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It's Game Over, Man
Posted on Monday July 28, 2008, 06:40 by James Dyer
| | | | And that’s it. After four gruelling days of running around like a lunatic, being bossed around by officious organisers and brushing shoulders with some of the geekiest people in the world, the 2008 Comic Con is now over. Today has been a fairly easy day by Con standards, I've had no interviews or panels to attend (today’s selection were too nerdarific even for me) so it was time to slow down, walk the floor and take a moment to really look around.
Part of that, of course, is sampling the wares available from the three thousand odd stalls scattered around the place. Handily, it’s possible to get hold of official ‘schwag bags’, which are unnecessarily capacious goodie sacks that you can sling over your shoulder and fill to the brim with geekabilia. The Watchmen one was (unsurprisingly) the most coveted as the Warner stand only gave out a handful every half hour or so and ruthlessly chased off campers trying to hang around for the next giveaway. Sci-Fi had the secon... | | | Continue reading... Comment Now (4 comments) | | | |
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Who Watches The Watchmen? Er... Everyone
Posted on Saturday July 26, 2008, 04:48 by James Dyer
| | | | There’s one common purpose shared by all visitors to the Comic Con - a quest that overrides all other concerns. The activity I’m referring to is the pursuit of ‘schwag’. Schwag, if you’re unaware, is a catch-all term covering all the free crap it’s possible to accumulate while trawling the halls here. Yes, you can walk away from the Con laden with goodies, even if you don’t so much as dip a hand in your pocket and I’ve set out to definitively prove this today. So far, I’ve had a number of free novels pressed into my eager hands - most of which promised to be the next Twilight but proved to be barely disguised erotica involving the odd horny vampire. Walking form the hotel, I received a number of badges, a Japanese comic, a bright yellow t-shirt for something I’ve never heard of and a strange green liquid in a bottle that may or may not be designed for drinking.
To get your hands on the A-grade schwag ,though, you need to be a litt... | | | Continue reading... Comment Now (2 comments) | | | |
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Empire’s Second Videblogisode – In Text Form!
Posted on Friday July 25, 2008, 09:15 by Chris Hewitt
| | | | Hello, web! Due to hideous technical problems far beyond our control, understanding and, indeed, all human reasoning, today’s videblogisode has been delayed by about a day. But, in case you’re jonesing for your fix of hot Comic-Con action from Videblogisode Man and his sidekick, Cameraman-Man, I thought I’d sketch this quick précis of what you can expect when it finally goes up.
The Return Of Videblogisode Man!
Thought it was just a one-off gag? Well, it probably should have been, but since when have I ever paused before running a joke into the ground?
Interviews galore!
Yep. Today wasn’t so much a calorie-burner, with Sam and I running around the main floor like eejits. Instead, we stayed largely rooted to the spot as we lined up for interview after interview with some of the biggest names in the business. The Rock. Chris Evans (no, not that one). Guy Ritchie. Gerry Butler. Joel Silver. Alex Proyas. Paul McGuigan. The new Puni... | | | Continue reading... Comment Now (3 comments) | | | |
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