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I am not sure if this has really happened like this before, but by the time the MTV special aired tonight, there was nothing to tell. I am not even sure if there is that much to share at the press conference on Monday (by the way, tune in for all the delayed news that really matters).

So as I had mentioned, I was at the taping of the show last week with Amy (Valkyrie FD / Athena PMS) and Amber (Athena Twin PMS) as well as some other rockin PMS and h20 guys. I had already planned to fly in to cover the event as Press, but when I told Amy I needed to crash at her hotel, she offered to put me on the special "gamer" list. I haughtily think to myself, "dude, I am press, what good is a gamer pass going to get me". So I arrive at the Place Avalon in Hollywood, walk to the front door when security greeted me. "Um, I am registered as press," I begin, "but you also may have my name on your 'gamer' list." Instantly he was on the radio, and there were PA's rushing down the stairs to wisk me away to the VIP lounge upstairs with Jessica Simpson, J Allard, Diet Cokes and free Cheetos. So this is how the LA stars live.

The audience downstairs was a fully cast crowd of several hundred beautiful kids in their early 20's with more makeup than a mac counter. So why, with celebs and MTV bootie babes were we VIP? Apparently there were exactly 18 gamers there. It kinda pissed me off that gaming has come to a point where we needed people who may have had no idea what the 360 even was, selling the product. Then I realized I - believe that the model in the Suave commercial actually uses a $2 bottle of conditioner hanging in my shower, but the truth is, I am pretty darn sure she doesn't.

Welcome to the mainstream guys; it is going to be an interesting 2 years..