Sony and the company LG have been locked in a bitter copyright infringement lawsuit for the past few months now. There had been no developments in the case since it was brought up, but now that is all about to change because the European courts have allowed an injunction to go through that will allow LG to bring about serious charges against Sony for creating the Blu-Ray system in their PS3s without providing the licensing rights needed that were owned by LG. If LG wins the case against Sony they will be able to claim profits on every PS3 sold around the world, including back pay on previously sold consoles.
Because of this ruling, European customs officials have been told to block any shipment of PS3 consoles into the country for at least ten days. This block can be extended and most likely will due to the fact that LG is pushing hard on their lawsuit. This also means that any shipment, whether it be a personal import or a shipment to an actual store will be stopped. We will keep you updated as we learn more but it looks like anyone in Europe will be finding it hard to acquire a new PS3 anytime soon.
Atlus broke the bad news to fans that Catherine wasn’t going to be coming to the West a week ago and this made quite a few people unhappy and also seemed unreasonable considering the amount of sales they could pull in. Now a few days later there was an image sent out from Atlus themselves with a Catherine-like pink background and the words “Do you still like us?” up against it.
Then today GameStop ended up listing Catherine for a release date of July 26 in North America…. oops. This listing has been pulled already but you can find the cache’d proof of the listing here. This isn’t anything more than a rumor at the moment but considering the fact that they already sent out a teaser image, Atlus will most likely release information soon.
Anyone who attended the Sydney Armageddon 2011 expo would know about the long list of special guests that made appearances to mingle with the fans. For those who were not, this might clue you in to the sorts of people that could seen wandering the venue. Among them were three members of Rooster Teeth productions, the creators and stars of the popular RedvsBlue web series. Their attendance featured as a huge headline in the promotion of the exhibition. These are also the creative minds behind other web series videos such as Immersion, RT shorts and Achievement Hunter, as well as lines of other internet phenomena such as RT comics and the Drunk Tank podcast.
We could see that much of their time at the event was spent behind the Rooster Teeth exhibitor booth where they were selling some of their merchandise to eager fans, as well as providing them with photo opportunities, signatures and the chance to just have a friendly and casual chat. Despite their immense popularity and internet fame, they were always friendly and very easily approachable. (Well, once you waited in line long enough.) Following the Roosterteeth Q & A panel on the second day of Armageddon, MasterAbbott, LinkageAX and myself were fortunate enough to have a chat with two of the RT members: Geoff Ramsey and Matt Hullum, also known as the voices of Grif and Sarge from RvB. MasterAbbott worked the camera while I asked them a few questions.
We began with a short discussion about how they were enjoying Australia. What was very surprising to hear was that it was their first ever visit to Sydney, so they had decided to make a holiday out of it. We gave them a little advice with regards to the local wildlife. After discussing what gives them inspiration and what they idolised (besides Joel), we also talked about they responded to their status as internet celebrities, also mentioning these other two guys called Gabe and Tyco from something called Penny Arcade. Their responses to their popularity were very humbling, and personally, I think it’s nice to know that huge internet stars like these can still be so down to earth and casual about their fame.
We also delved into the psyche of the characters that they play. For instance, we established that Sarge has a fear of swear words. Plus we also figured out why his voice changed so much, with his voice initially being modelled after the drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket. We also learned that certain scences form RedVsBlue reminded Geoff of his time in the army in Kuwait, and how much friendship bonds mean in those sorts of situations. Except when he’s being subjected to Immersion experiments. In those instances, friends can be worst enemies. The last thing you want to wake up to is Burnie Burns in YOUR bedroom.
Finally, they finished off by explaining their ambitions for the future for RT. Want a few hints? President of the Universe. Travelling to the Netherlands. Simpson’s did it.
I’d like to thank Geoff and Matt for taking the time to chat with us, as well as for coming out to Australia to partake in one of our few available convention events. It just goes to show how cool these guys are to their fans by taking the time to travel and meet fans internationally.
