What's the difference for you between costuming and cosplay?

Lately I've seen "cosplay" used almost exclusively to refer to any kind of costuming (re-creations, hall costuming, steampunk, etc.), but I see them as different. I'm curious what other costumers think.

DISCUSS! :)

Hi! I'm new here and I'm really glad that I found this community. SoCal is the best! <3

Anyway, just a couple of announcements for any anime fans living around around LA and Orange County -- we have two big anime cons coming up in a couple of weeks, Anime Expo in Downtown Los Angeles and AM^2 in the Anaheim Convention Center (right across the ( Read more... )

If anyone out there buys their comics from Heavy Ink, an online comics retailer, I offer that you might want to reconsider, as the president, Travis Corcoran, seems to think shooting members of Congress isn't such a bad idea (to quote, "1 down, 534 to go," in reference to the January 8 shooting in Tucson, Arizona that left 6 people dead and ( Read more... )

Hey Guys,

I thought I'd introduce myself. I am a tabletop wargamer from Bakersfield, Ca. and back in September I attended something called SoCal Smackdown. If you're a tabletop wargamer then I recommend that you keep an eye out for the next one.

I have an Internet Show called SteamPoweredTV and I did a video on the 2010 Con:

A friend sent me a link to an article in the San Diego Reader about the local SCA community:

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/mar/10/cover/

Cover story and all!

Anvil! The Story of Anvil! is coming to Edwards University Town Center 6 in Irvine this weekend. For those of you who don't know, Anvil! The Story of Anvil has been called the real life This Is Spinal Tap. My friends saw it in NYC and said it was the best thing ever.

you can get tix here


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X-posted from wod_lj and secondage

I believe I posted something similar a while ago and never quite followed through.  So here it is, this is a complete list of the books I currently have available, they are all old World of Darkness and some D&D stuff.

http://www.angelfire.com/gundam/mystics/

Recently moved back from Chicago to Los Angeles. I would like to join a gaming group. Preferably White Wolf or Gold old D &D. I'm currently in the San Fernando Valley in Northridge.

Cross-posting to hell and gone, my apologies for people who get this multiple times ( Read more... )

My name is Kai and I am currently deployed to Iraq, but shall be returning in the middle of next month. I am a member of the Camarilla, White Wolf's Official Fan Club and Global Sanctioned Chronicle. Over the course of this deployment the number of local players has dropped significantly. With my return, I hope to open up an opportunity for new ( Read more... )