Eh, call me names all you like. I worked my career in logistics and don't have the industry ties you credit me with, but kudos.
Coincidentally 2004 was the only E3 I ever got to attend. I was an LA resident and another student in the grad school where I was an undergrad had a spare media badge.
Today? I don't let Newscorp or MSNow into my home, I don't eat Nestlé product, I don't let Mr Nexus get my clicks, I don't know who half the "influencer" personalities are but I don't call them journalists no matter how many lightning bolts they put in their thumbnails and intro sequences, and I don't have any qualms about drawing the lines on what I consume.
I hope you get what you're looking for. It won't be with me.