(Historical Notes: I have a confession to make. I don’t even remotely keep up with the video game industry anymore. In my head, the Switch just came out a few months ago, so it’s really weird to look at this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: “Just when I thought I was out, they… stand in front of me so I have to awkwardly remain in.” Once again, I have to mock Past Me for taking a picture of the hotel lobby bar’s cringy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Historical Notes: No, seriously, you kids today have NO idea how much faster registration has gotten in the smartphone era. I still remember my first few cons, where I had to show somebody a photo ID and a printout of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Context: The Cobb Galleria was designed as a “specialty mall”, where half the building is mall space, and there’s an entrance to the convention center where the anchor store would be. Because the con more or less takes over the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sure I’ve said this elsewhere, but it bears repeating: The Gaylord is an awesome location, but it’s not very line friendly. I mean, the main halls for the big ballrooms are okay, but the smaller rooms? Whoever designed those[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s not that I wanna tell people how to spend their weekends or anything… but come on, guys. Don’t blow half your weekend just sitting in line for one thing, that’s just sad. And man, I’m trying HARD to cram[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The ONLY thing that’s exaggerated for comedy here is the eloquent staffer, The Arcade literally had an excited crowd at the door, counting down the minutes until they opened it up. And yes, people literally did RUN in like little[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lines, amiright? But seriously, the reg line on Thursday was CRAZY. All the way from the convention center desk, through the hotel lobby, back to the elevator. And it’s not like Otakon, where the actual checking in process was messed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Context: the convention center has a nice big “Registration” desk which, obviously, was where they con had their reg stuff. They were also running a wee bit behind getting the place set up by the time Thursday night registration started,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not as young as I once was, guys. Sleep is my friend now. Anyway, just in case you didn’t see it on Twitter at any point last Thursday, there were some… issues with the registration system this year. Actually,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…