VGXPO, worth at least $15
Wednesday / 11.26.08 / 01:27AM / Joe / comments: 3
And now some pictures from last weekend's VGXPO. Some of these are the exact same photos I just posted to Aeropause but whatever. Tony should have a collection of sweet cosplay photos from VGXPO, because that guy would get in anyone's face for a picture. I'll point you there once he compiles that, or when he publishes the apology for never posting them.
Here's that DDR setup I mentioned earlier. It just about killed me, but it was fun. I did a six minute playlist alongside Tony, Josh, and a bunch of other people, and got third place. Then, due to extreme body overheating, we bailed out. But the thought occurred: when am I going to get to do this again? So I jumped back in, this time for a ten minute playlist (because the emcee wanted to go to the bathroom). He even set it to tornado, the jerk, which makes the arrows float around stupid before they land on the beat. But I managed to get second place and not die. Josh and Tony spent the ten minutes snapping photos and video of the whole thing. Josh got this one:
Yeah, sure he was taking pics of me.
I thought this was pretty emblematic of a gaming convention:
Two laptops and Chunky Chips Ahoy!
I'm at the point now where I don't even see these guys anymore. They're at Origins. They're at Wizard World. They're at my local comic store. They could be putting together a salad at Weis Markets and I wouldn't even notice.
OK, obviously I would like to see the DC half of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, but it's just not worth $60 to me when I already have Soulcalibur IV. I wonder if you can turn the blood off to make it a little more kid-appropriate. Like I told the guys at the show, if Clark saw this game, he would immediately label the entire Mortal Kombat cast as the "bad guys."
Speaking of DC...
How incredible. I found a guy with the foresight and intelligence to cosplay as Mr. Terrific. And a right bangin' job too. I shook this gentleman's hand, hardcore.
As I look at nearly-naked Samus and very-naked Sora and Roxas, I'm reminded of an old Charles Schulz anecdote. He was watching his young son play with a giant Snoopy stuffed animal and remarked on how marvelous - and humbling - it was to see his creation, his mind's work, set free to be acted upon by forces outside of Schulz's own pen. The gist being that Snoopy now had a life beyond the restraints of the comic strip.
Ah, anime fans.
After the show, we chowed down at a very crowded Reading Terminal Market, then Tony took us on a tour of his new job in downtown Philly... which was super swank, the bum. Like most people who used to work in my office, he now has windows.
See you next year, guys? | 
Glass windows, yes. Computer Windows, not as much.
:)
Posted my expo pics (part one of two entries, anyway).
Enjoy.
i will prob. never post an entry on this event.
partly because I gave you some of my pics, but mostly because I suck at taking time to write entries.
just being honest.
on a gayer note, the expo itself was meh, but I'm just glad we got to hang out.
There.
I said it.
=^)
VGXPO 2009 TRIP CONFIRMED!