleleni eya eningizimu.
Ngike ngagibela isitimela i-Amtrak ngaphambi kwalolo hambo, kodwa isipiliyoni sokusuka esiteshini i-Jack London Square e-Oakland ngebhasi kwakungesilo esihlukile. Ngithole okukhona kuze kube yilolu suku "indawo yami," izihlalo ezimbili emuva eduze kwendlu yokugezela encane. Cishe akekho umuntu oke asebenzise leli khanda elithile ngoba akulula ukuhamba ngaphakathi ngenkathi ibhasi linyakaza futhi lizama ukuwela umgwaqo omkhulu, ukuze isihlalo siqinisekise izinga elihlobene lobumfihlo kanye nokuba wedwa kulo lonke uhambo. Ngifunde ukuthi uhambo lwebhasi lwasebusuku kakhulu luyathandeka kubantu ababukele, bebodwa. Uhlu lwabahambi luyaheha, inhlanganisela yamabhola angajwayelekile kanye no-Joes noJanes abajwayelekile, okungenzeka ukuthi ngisho nangokwengeziwe kunasemini, ngokuvamile babengeke bagcine bephethe indololwane beya noma yikuphi ndawonye. Ama-Eccentrics, dregs, ogogo, izingane zasekolishi, kanye nentatheli yemidlalo ekhuluphele igxumagxuma esihlalweni esingakhululeki njalo, ukubala ezimbalwa.
Ukugqolozela emigwaqweni emnyama ebusuku kwakuwuphawu lobuntwana bami. Abazali bami bayizikhova zasebusuku, ngakho sasivame ukuzithola sifika ekhaya ngaphansi kobumnyama, ubaba eshayela futhi edlala yonke into kusukela kuma-'80s New Wave kuya kuma-'90's rock emsakazweni. Njengoba itiyela laliduma ngaphansi kwe-Thruway, ngabuka ingxube evamile yobumnyama bephihli namalambu omsila ngicabanga ukuthi umhlangano uzoba njani. Nintendo Amandla futhi I-EGM yayinginikeze isithombe esifiphele engqondweni yami sokuthi yini okufanele ngiyilindele edokodweni, kodwa akukho okuphathekayo. Njengoba umoya ebhasini wawushuba futhi ngizama ukuziphoqa ukuba ngiphumule ngakusasa, ngangigcwele imizwa nenjabulo. Ekugcineni ngazunywa ubuthongo futhi ngiphaphama ngingasaphumuli eSanta Barbara, indawo yethu yokuxhuma.
Ngehora lesithupha ekuseni, umoya opholile wamukelekile njengoba ngehla ebhasini. Ibandla elincane laseThruway yethu lajoyinwa abagibeli basekuseni kanye nabahambi kakade sebebuthene ngaphandle. I-Santa Barbara Station yazizwa i-SoCal kakhulu. Yakhelwe ekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka, izakhiwo zayo zesitayela semishini yaseSpain kanye nezihlahla zesundu zinhle, ukuthula okuphulwa kuphela umuntu ongenakhaya osebenzisa ibhentshi njengombhede. Ekugcineni, isitimela sabonakala futhi sonke sase sigibela. Uma i-Santa Barbara Station inhle, khona-ke i-Union Station e-LA iyamangalisa. Ihabhu enkulu yezokuthutha, lapho ibhasi nesitimela konke kuxhumene khona, kwaklanywa ngengxube efanayo ye-art deco kanye ne-Spanish mission architecture njengengane yakubo endala. Ngagijima ngamaphaseji ayo amade ngizama ukuqala umlenze olandelayo wohambo lwami. Njengomuntu okhulele e-AC Transit kanye ne-BART, ngaxakeka imigqa yesitimela esihamba ngaphansi enemibala njengoba ngizama ukuya esikhungweni somhlangano.
