This is such a perfect encapsulation of what we in the industry at the time thought would make it all feel legitimate. I know it's hackey at this point to talk about the days gone by, but this it, guys. We really felt like we had arrived, and mixed in with all these parties and the access we had before games PR walled things off? This was it; people too goofed up on coke and ridiculous party budgets and genuine ins with PR folks raking in the stock options.
Those of us at the time saw stuff like this and we knew we'd made it.
This level of access to the old times will never, ever happen again.
Give serious credit to the guys making this program; we'll never have one like it.