If you have not heard of Roosterteeth productions before, or even RedvsBlue, then click on the link below to check out what you’ve been missing. If you are a self respecting gamer, you owe it to yourself to look into this:
As for those of you who are already huge Rooster Teeth fans, but missed out on the opportunity to buy some of their merch at Armageddon, fear not! They also have an online store and international shipping! They have T-Shirts, Wall posters, DVD’s, soundtracks, bags, books, calanders, planners, hats and tonnes of other cool stuff! Check out this link to browse their wares for memorabilia of your favourite RvB characters or moments:
MasterAbbott had the pleasure to sit down and interview the very talented independant film producer, director and actress Renee O’Connor which most of you know for her role as Gabrielle in Xena Warrior Princess. Renee discusses the challenges and what made working on Xena so great. We also discuss the possibilities of voice acting in video games and also what Renee’s first video game was and also what she enjoys playing now.
Also discussed is Renee up coming film called Beyond the Farthest Star : A twist of fate brings the national spotlight to a forgotten Texas town, and a once famous preacher has an opportunity to regain his former glory or seize one last chance to restore his fractured family. Check out the site for Beyond the Farthest Star, click the BRING IT button to VOTE and bring Beyond to a theater near you! It’s free, qualifies you for prizes, exclusive updates and let’s us know to BRING IT to YOUR city. The bring it option is open to all Countries so if you want to see Beyond in a theater near you VOTE NOW.
Capsule Computers would like to thank Renee for taking the time to speak with us and we wish her all the best in the future.
Any questions or comments please leave them below.
MasterAbbott had the pleasure to speak to the Stars of the Reality show : Survivor : James Clement and Ami Cusack at Armageddon Expo 2011 here in Sydney Australia.
Survivor is a reality television currently into its 22nd season in the USA. In Survivor, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for a cash prize of $1 Million dollars. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe members until only two-three final contestants remains. At this point the power switches from the contestants to the eliminated jury members who then vote on who should win the title of “Sole Survivor”.
If you’re a Survivor fan this is one interview you need to watch as James and Ami discuss a whole wide range of Survivor topics such as strategy to the most hated players in the game like Russell Hantz and Johnny Fairplay, we also find out what James and Ami’s favourite video games are and much much more !!!
Sit back and enjoy this fantastic interview.
Special thanks to both James and Ami for taking the time to chat with us here at Capsule Computers and sharing their thoughts, opinions and passion for Survivor for all fans out there. We wish you both the best of luck moving forward and we hope to see you back on Survivor hopefully in the future 🙂
So those who did go should know how it was already but if you were just wondering how others felt or maybe if you didn’t go and are wondering what is there and if it’s worth going to next year you should really read below.
I totally enjoyed myself at Armageddon and I loved the stalls and people there but don’t take only my word for it. I interviewed some friendly people at the convention and here are the results:
1. What did you come to Armageddon for?
‘To cosplay and hang out with friends’ –Aura
‘To buy merchandise to furnish my room’ – Michael Fleming
‘Anime + Games’ – Daniel
‘Hang out with friends, Cosplay and visit rooster teeth stall’ – Spike
‘Fun’- Matt
2. How have you liked this convention?
‘It’s been good’ – Aura
‘Most enjoyable’ – Michael Fleming
‘I think it’s pretty good so far’ – Daniel
‘Eh…8/10’ – Spike
‘Great venue, good stalls.’ – Matt
3. What was the best thing about this convention?
‘Being with friends and cheap anime’ – Aura
‘Rooster teeth, and to meet them’ – Michael Fleming
‘Magic cards tournament’ – Daniel
‘RvB Press event’ – Spike
‘Nerdy Stuff’ – Matt
4. What was the worst thing about this convention?
‘Waking up at 6.30am’ – Aura
‘I have to go home’ – Michael Fleming
‘People wearing things that should not be seen by public. My eyes!’ – Daniel
‘Long lines… and the temptation to buy tonnes of stuff’ – Spike
‘Parking Ticket Price’ – Matt
5. What do you think of the price of the ticket?
‘Good’ – Aura
‘Slightly too expensive. If it were free it would be more accessible, as enough revenue would be gained from merchandise sales’ – Michael Fleming
