Clash of the Cons

This morning on the bus I overheard pretty interesting conversation for a con lover of all things alike.

Norwescon happened this weekend, the same weekend as Sakuracon. The attendee said Norwescon lost most of their vendors to Sakuracon, and attendance flagged. Sakuracon is younger, hipper, and has more expendable cash, no vendor could resist. The other woman quizzed if the competeing dates were on purpose, and the Norwescon attendee said no, that Norwescon happens on Easter weekend of every year, and Sakuracon happens whenever the convention center has an opening, as they book about a year in advance.

Edit: I've since found out this wasn't the case, that Norwescon had a boatload of attendees and vendors as always, and gathers young and old alike, as always. Whew!

On the Sakuracon note, I leave you with the mind-blowing pictures from Sakuracon by Cliff Nordman, a photographer I noticed for his amazing ECCC photography.

Shoutout to my tweeps

I rely heavily on some twitters for my gamer news. Who are they, you ask?

http://twitter.com/BreakingGaming
just started following me and looks quite promising. "Tweeting only 10/10 ranked news." Whatever that means, it sounds elite.

http://twitter.com/courtines
Community Manager at games.com, insightful and on the scene.

http://twitter.com/VideoGameFeed
The ONLY video game feed you will ever need. KOTAKU - JOYSTIQ - IGN - GAMESPOT - ARS TECHNICA

http://twitter.com/mashable
The hottest Twitter news, Twitter tips and Twitter help.
       OMG TWITTER IS COLLAPSING IN ON ITSELF ITS A TWITTER HOLE!

Penny Arcade (by Kate Beaton)

Oh Snap guest spot by my favorite artist Kate Beaton! HUZZAH!

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/4/05/

What I've Been Playing

I've been video gaming a lot of variety recently. To hear my thoughts on these games, tune into the podcast or just ask and I will pontificate away.

On XBox:
Final Fantasy XIII (RPG)
Dead Space (FPS)
Dragon Age Origins: Awakenings (RPG)

On iPhone:
Inotia 2 (RPG)
Zenonia 2 (RPG)
Zombie Farm (social)
We Rule (social)
Words With Friends (social)

On Facebook (browser)
Farmville (social)
Restaurant City (social)

What I want to play (XBox):
Mass Effect 2
Force Unleashed
Dark Sector
The Darkness
Final Fantasy VII
*Bayonetta
*Devil May Cry 4

*trial basis ;)

With iPhone and Facebook, there is no 'want to play' there is only buy/play!

Video Game Review in Comic Form

I hope to start doing more comic reviews of games. It felt good to pour out my deep frustration and anger at FFXIII into permenant ink :) Peep it at http://www.fansofgames.com/ (scroll down)!

It all makes perfect sense!

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OMG it is so on. Thank you Farmville for kickstarting April Fools!

I was like "OK OMG WTF" when I first saw this pop up:

I was thinking, is Farmville really going THERE now? Would I continue to use it if it did? Of course, but luckily I was not thrown into a moral quandry as it was just an awesome April Fools Day prank. Boosh!