When I first arrived at the Leipzig Convention Center for the Game Convention this year, I was honestly overwhelmed.  The sheer size of the place is enough to accomplish that, let alone the simple beauty of the construction.  With a central, glass-encased tunnel guarded by a pond and fountain, one barely notices the five convention halls surrounding the area.

Each hall is about the size of an airplane hangar, and four of those five are large open areas that allow for booths to be set up by the exhibitors.  The fifth hall is more akin to an open-air office area, with meeting rooms at each end on the main level and three separate levels connected by an escalator leading to seating areas, smaller rooms and all lit by a fabulous skylight in the center.  Upon our arrival, just a day before the Expo began, there were already people bustling everywhere in preparation for the thousands of people set to descend upon Europe’s largest gaming convention of the year.

And descend they did.