The Stuff We Can't Fit In Somewhere Else in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh*

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The Stuff We Can't Fit In Somewhere Else

• Best tits. Best arses. Best toilets.
• Go Play Games! The Scottish capital gets serious about games June 2005 - Serious about having fun? Then make sure you get to ‘Go Play Games!’ at this year’s Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival (www.eief.co.uk). Taking place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, 10th - 14th August, this is the only game play expo that brings gaming to life and guarantees awesome experiences for everyone. ‘Go Play Games!’ has over 1,280 square metres of gaming action on offer and is a must for all gaming enthusiasts. Mouth-watering highlights include UK exclusives from the Nintendo games giant. Fans can enjoy the first outing of playable code for the eagerly awaited The Legend of Zelda®: Twilight Princess for the GameCube - This is your only chance to play the latest title in the Legend of Zelda epic way before anyone else. The US and Japan DS smash Nintendogs will also be debuting at the festival along with Battalion Wars for GameCube. NVIDIA™, Jolt Online Gaming and Interactive Gaming UK are flying the flag for PC gaming with a 16 player online-gaming tournament. The challenge will be hosted by Pro-gamer Sujoy Roy, who will be on-hand to give gaming tutorials. Expect NVIDIA’s eye-popping visuals with their state of the art graphic cards and look forward to some hot and not-to-be-missed prizes here. Other attractions for PC gamers include the Scottish Qualifier of the World Cyber Games (WCG) hosted by Jolt Online Gaming and sponsored by Samsung with Nildram Ltd. Xbox™ is joining forces with Broadband from BT to bring Xbox™ Live® to Go Play Games and the console’s top titles will be featured along with prizes and giveaways. Go Play Games will also be boosted by hands-on demos of the eagerly awaited PS2® releases Buzz™ and Singstar™: Popworld®. PlayStation fans can also win prizes and gifts as part of PlayStation’s Freedom promotion that will keep you playing all summer. In addition to Go Play Games, the Festival also features a unique ‘Game Screenings’ programme, which let’s you get close to your gaming heroes and meet the names behind the games. PlayStation will be previewing footage of their revolutionary Eyetoy®: Kinetic game and the 24™: The Game (based on the TV hit). Gaming legend David Braben (Frontier Developments) and Rachel Carpenter (Aardman Animations) are appearing to give a behind the scenes look at their cool collaboration which sees Wallace and Gromit in their new gaming release Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. This is your once-in-a-lifetime chance to get your questions answered by the professionals. Experts will also be offering advice on how to get a job in the industry through the Insider’s Guides strand of the Games Screening programme. Tickets for ‘Go Play Games!’ and Game Screenings are just Ł3.00* for a each 2 hour session (45 mins for each Game Screening session). Book your place now on 08700 600 100 at www.ticketweb.co.uk. Advance tickets - add 10% of face value. No extra charge for collection at box office at EICC or cash purchases. Add Ł1.50 per transaction for postal delivery. Some games may be rated 18+ – children must be accompanied by an adult or guardian. For further information please visit www.eief.co.uk Ends For further information please contact Taylor Herring Brand Communications Andrew Campbell-Edie T: 020 8206 5151 E: andrew.campbell-edie@taylorherring.com Naomi Segal T: 020 8206 5157 E: naomi.segal@taylorherring.co.uk Notes to Editors • The Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival is a jointly owned venture between the Independent Game Developers Association (TIGA) www.tiga.org and the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) www.elspa.com. Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian supports the Festival as part of its backing of the creative and digital industries, which are key sectors for Scotland. • The Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival’s aim is to increase the awareness and understanding of interactive entertainment and its place at the heart of popular culture, highlighting the growing bond between video games and other entertainment industries notably music, literature, television and film.
• For free condoms whenever you need them, scamper along to Crew in Cockburn Street...you're given a card with a number which then entitles to free contraception every time you go there. Be careful though, as opening hours are a bit funky
• If youre coming to Edinburgh u'll have a fantastic time, its best at Christmas (go see the Chrtistmas tree in Jenners-wow) and the outdoor ice rink in The Gardens. Also go to the Botanic gardnes in Inverleith, the squirrels are immense. And definitley cum to Portobello, a 26 takes u here direct from town. The Beach is lovely, and try Kitcheners Deli the staff r sexy.
• edinburgh zoo and gorgie city farm are cool
• Only talk to students, everyone else is fucked up.
• we need a skate park in edinburgh can anyone help us....northedinburghwheels@hotmail.com

• The people can get really poncy and up their own arses, so watch it!
• If you need the toilet in the Waverley Station, don't pay to use the toilets that they provide, it's too expensive. Instead go to the pub toilet - it's totally free. I've been doing that for years.
• ooooooooookkkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy. the most oustanding new establishment in edinburgh is that cafe-cum-bar place called "favourit", and baby, is it MY favourit! there are 2 branches - tolcross/ near-iguana-type-one. it looks like a fifties diner. no loud music, so you can actually HEAR the pretentious drunken conversation you're having. it's table service ALL night, till 3am. so the remarkably understanding staff deliver to your table quality drink, french toast with bacon and maple syrup, and EVEN FAGS at the click of a finger. just make sure you don't make the inebriated mistake of saying "it's on me!" and signing your name on the bill at the end of the night, like i did not so long ago.....
• Fancy a tour of the old town in Edinburgh? The caddies and witchery tour is one of the oldest and more origional tours of Edinburgh's history. It's a pretty rad tour with ghosts jumpng out and a tour guide. All the stories are supposedly real and it's not too expensive. By appointment only (0131 225 6745)
• Tusitala 5-piece playing uptempo traditional and original dance music from around the globe. Regular appearances at Whistlebinkies, Edinburgh's late licence music pub.
• Record labels Musicians Artists
• To avoid the crush, don't visit in August. April and September are better and the weather is not any worse.

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