Ekugcineni, ngemva kokuthola ukuthi yimuphi ujantshi okufanele ngigxumele kuwo, ngemva kwamahora angu-12 ohambo, ngalandela isixuku sezintatheli ngaya e-LA Convention Centre. Ngiphonswe eduze komnyango we-Staples Center, ngishaywe umoya yi-E3 enkulu kanye nezibhengezo zokukhangisa ezazilenga ebusweni bayo. Ngaphakathi, izinkulungwane zabantu abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba zazihlangana futhi zizulazula emahholo. Ngimangazwe amadokodo anemininingwane kwezinye izimo njengokuhambahamba e-Disneyland nemifanekiso yayo enemininingwane. Abathengisi bathengisa izinto zabo, ama-devs abo bonke osayizi bathengisa imidlalo yabo, futhi ama-cafeteria athengisa ukudla okumba eqolo ngendlela emangalisayo. Njengoba ngizama ukuba sendaweni, ngaqala ukubuza abantu ukuthi ngingamtholaphi uNintendo. Othile wachaza ukuthi kunamahholo amabili ayinhloko e-E3, futhi ngaleso sikhathi iNintendo, Sony, neMicrosoft zazihlala ndawonye. Ekugcineni ukwazi ukuthi kufanele uye kuphi, kwase kuyisikhathi sokuqabuleka. Ngangingumjuluko onamathelayo, onyanyekayo futhi ngaqonda ezindlini zangasese ukuze ngiziqabule. Ngaxubha amazinyo futhi ngafafaza ngamanzi ebusweni bami, ngingazizwa ngihlanzekile iota kodwa ngilungele ukuqala ukuqalaza.
Amadokodo amaningi ayemahle, kodwa ekaNintendo yayiyintandokazi yami. Ngifake umbala ngokuchema, kodwa idokodo leNintendo cishe lihlala lithakazelisa kakhulu futhi lihlaba umxhwele. 2014 kwaba unyaka omkhulu enkampanini, nge I-Splatoon futhi I-Super Smash Bros. Wii U ukuthatha indawo ethengiswayo ephambili endaweni yombukiso. Usuku kwakuwukuma kolayini, sidlala imidlalo, sibhala amaphuzu, sidla ukudla okumba eqolo, sithola i-swag encane, bese sibuyela e-Union Station ukuze sibuyele ekhaya. Ngihlwithe izinja ezimbalwa ze-Wetzel Dogs esitolo se-Wetzel's Pretzels esiteshini (isiko elisha lase liqalile) futhi ngazidla endaweni yesikhulumi njengoba ngilinde isitimela sami. Uma usungenile, yonke inqubo kusukela emahoreni angama-24 ngaphambili iziphindile. Ngaphinde ngehla emoyeni opholile wasekuseni ngemva kolunye uhambo olukhathazayo lwamahora angu-12, kodwa kulokhu kwaba umoya obandayo oheleza ungqimba lwasolwandle owawugubuzela i-Bay Area ushaya ubuso bami.
Lapho ngibuyela ekhaya, kwangithinta indlela engangivele ngenze ngayo into engangicabanga ukuthi ngeke ngiyenze. Ngiye ku-E3. Ngabona izinto engangikwazi ukufunda ngazo kuphela komagazini. Bengisebenza ngobuchwepheshe, yebo, kodwa kwakuyisikhathi esingajwayelekile sokufezeka kwesifiso. Sengihambe unyaka nonyaka kusukela, ngaphandle kuka-2020 nakulo nyaka, futhi angikaze ngilithathe kalula leli lungelo. Uma ngibheka inguqulo yedijithali kuphela ye-E3 2021, kuyayijabulisa inhliziyo yami ukubona injabulo enkulu kanye nogqozi oluzungeze umcimbi. Iminyaka embalwa edlule yokukhathala “ingabe sisayidinga i-E3?” inkulumo ifike ngokukhulu ukuzuma ngakho konke okuthiwa ucezu lokucabanga engilufundile. Umbukiso ungumbukwane. Konke kumayelana nokuwisa imihlathi nokuhlanganisa amaqembu abantu abebengasoze baphambana. Kuyindlela yokuthi ama-devs abukise ngezinyanga ngisho neminyaka yokusebenza kanzima futhi ukuze abalandeli bathatheke ngokuzitika ngokuzilibazisa abakuthanda kakhulu futhi.
I-E3 yisikhungo. Ilapha ukuhlala. Thula ujabule.
Okuthunyelwe Amabhithi namabhayithi: E3 ivele kuqala Nintendojo.
