Just got back in from geeking out with roughly 50,000 other geeks at Dragoncon. As per usual, I had a blast, saw some good panels, met some good people, spent more money than I probably should have (hey! I now own *3* Utilikilts! And one of them isn’t black!), and almost certainly drank more than was healthy. Oh… and I did get… some sleep… somewhere…. I think….
Somehow, the folks at Dragoncon have figured out a method of dealing with handling out prereg badges that completely eliminated the line. For those of you who’ve never been, prereg badge pickup has its own rather large convention hall, which is usually full with the line going out the door and around the block on Thursday. It’s not unusual to see beach balls being bounced around the crowd.
The actual con was good. Saw some good panels. Got to see several bands play. I think for this crowd, the ones that you guys might know are Voltaire, the Cruxshadows (warning: link goes to site that autoplays music), and Emerald Rose. All were good.
I think the only down note was with the City Of Heroes meet and greet. As Erin has posted, NCSoft declared on Friday that they were ending the game and disbanding the development studio. The meet and greet turned into a kind of wake as we all told stories about our experiences in the game. I think there were four other couples besides me and Naienko in the room that had the game play a major role in our relationship.
Oh wait… this is a gun blog… I’m supposed to post about guns… ummm… uh…. This is the best I got:
Beeker: Zombie Hunter
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to fall over and die for a few hours.
And where are the bronies? The title said there would be bronies here!
Ah… hell… I blame the extreme lack of sleep. I did notice a couple brony panels, and there were a number of them wandering around. I know that someone was handing some giant My Little Pony bags. Knowing your interests, you definitely need to figure out a way to attend one of these years.
Hey its that guy from the batman shooting!