That
summer, in year 2001, was also the time when DDR started getting media
attention. One day Tim asked people on the message board to show up on an
August Sunday afternoon for an article for National
Post. Tim said that one day a reporter contacted him in e-mail and told him
that they wanted to do a report on DDR. I knew that, like most article on video
games, this article was very likely to have many errors about the video games
itself. This was due to the fact that most journalists were not familiar with
video games. Despite of this fact, I decided to make a visit anyway. I told
Rage about this event that evening.
¡¨I cannot go that day. We have to pack up for New York, remember?¡¨
¡¨I thought you may be able to spare an afternoon on this.¡¨ I said.
¡¨May be. But I really can¡¦t go on that day. Sorry man.¡¨
¡¨Too bad.¡¨
¡¨Remember to tell me what is going on for that day, Kenny.¡¨ Rage said.
So I went to
Playdium on that day and many people, including Tim, were there. The staffs in
Playdium set up a ladder so that the reporter can take photos from an above
angle. However, the reporter from National
Post was not there yet so the crowd just took their turns playing DDR 4th
Mix. The reporter finally arrived.
¡¨Good afternoon everyone. I am a journalist from National Post here to do an
article about DDR.¡¨
¡¨You are here finally.¡¨ Tim said.
¡¨Tim. You did a very good job for summoning so many people here.¡¨
¡¨People always want a gathering, right?¡¨ Tim said.
After the introduction-shake hand-setting up routine, the event started and
here is the highlight and the aftermath:
With the help of Playdium staff, the reporter took some pictures from above.
He also talked to Tim in the exterior court, near the go-cart track a little
bit (since it is too noisy indoor).
The article actually appeared in National
Post early September, of which I appeared in the group picture.
And it is time for me to move on to University of Waterloo.
