[Anthony Le, dressed as War Machine, rides an escalator outside E3, the video game industry's biggest trade show. He didn't have a pass, but drove 20 hours to be there "in the spirit of video games." Pic via AP.]

ConFonz, Valleywag's gonzo conference correspondent, brings one hella juicy item from E3:

Valleywag conference correspondent ConFonz goes gonzo with a final update from E3. Among the news from the gaming mega-conference: gossips say the makers of Oddworld were fueled by Mary Jane.

Sent to Valleywag from E3. From left to right:
Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and space case
Will Wright, kick-ass game developer who doesn't wash his hands
Robin Williams, best candidate for Google spokesebrity
Bing Gordon, Electronic Arts creative genius who hired a guy through an MMORPG

ConFonz, a favorite Valleywag roving correspondent, reports again from E3 — this time, I suspect, from the hotel bar. It's okay, it was Thursday night and everyone was drunk. But just for fun, Valleywag won't proofread this edition of ConFonz.

Big brother Kotaku's got a whole team at the E3 gaming mega-fest this week, but Valleywag, like any good tech outlet, outsourced its reporting to cheaper, less hygenic laborers. Valleywag friend ConFonz turns in another stellar report, the first of his missives from this love-in of gamers, game makers, and the boring dudes in between.

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