An elegy for E3: The coolest con I'll never get to go to

As I was casually scrolling my social media feeds this morning (the platforms I use shall remain unnamed, because I don't like getting yelled at), simply looking for something to enrage me like any other normal person, something hit me harder than I ever would have expected it to: not only is E3 canceled, it's going away forever.

For those unfamiliar with the Electronic Entertainment Expo, it was an annual convention put together by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The ESA is essentially the trade association for the video game industry.