Yes, that’s right: Kotaku will be without the immense blessing of my presence and personality during their E3 Expo coverage in June. In a follow up to yesterday’s post, I wanted to inform my faithful readers that I was not able to snag the victory in the writing contest and claim my role as a game reporter for the week. Am I disappointed? Absolutely. But, I must acknowledge that I was quite encouraged to have made it as far as I did, and I hope that I may possibly find a little recognition out of the whole thing.

Let me once again express my deepest thanks to Kotaku for even presenting such an opportunity as this. I am thrilled to have had any part at all, and – after asking specifically how badly I had lost – when Brian informed me that I actually came in third in their vote, I figured that is nothing to sneeze at. Third place in a contest that determines the next attendee to the pinnacle of video game summits: indeed, not a bad place to be at all. However, the sting of “so close but yet so far away” is definitely there.

Now, those of you who actually know me will attest that I am by no means a negative soul, so I want to take a moment and share the positives about this experience as well. Actually, everything but the single fact of losing is positive. I was able to tap into my passion for writing and actually contact and submit content to the senior editor for a very prestigious gaming news organization – and actually rank third by vote. That alone was worth the time and effort.

Hopefully, though, now that my creative juices are flowing again, some reader will have pity and pass me some writing assignment in the gaming realm that actually benefits me financially at some point, too!

So, in closing, I wish to thank all of you who showed your support, and I hope that if another chance like this were ever to arise, I may be able to meet up with some of you at the conference. Thanks once more to Kotaku and Brian Crecente for the opportunity. And let me say that we will be rooting for the winner, Josiah Munsey, the whole way! Make us proud, Josiah!