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Anybody go to London Comic Con this past weekend?...
12 years ago
So i was at London Comic Con (the MCM Expo) at the ExCel Centre this past weekend. Did anybody go? If so, i hope you had a good time! I was dressed as Raccoon Mario on Saturday, so let me know if you spotted me. I was hanging out with my mate Kirby! (squeak83 here on FA) So if you saw a giant Kirby walking around then you may have seen me too.
It was a cool weekend. My only real gripe was that one half of the building was closed off due to some filming work going on. That's all well and good but it created a huge bottleneck of people at the other side which created a crush risk. Usually both ends of the building are open. Despite that i had a good time.
I met a couple of the cast from my favourite British Sitcom, Red Dwarf. I met Hatty Hayridge, who plays the female version of the ship's computer, Holly. I also met Robert Lewellyn who plays Kryten, my favourite character! Both were very friendly and Hattie signed my Red Dwarf Series III DVD cover as well as a photo, which was cool. I had my picture taken with both (they're up on my facebook page). I also bumped into Mega G Wolf who's youtube channel i'm subscribed to. He was nice enough to have a quick chat with me about stuff and i told him to keep up the good work with his videos (he does video game related stuff of course).
As well as my signed Red Dwarf SWAG, i bought Donkey Kong Country to add to my SNES collection, 2 new USB Sega and Nintendo controllers (perfect for emulators) and a sweet Sega Megadrive leather bag! I also won a Pikmin 3 sticker at the Nintendo Unleashed booth, lol!
Speaking of which, i did get to play a few new and upcoming Nintendo games while i was there. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds seems like it's gonna be a beaut. I loved A Link To The Past on the SNES (which i do own) and this seems like it's going to be another Zelda classic. Sonic Lost World seems like a game i could get into, even though the one level demo i played was a little short. I had a go of Super Mario 3D World on the Wii-U and got to play as Cat Mario which was great! A couple of lads and myself played one of the boss levels. It felt a little awkward at first but i soon mastered the timing and direction of jumping and managed to get all three hits in on the boss (ah, smug mode!). Finally, Mariokart 8 had a playable demo, i got to play it with one of the staff members there and apart from one close race he beat me comprehensively at the other two courses we played! It was my first time playing the Wii-U so it will take some getting used to for me when i eventually get one. Mariokart 8? Gives me a reason to buy the console!
Thanks to everyone who made the weekend awesome (you know who you are!).
Moar stuff coming soon.
RD. 8-)
It was a cool weekend. My only real gripe was that one half of the building was closed off due to some filming work going on. That's all well and good but it created a huge bottleneck of people at the other side which created a crush risk. Usually both ends of the building are open. Despite that i had a good time.
I met a couple of the cast from my favourite British Sitcom, Red Dwarf. I met Hatty Hayridge, who plays the female version of the ship's computer, Holly. I also met Robert Lewellyn who plays Kryten, my favourite character! Both were very friendly and Hattie signed my Red Dwarf Series III DVD cover as well as a photo, which was cool. I had my picture taken with both (they're up on my facebook page). I also bumped into Mega G Wolf who's youtube channel i'm subscribed to. He was nice enough to have a quick chat with me about stuff and i told him to keep up the good work with his videos (he does video game related stuff of course).
As well as my signed Red Dwarf SWAG, i bought Donkey Kong Country to add to my SNES collection, 2 new USB Sega and Nintendo controllers (perfect for emulators) and a sweet Sega Megadrive leather bag! I also won a Pikmin 3 sticker at the Nintendo Unleashed booth, lol!
Speaking of which, i did get to play a few new and upcoming Nintendo games while i was there. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds seems like it's gonna be a beaut. I loved A Link To The Past on the SNES (which i do own) and this seems like it's going to be another Zelda classic. Sonic Lost World seems like a game i could get into, even though the one level demo i played was a little short. I had a go of Super Mario 3D World on the Wii-U and got to play as Cat Mario which was great! A couple of lads and myself played one of the boss levels. It felt a little awkward at first but i soon mastered the timing and direction of jumping and managed to get all three hits in on the boss (ah, smug mode!). Finally, Mariokart 8 had a playable demo, i got to play it with one of the staff members there and apart from one close race he beat me comprehensively at the other two courses we played! It was my first time playing the Wii-U so it will take some getting used to for me when i eventually get one. Mariokart 8? Gives me a reason to buy the console!
Thanks to everyone who made the weekend awesome (you know who you are!).
Moar stuff coming soon.
RD. 8-)
