We caught some pokesuits today... Pikachu, notably.

Chimchar was weirdly tall.

And we raided the Pokebooth for more free pencils and tattoos.

One interesting change to Origins this year is that they are now checking badges EVERYWHERE. Used to be they only needed to see your badge to enter the exhibit/vendor hall, and when you participated in a sanctioned event. Now there are Door Commies in the hallway, so you can't even get to the big 24 hour gaming zones without an inspection. The convention center, unfortunately for them, has several doors that go straight outside to North Street, so volunteer guards have to stand around there as well. The guards did vanish by evening, probably after the majority of scheduled events were done for the day, so non-paying gamers could at least get in after that.

Here's Mike, Alex and Chris playing Gloom while Clark plays with a Fish Eat Fish set.

Mike is great because he'll drive all the way out here, and then go play fucking Backgammon.

Oh oh oh. I actually saw a guy here with one of those hideous green One Laptop Per Child abominations. He seemed sad.

Our hotel room is on a corner, with a startling three views of Columbus. We're also on the 19th floor, which makes thunderstorms about 10x scarier.

Here's The Boys playing Pac-Man Vs. back in the room.

Origins has a kids room with some simple games but mainly craft project junk. Clark had a great time in there, but Rhonda couldn't believe how many parents just abandoned their kids to a room largely unpatrolled by adults and with none of the usual kiddie-security features. Even Chuck E. Cheese does handstamps these days.

This is my son putting Naruto cards in Naruto sleeves. He learned that from me.

Had a really great Kingdom Hearts TCG demo today; inspired me to care about the game again, as it's been a few months since I thought about it.

Bought Humans!!! It's good. Can't wait to see how it combos with Zombies!!! I'm not emphasizing anything; that's how it's spelled.

Also found more Eye of Judgment 2 boosters for the low-low price of $3 each. Once Sony officially gives up on this thing, I bet those boosters hit the $1 box right quick. And that will be sweet.

Picked up some closeout Zatch Bell cards for nothing. A box set with multiple boosters for $3 and an entire booster box for $5. It's worth that, surely.

The plan is to do a last lap of the vendor hall tomorrow morning and then hit the road.