Well, I am back from DragonCon and getting back into the swing of things. The Con was great but I didn’t do some of the more Blog type stuff that I had wanted to. That’s not to say that I didn’t do more than enough to cover the whole con but I had planned on getting an interview about games with a few of the the folks there, and there just wasn’t time. The biggest takeaway is of course that there were a bazillion people there! Ok, not really, but there were certainly more people than I had ever seen before at a Con. One thing that kind of bugged me a bit was the in-accessibility of some of the stars. Now, don’t read that the wrong way, I am certainly not expecting some big name stars to be at our beck and call, but when I read that certain names are on the guest list, only to find out that they are only doing limited appearances, ala, 1 panel, maybe a private autograph session, it’s a little sad. I had really wanted to meet Paul Dini, but when I went to the Artist’s area he was nowhere to be found. Apparently the Info desk there was well versed in the answer to “Where’s Paul Dini?” From what we learned, Paul was only doing a few panels and had no table.
Such was also the case with one of my Favorite Mythbusters! Adam Savage was at the con but only did limited Autograph sessions (and with so many people there, the lines were impossible) and even my favorite part of any Savage sighting is the #adamincognito game he plays. Adam is an avid costumer so DragonCon is a great place for him. He will sometimes dress up in Costume and encourage people to find him. Unfortunately, the con was 5 hotels large with between 30-50,000 people there. With no location tweeted it was nigh on impossible to change encounter him. For this one though I blame the lack of Signal that happens when you get that many people in a small area all with smart phones.
(Deep Breath) Ok, now that all my bitching and moaning is over. What I did get to do at the con was great. Sarah and I took about 6 costumes each and got to wear most all of them. I got to meet a lot of the stars I planned on seeing, and of course the visiting with friends and drinking. All in all, a great con. Pictures can be found in my gallery.
Now, to get back into my rigorous gaming habit! Reach comes out next week so I have only a few more days to finish up with Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions. All I can say so far is that it’s apparent that there will never be a Spider-Man game where the camera isn’t completely hosed while wall crawling.
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