‘Meh, not too expensive, but not cheap either’ – Daniel
‘Fine actually’ – Spike
‘Fair’ – Matt
6. What do you think about the venue?
‘Good’ – Aura
‘Well accommodating, good enough sure for the event and crowd capacity’– Michael Fleming
‘Wish the trains were running here today, the dome is very round.’ – Daniel
‘Appropriate’ – Spike
‘Hard to get to. Expensive Parking’ – Matt
7. How was this convention compared to other conventions?
‘Good but Supanova is better’ – Aura
‘Not much different, but this is cool, because it is the experience that I pay for.’ – Michael Fleming
‘Better’- Daniel
‘Better than anima, not as good as supernova’- Spike
‘Good’- Matt
8. What was your favourite stall?
‘Anime Bargain Basement’ – Aura
‘Zombster’– Michael Fleming
‘Rooster Teeth’ – Spike
‘Magic Cards Store’ – Matt
9. What was your favourite moment of the convention?
‘Getting it on by the grim reaper’ – Aura
‘Talking to the people from Zombster to find out about their models’ – Michael Fleming
‘Meeting Rooster Teeth’ – Spike
Thanks to all the fans for sharing their comments about Armageddon. If you also attendeded the Expo leave a comment below and let us know what you thought of it.
MasterAbbott from Capsule Computers had the honour to sit down and speak to Karen Allen in a VERY EXCLUSIVE Australian interview at Armageddon Expo 2011.
Karen is known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Indiana Jones “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Karen Allen has also had roles in films including National Lampoon’s Animal House, The Wanderers and many more.
In our interview Karen speaks about her start in the movie industry, how she got the part of Marion Ravenwood in Indiana Jones “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” also her thoughts on the latest Indiana Jones “Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulls” and her up and coming movie called White Irish Drinkers. Lastly we ask Karen what her favourite Video Game is !!
Enjoy this exclusive Australian interview with Karen. Leave your comments below if you have any 🙂
Capsule Computers would like to thank Karen for taking the time speak with us and we wish her all the best in the future
David Hewlett, Star of ‘Stargate Atlantis’ speaks with us here at Capsule Computers about his acting career, his work in Stargate, Dungeons & Dragons and of course; his background in gaming. The interview was conducted by our awesome editor, Ben Webb (Linkage Ayexe; oh wait, that’s me!) and MasterAbbot towards the end there when Ben suddenly becomes too starstruck to function correctly. David just seemed to keep saying the right things and (it’s weird writing about yourself in third person) was too much awesome for Link to handle in such a short amount of time.
Embedded below is the video of the interview.
Blurb:
David Hewlett is a Canadian actor who stars in the popular sci-fi series: Stargate Atlantis. The character first appeared as a more minor character in one of the prequel series (Stargate SG1) stories. Above Stargate, he has also guest starred in the TV series ‘Sanctuary’, written and directed his own film and starred in other cult movies.
Our staff here at Capsule Computers talk to David about Stargate, Video Games and Dungeons and Dragons. First part of the Interview is done by our awesome editor, LinkageAX; with MasterAbbott jumping in when Link suddenly becomes a little too starstruck.
Have you ever wanted to know what the worst movie ever made was ? Well look no further, MasterAbbott had the honor of speaking to Michael Adams, Author of his new book Showgirls, Teen Wolves and Astro Zombies.
A HILARIOUS YEAR-LONG QUEST TO FIND AND WATCH THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE !!!
In our interview, Michael explains with another year drawing to close, he found himself making an unusual New Year’s resolution: in the next 12 months, he would find the answer to the question: ‘What is the worst movie ever made?’ He would do so by watching at least one terrible film per day. For a year. That’s 365 bad movies in 365 days. No fast-forwarding. No pressing the stop button. Not a lot of people could do it, but Michael made it through and survived all the Zombies and bad video game movies along. Check out the interview below and see what Michael believes it he WORST video game movie EVER made !!!
Buy now : On special at the moment from $13.99 to $5.60 from our online store hurry !!!
Special thanks to Michael for taking the time to talk to us, we wish him the best of luck with Showgirls, Teen Wolves and Astro Zombies.
