today sees the start of gamescom, the world's largest video game event. pre—covid it was the place to be to see and experience the new games heading to market with retailers and developers showcasing their wares to nearly 400,000 people. this year, for the second time it will be a virtual event, so what can we expect? felix falk is the managing director of the german games industry association. how did it go last year in the covid environment when it had to be virtual only? thanks for having me. it was quite a lot of work last year because we had just had four months to prepare everything for a purely digital show. we were happy to do it because it was just great to have something for the community and to enjoy the games world and culture even in times like the pandemic. we set of something digital with a content hub and it went really well. we are taking this experience for this year and making it an even better show. in terms of numbers, if you are doing a virtual event, you are reaching around 100 million video views, you have 50 million people from

time, gamescom will kick off. and the u.k. holds its three week review of travel restrictions, the now infamous traffic light system. travelers in the travel -- travelers and the travel industry will be watching for changes. mark, i know you are a serious market practitioner, sorrier focus -- so your focus will be entirely on the u.s. data and everything that comes with that, but i know many in london will be looking to the holidays, moving around the traffic light system on vacations. mark: that's right. i am a sad markets nerd and cannot travel to the eia report. i know nothing about gaming it, so i am going to ignore that, gloss over it. but i know anecdotally, apart from the pack that i have all the red dots -- from the fact that i have all the red dots on my app this week, everyone i know is looking to travel. i am just filled with jealousy. i hope you will get good news on the traffic light system, and i hope i will be able to soon travel to the u.k. without having to quarantine on the way back. anna: we absolute the hop