How interesting is a picture of a lanyard? Or a V.I.P cardboard party pass. Probably to🐈 most, not very. However, we at GamesRadaꩵr have decided to disregard this apparent fact and offer you anyway a selection of the very best in lanyardery, tickets and passes from in and around this year's E3.

Enjoy the artistry. Savor the design craft. Revel in t▨he abysmal photography. Yes ladies and gentlemen, you have been granted an access-all-areas pass to a feature about invites to parties and events you were never invited to. Bottoms-up!

The E3 invite

A paper and cardboard booklet sent out to journos based on a list of people apparent♔ly viewed as desirable attendees by someone on high. It's a bit confusing and kind of suggests that E3 this year doesn't really have a focal point - which is kind of true to be fair. Recipients had to type in a code on the booklet into the E3 site and print out the resulting codey thing, then take it down to the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica to get a proper pass.

Difficult to get? Dunno. ဣProbably helps to be working for a videogames webs𝕴ite. Ours just turned up in the post. Result!

Desirability: 9/10