Event: Armageddon Expo Sydney
Date: 26/27 February, 2011
Location: Sydney Olympic Park
Time: 9AM – 6PM
Mood – Starstruck
On both Saturday and Sunday (the 26th and the 27th respectively) was an amazing expo, which was being held in The Dome at Sydney Olympic Park, which was to cover sources of popular culture – such as Sci-Fi, Video Games, Tabletop Gaming, Anime and other various types of pop culture. In attendance at this event were many Stars, Celebrities and Awesome people from Awesome sources (like movies, books, games, anime, cartoons, etc.) as well as many Capsule Computer editors and contributors, such as Myself (LinkageAX), Phil (MasterAbbott), Michael and lastly; Grace (Aura). The weekend was insanely epic with plenty of opportunities to check out the awesome cosplayers, meet the expo’s guests and enjoy the various panels and activities scheduled throughout both days.
Capsule Computer Contributors and Editors – Grace, Michael and Ben/LinkageAX.
Floor Plan
Each day would begin with a queue for entry, Saturday’s queue was much longer than Sunday’s (though it’s likely that it’s because Soundwave was also running on the day and people were either attending that or not bothering due to the vastly over-crowded trains that were operating), then followed by entry of the event and then doing whatever was available inside the event. With Armageddon I found that the queues were handled quite efficiently as by around 10AM there was little to no queue at the entry at all. Quick queues are great for conventions, I mean I’ve been to some with a similar number of attendees and the queues have literally taken multiple hours to get anywhere, so for them to be this quick is a huge achievement and the organisers / volunteers / staff should be congratulated for it.
Upon entering the event, attendees were greeted by a doorman/woman (who were quite energetic) and were given a showbag of the event with various goodies and guides within. After obtaining a showbag, you would pass through a kind of white-room with a media sign in room to the right and the show floor / merchants sector straight ahead. The Media room is where people from the media (such as Phil and Myself) were told to go in order to obtain media passes which would allow us some exclusive access to various sections and celebrities at the event which were closed off to the public. Behind the Merchants Sector lies the main stage, where various panels and events were held during the expo, like the Fear-Factor Eating Contest on Sunday or the Cosplay Parade on Saturday (Note: Both are used as examples, there were more panels and events held at this main stage). Behind the Main Stage was a secret area, a hidden area, something that if you were playing an Xbox or G4WL game would have earned you a bunch of points for finding, behind the stage was the Green Room, which was where the celebrities / guests hung out at various times during the day, and was also where MasterAbbott and Myself were sometimes given access to in order to conduct interviews. Back outside and into the Merchants Sector was a couple of staircases, one just to the left/right of the entrance (depending on facing) and one just off to the side of the entry-way to the Main Stage. Both sets of stairs lead to the same place, or rather, places. Up the stairs was a small (pen and paper, trading card) gaming section run by one of the larger and more interesting stalls at the event and a conference room which was set-up as another stage for panels. Next to the stairs just outside the entrance to the Main Stage was the Signing area for the Various celebrities and guests at the event (though some were available at either their own booth in the Merchants Sector or booths/stalls run by other benefactors, like Cartoon Network) and just next to the Signing Area was the Photo Booths where attendees could get photos taken with their favorite guests.
That’s pretty much it for the floor plan.
Intricacies –
~Day One~
Both Phil and Myself met up at the event quite early and went about taking photos of random cosplayers, exploring the stalls, chatting and joking around and generally having fun. After spending a short amount of time with each other we each separated to do some stuff by ourselves and I quickly went down to get an autograph with David Hewlett (Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay), most well known for his work in the Sci-Fi TV series: Stargate Atlantis. There I bumped into a friend I met at a previous convention, who was cosplaying as Rochelle? from the Left 4 Dead series of games. She had the costume down quite well, I’m still kicking myself for forgetting to get a photo even though we rendezvous’d several times throughout the day. She was in a different line to me, but she got a friend to hold her spot as she came over to chat for a few minutes. My line advanced and she headed back over to her line. Soon enough, it was my turn to meet David for the first time ever. I headed over to him, selected my photo and he signed it (I so want to make that sound way more epic, but I can’t quite think of a way; rest assured that it was very epic indeed); after that we shook hands and I proceeded in the away direction. “Hi Ben, All the Best from the Best – David Hewlett” ‘Eff yeah! After swooning over my picture, I went over to talk the friend of mine, before being marshalled away by security (or did that happen later? The two events [me meeting David for the first time and then the chatting) seem to be connected mentally, apologies if this wasn’t the order). Also, somewhere in this paragraph, Phil wet his pants because of Hudson Leick screaming into a microphone which is quite entertaining to think about.
