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Q&A with Thq's Gary Rosenfeld US$7.95 in the U.S. CA$8.95 in Canada US$9.95 outside of CanadaJuly/August & the U.S. 2007 1 ® Q&A WITH THQ’S GARY ROSENFELD CCARSARS GGAINSAINS TTRACTIONRACTION IINN LLICENSEDICENSED GGAMEAME BBIZIZ NUMBER 40050265 40050265 NUMBER ANADA USPS Approved Polywrap ANADA AFSM 100 CANADA POST AGREEMENT POST CANADA C IN PRINTED 001editcover_July_Aug07.indd1editcover_July_Aug07.indd 1 77/19/07/19/07 77:00:43:00:43 PMPM KKS.4562.Cartoon.inddS.4562.Cartoon.indd 2 77/20/07/20/07 55:06:05:06:05 PMPM KKS.4562.Cartoon.inddS.4562.Cartoon.indd 3 77/20/07/20/07 55:06:54:06:54 PMPM #8#+.#$.'019 9 9 Animation © Domo Production Committee. Domo © NHK-TYO 1998. [ZVijg^c\I]ZHiVg<^gah Star Girls and Planet Groove © Dianne Regan Sean Regan. 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Domestic copies sport an ad from Cartoon Ventures for Action Dad. 51 People Page 52 Contact File 53 Calendar JULY/AUGUST 2007 5 005-july07_contents.indd5-july07_contents.indd 5 77/19/07/19/07 77:03:01:03:01 PMPM editorial ® July/August 2007 • Volume 12, Issue 6 GGamingaming fforor EDITORIAL Jocelyn Christie Editor ([email protected]) tthehe ggreaterreater Lana Castleman Managing Editor/Online Editor ([email protected]) Kate Calder Senior Writer ([email protected]) Emily Claire Afan Staff Writer ([email protected]) kkidid ggoodood Gary Rusak Online Writer ([email protected]) Writers and Contributors Jim Benton (Bloomfield), Gary Caplan (Studio City) had a very weird experience en route to E3 in Los Angeles, and I wanted to share it with you. I was going through the motions at the airport, and BUSINESS AND DEVELOPEMENT ADVERTISING SALES I I ended up dealing with a US customs agent who must have been having (416) 408-2300, 1-800-KID-4512 a bad day. He ignored my pleasant “Good morning,” stared at me for a very Diane Rankin Publishing Consultant ([email protected]) uncomfortable 20 seconds, and then asked me why I was going to L.A. When Myles Hobbs Associate Publisher ([email protected]) I told him I was attending a video game industry media event called E3, he Mike Croft Senior Account Manager and Business Development Team Leader ([email protected]) proceeded to rake me over the coals for aiding and abetting what he felt was Ian Lambur Account Manager ([email protected]) the sole culprit behind the childhood obesity epidemic. Without pushing back too hard (I didn’t want to miss my flight…and I’ve Dave Terpstra Publisher’s Assistant ([email protected]) heard the same rumors you have about retaliatory anal cavity searches), I tried my Meredith Jordan Conference Producer ([email protected]) best to argue that there are other factors contributing to this health issue besides video games, citing diet, lack of exercise and poor parenting as just a few. CORPORATE I got out of there eventually, but I was shaken by the experience, and kept Russell Goldstein President & CEO ([email protected]) coming back to it in my mind that day. Did he have a point? Was I playing a James Shenkman Chairman ([email protected]) ([email protected]) role (albeit a small one) by writing about the video game industry? 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