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@glukkake - They switched to one of the A/V crew to run the GenCon dances after the first year. At the time, I was doing bodyguard work for the media guests (I think '06 was the year I was working with Gigi Edgely). After the whole Star Wars Celebration IV debacle, the media guest list was trimmed down (I think our "biggest" guest last year was David Faustino, if that tells you anything), and I shifted over to Ops. Which basically means that I'm one of the 7 people constantly on the show floor looking for "lost" kids, explaining to someone how just because it looks like a fantasy weapon doesn't mean they get to swing it around, telling certain people that it's a family show, and as such perhaps they really ought to reconsider wearing that chainmail bikini that's 3 sizes too small...

Don't blame ya on the VIG pass. That's a lot of grip. I'll drop you a direct via Twitter with my email and we can continue this conversation there, rather than glut the forums.

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@Ken - it's in the style of the teasing-glimpse shots you always get early on in monster movies.

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A draft.... or something like that.

When Worlds Collide, Part II

As we write, Anime Expo ‘09 is taking place at the LA Convention Center (not Anaheim as we stupidly wrote) which is right next door to the Staples Center, which is where…something is going to happen next week. Or as Diamond’s Kuo Yu LIang twittered: #AX09 all the networks are here at Staples Ctr covering Michael [...]

When Worlds Collide

As us nerds remember all too well from high school, the “jock clique” and the “geek clique” don’t often mix well. So, imagine what it was like the other day when the Mets (the favored team in Stately Beat Manor) arrived at their hotel in Pittsburgh to see a furry convention going on. That led to [...]

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