E3: New 'Living the Steam' Tickets Now Available

We have all been there, hammering F5 trying to refresh our browser the exact moment E3 tickets come on sale. Inevitably, thousands of gamers, fans, and 'others' are left empty handed, forced to sit at home and wait for information to trickle out onto blogs. Good news, gamers, this may all be a thing of the past.

The Entertainment Software Association, the company that brings us E3, announced this week they launching a new initiative that will allow a record number of people to experience the expo the way it was meant to be.

Dubbed "Living the Stream", these new tickets pair up those who missed out on tickets to the event with a ticket-holding volunteer equipped with the latest in video streaming technology, giving the opportunity for thousands of fans to be there in spirit. "We wanted to take advantage of the ever-growing popularity of live streams. But, we know that one of the biggest draws of watching the stream is the personality of the streamer," explains the event's lead director. "Anyone who purchases a "Living the Stream" will be able to choose their own personal streamer based on their interests."

Sponsored by Twitch, this new program seeks to tap into the mind-bottlingly massive revenue potential of people who seem to enjoy choosing to give money to people who they are watching play computer games. Some features of the "Living the Stream" tickets include:

• Watch every keynote address through the eyes of an audience member who fell asleep in the hotel room but managed to catch the last 8 minutes
• Be riveted as your personal streamer spends nearly a half an our haggling the price of a WoW plushie from $20 to $18
• Experience the 45 minute wait to get that guy who played Dale in "The Walking Dead"'s autograph
• Catch all the updates from your favorite upcoming MMO as your personal streamer refuses to leave the developer's booth for nearly three hours, making awkward small talk and jumping in to answer questions from other patron's before the Devs have a chance to do so
• Appreciate the irony of the over abundance of "hipster version" cos-players
• Be "that guy" who picks up all the swag left behind or dropped by other expo-goers
• Love Chiplotle? Good, because there's one across the street from the venue and chances are your personal streamer will be eating there 2-5 times a day

To purchase "Living the Stream" tickets, please visit: 'www.e3.com/faketickets/livingthestream' and enter promo code: "GCDNEWS".