This is a small local con, but there is SO much love there for gaming of all kinds. Please check it out and consider supporting it.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/qcc2014/the-queen-city-conquest-2014

...was loads of fun!

I attended some cool panels (the Kamen Rider and "Artist Alley 101" ones was really great), picked up some neat stuff in the Dealer Room and Artist Alley, and just generally enjoyed three days of Japanese pop culture goodness.

This year I cosplayed Dekayellow of Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, and received many compliments. I also ( Read more... )

Earlier this year, I started making jewelry. Over the past months, I've gotten pretty good at it.

On the advice of tamminnanny, I've decided to take the plunge and sign up for the Artist Alley for UBCon 24 next spring ( Read more... )

I had a fantastic time! I got to see some old friends, run some games, and try out some new ones. It's terrific to have a gaming-focused con to attend again.

My games had some really great players in them this con - they worked together and were pleasant both in and out of character. Gaming with those folks was a lot of fun; lostsatyr and I stayed up ( Read more... )

Queen City Conquest is the 21-23.

This is their first year; hopefully it'll be the first of many, because we need another gaming con here in WNY (MiniCon and UBCon have become increasingly weighted toward anime programming in the past few years, and while I like anime as much as the next otaku, I've missed having a gaming-focused con in these ( Read more... )

...was a lot of fun (it was July 27-29 this year, for those keeping score). I saw some interesting panels (I very much enjoyed the Viz and Sentai Filmworks ones), bought some neat stuff in the dealers room and artists alley, got Urubochi Gen's autograph, and generally had a lovely time.

Oh - Tetsuya Kakihara's Q & A session was both informative ( Read more... )

So, I went to UBCon April 13-15 and Tora-Con April 21 and 22.

( UBCon 23 )

(This entry's title was chosen with sincerest regards to the writers, etc. of Braingames)

I had a great time - I saw some neat anime (Tiger and Bunny and the North American premiere of Puella Magi Madoka Magica); went to some cool panels (the Toei toukousatsu and Tiger & Bunny ones *rocked*); found some keen stuff in the Dealers Room and Artists ( Read more... )

We're going to be at Otakon 18 tomorrow!

Our hotel is only a short walk away from the con, so we should be able to see more of the events this year!

By this time next week, I'll be at Otakon 18!

Yay, vacation!