CES After Dark: Wednesday Is Some Work, Some Play

Free meal count: 11

At the end of Day 3, my eyes are starting to get droopy and my legs feel like they've gotten about three inches shorter from all the pavement pounding they've been doing. But a steady supply of free shrimp and drinks have kept me sharp as a tack. I got lucky enough to make it into the exclusive Sony Online Entertainment party they threw at the Hard Rock to celebrate their new MMORPG (don't pretend you don't know what that means) Pirates of the Burning Sea. There was a poker tourney going on in which I didn't have the motivation to play, but I did enjoy the "pirate wenches" that were walking around. The milk shake bar and bouquets of desserts didn't hurt either.

The best part of the evening, though, was when a sloppy-looking game writer came running up to one of the PR people putting on the event and literally screamed, "Oh my God, it's pirate wenches! I knew there would be pirate wenches!" Then he got distracted by some piece of Star Wars swag another writer had from the announcement that Darth Vader and Yoda are going to be playable characters in the next Soul Calibur game. That guy seriously must have wandered out of the book of stereotypical game bloggers.

Clickity click on the link below for more random pictures of tonight's festivities.

There's a porn party going on at Venetian right now, but it's not press-only so that means it'll be absolutely packed with club trash trying to get a look at the handful of porn stars that will show up. Plus, I've got posting to do!

So now it's 1 AM and I'm chilling at Seagate Bloghaus that's happening at the Bellagio. Blazing fast Internet, free drinks and food are all big plusses. Not to mention the beanbag chairs. Life is good. At least it's good until I get on the redeye back to New York tomorrow, when I'll have to sleep resting my head on the heaving, sweaty bosom of the big, fat guy that will inevitably be seated next to me.