I am back from my trip to LA and Las Vegas. I was in LA to visit the Capcom mobile office in Westwood. It was awesome to finally meet all the people ive worked with over email and the telephone for the past 2 years. Sitting in the empty corner office with a breathtaking view of the Beverly Hills was defintely memorable.

We took a early morning flight to Las Vegas and immediately got into a cab and headed to the Gun Store. Capcom held a carrier appreciation event where we made targets of zombies in our game and let our carrier affiliates shoot real guns and real bullets. I must say, if you have never shot an assault weapon before, it is very wild! There were 5 guns in total to take a crack at. My favorite was the Ar-15 which is a modified version of the M16, it has a laser scope and was super loud, the AK 47 had a mount at the front and that thing can blast anything up smithereens! You have to wear goggles and ear phones, sometimes the bullets go flying into the air and can land on you and the sound is deafening. We gave away an XBox 360 to the person who shot closest to the bullseye.

We then checked into the Wynn hotel on the strip. Now I have been to Vegas last year on vacation but was never able to stay in these high class hotels and I must say the rooms are worth it. But theres a gazillion things to do in Vegas, you wont even be in your room!

The main reason for the trip was the CTIA wireless convention which was held at the Las Vegas Convention Centre this year. It was my first time to a trade show and it was very well planned and organized. I was able to see a few products which were new but the majority of mobile phones I already have worked with for the past couple of months. Most of the booths were hyping WiMAX… I thought that was old news? LG had the best booth, really concentrated on mobile TV and they showcased 3 different technologies. Samsung’s 08 lineup of phones was awesome and will likely drive Motorola out of the handset business for sure.

We managed to catch a few shows while in Vegas: Penn and Teller and Spamalot.

Penn and Teller was very entertaining and was more show then magic. However I think Teller’s slight of hand is amazing and for a silent act he pulls it off. One of the coolest things about their show is that they sometimes explain or show you how they do a trick, but its so difficult you still wouldnt be able to do them without lots of practice. They were nice guys and were inthe lobby after the show to give autographs and talk to the audience.

The other show was a Tony award winning musical Monty Pythons Spamalot at the Wynn hotel stars John O’Hurley as King Arthur.I know him as John Peterman, Elaines boss in Seinfeld. The show was hilarious and over the top, with references to everything from Mariah Carey to the current political candidates Hillary Clinton.

The highlight of the trip however was the Extreme ATV tour across the desert. Part 2 soon.

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