I did spent a wirdly long time standing around that machine waiting for people to clear out enough to take a picture, and did indeed bail on the picture I was PLANNING to take due to logistical difficulties. But people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the future, we’re looking into having one of those “banner hanging from a PVC frame” deals or something like that because MAN a lot of people wandered into this space with absolutely no clue what it actually was. Turns[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously, this must be like what those cosplayers with giant wings or hoop skirts that get in everybody’s way feel like, except in my case it was just a freakin’ FOOT. I didn’t just spend most of the weekend hanging[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just stating as a confirmed fact that the single most uttered phrase in the Anime Home Video Museum has always been “Oh, I have that!” It’s always VERY important to everyone to make sure anyone else in earshot knows that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, on top of all the video format exhibits we had on display in the Museum room, we ALSO had a turntable set up to spin everybody’s various anime soundtracks and random Japanese vinyl. Just because. Hey, if some convention[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, ya’ll didn’t think there was gonna be a part two to this, did ya? Context for those who don’t know: it’s become more and more of a thing in recent years for people to make extra ribbons to give[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Obviously, it helped that this was the first time Awesomely Bad had BEEN at AWA for quite a few years, but still. Any time we find out there’s a room full of people who don’t realize what they’re about to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now, just to be clear, most cons that know what they’re doing deliberately enforce a buffer zone between the end of one panel and the beginning of the next one, specifically to ensure that the host of the next panel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Look, I know I’m usually the first one to warn you about how gross the bathrooms at a con and be… and it’s usually for good reason. But it’s for that exact reason why I ALSO encourage finding the most[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, that shirt really exists. You can totally go to the store and get one. Go on, you know you wanna. Actually, it was fascinating watching people’s reaction to this thing, because a LOT of people got really defensive about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…