since the site is non-commercial, the staff rarely takes part in non-essential gaming events and gatherings. the first event the sarcastic gamer writers participated in was quakecon 2007, whilst the second one was kane and lynch community day. in july 2008, jeromy adams and david cothran were able to receive e3 passes and attended the gaming convention and have since attended quakecon in 2008, the penny arcade expo (pax) in 2008, "the godfather part ii" community day and the computer and electronics show (ces) in 2009. aside from conventions, jeromy adams and adrian cherikos were invited by microsoft in december 2007 to see the forthcoming device under development by the company, microsoft surface, thanks to the video parody of the device created by adams.