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Sam

OMG Con- Country Roads, Take Me Home

by Sam - June 30th, 2010

Every so often, frequently when I’m hungry, I get in the mood for adventure. I’ll be on the road, my tummy will rumble and I’ll decide to sample the local fare. A lot of the time I won’t know any of the restaurants nearby and fast food doesn’t sound too tasty, so I’ll turn on the GPS, hit the food option, and wait for the fates of electric maps to take me somewhere. Normally I’ll settle for a mediocre diner or an expensive café, but once in a while I get lucky. My GPS will lead me to a place where the food is unbelievable, reasonably priced and the people serving are as excited to seat me as I am to eat. A gem in the middle of nowhere, I’ll stumble into this place, feel relaxed and accepted and wonder how it was I’ve not been aware of it all my life.

That’s exactly how I feel about OMG Con.

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Sam

MARCON 2010 Review: Serious Tradition

by Sam - June 16th, 2010

Columbus Ohio is a popular town for nerd conventions. It was the location of Ohayocon 2010  in January and in June it will host Origins Game Fair, a premiere gaming convention. While considerable in their own right, these conventions will have had  to be around for a bit longer to compare with the tremendous Sci-Fi convention we attended May 28th to the 30th. Known for being the longest running sci-fi convention in the Midwest, Marcon (Multiple Alternative Realities Convention) just celebrated its 45th year and we were lucky enough to be there as loyal members of an established organization invaded the Columbus Convention Center.

As the name implies, Marcon fosters a broad number of fandoms, including video game, role-playing, science fiction, zombie fanaticisms and anime. While their prime focus is their diehard sci-fi community, the con respects other interests and we found ourselves not at a complete loss surrounded by earnest Dr. Who-lians and Trekkies. Thursday afternoon the Enthusiasts (with a new van!) set off for this adventure into the unknown, prepared for some zombie killing techniques and Mountain Dew. As it turns out, both of these items came in very handy over the weekend.

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Nick

Windy Con 09 Review

by Nick - November 17th, 2009

I found out about Windy Con from a friend on facebook about 2 weeks before the event and was really surprised and excited.   A steampunk convention only about an hour away?!  Excellent!

Taking a look at the website showed that Windy Con was not “technically” a steampunk con, but a science fiction one with this years theme being steampunk.  Yup,  still sounds awesome.  So I put together my gear and headed out Saturday morning to the Westin Hotel.

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Nick

Otakon 2009 – Cosplay review

by Nick - July 28th, 2009

Otakon 2009 – Cosplay review from Nick Caza on Vimeo.

Youtube is being really silly and not letting us post this video so we had to put it on Vimeo.   Hope you enjoy it!