Check it here (I’m pretty sure I have to buy new headphones, be warned) –
Anyways, after walking around for a bit more and stopping for random photos, I finally bump back into Phil near the entrance and we form a small two-man party for the convention. After discussing whatever it was that we were going to do next, Phil organized with Armageddon PR staff if any of the guests would be available for interviews. . After waiting a few minutes, we had the opportunity to interview David Hewlett. w00t! Euphoria ensues. Both Phil and I are ecstatic to be even in the same general area as the guests, let alone being able to interview them. We followed along behind the stage and into the Green Room area.
Links pants = the colour of this text.
We interviewed David and well, you can see how it goes here (You can literally see how excited I am by meeting him. Blanking due to being Starstruck and not actually being prepared for the interview – but never fear MasterAbbott was here to take over)
On our way out, we see Renee O’Connor and I have a slight mime conversation with her. It was awesome! Anyways, we’re heading out and I’m completely geeking out at this point, it was so epic!; and we head out back to the Guest Signing area for a quick debrief. We decided that it would be a pretty sweet idea to have an interview with Michael Adams, who was a Film Critic for Empire Magazine, and was at Armageddon to promote his hilarious new book ‘Showgirls, Teen Wolves and Astro Zombies’; which is about his year long quest to watch a bad movie every day.
Michael was a fairly entertaining guy and his book has a hilarious concept that we would recommend to not only people who are into bad movies, not only to people who require a guide to bad movies, but to everyone in general. After we finished with our Michael Adams interview, we were lucky enough to score an interview with Karen Allen; who was absolutely AMAZING! Both Phil and I absolutely adored her and she was a very nice woman and consider ourselves quite lucky to have been able to interview her.
I believe that Karen was our last interview for the day. We thanked her, shared pleasantries, shook hands, etc. She is really an amazing woman and we wish her all the best in her future endeavors. We headed off and I bumped into another friend of mine, and we got some photo’s. She was the Witch, I believe, from Left 4 Dead. It never occurred to me until just now that I had multiple friends at the event who were cosplaying L4D this year. The photos actually turned out really well! We separated again after checking out some more stuff with Phil going to a panel by the two stars from Survivor (James Clement & Amy Cusak) with me heading over to the Kamehameha contest, followed by the Cosplay Parade at the main stage.
Phils pants = the colour of this text.
I can’t comment on the Survivor Panel, but the two guests (James Clement and Ami Cusack) were really nice when we bumped into them earlier and had a short conversation with some joking and stuff going on. What I can comment on though, was the Kamehameha contest. For those of you who don’t know what a Kamehameha is, here is a brief snippet –
Close it after the bad guy explodes, the rest is irrelevant. So, anyways, the Kamehameha contest was great, though, like most contests; it quickly degenerated into people playing it up for laughs. Though I’m quite glad that someone who was somewhat serious about it actually made it through to the finals. Apologies for not having any footage of the actual contest.
The parade had many different cosplayers costumed as many different characters. Normally at conventions and things where there are cosplay competitions you’re likely to get a few people dressed as the same thing, at Armageddon though, there wasn’t much of that and the costumes themselves seemed more unique. Phil came back at around this time. Each cosplayer moved along onto the stage after showing off a pose or two to the audience and it was quite the treat. We saw many of our favorite cosplayers on the stage that we had met throughout the day, like the four amazing ladies we took photo’s with (Sorry about not knowing your real names ladies, I should have asked) – Gabrielle, Xena, Poison Ivy and Selene (from underworld, apparently I was one of two to have gotten that correct during the day, go me!). Another of our personal favorites was Commander Shephard! Man that was an amazing costume and both Phil and I loved it, we must have spent ~20-30mins with that guy talking about his costume and stuff, stacking both days. So like an hour or so.
Commander Shepard, We Salute You!
After the contest, it was time to pack up and leave. Was quite a good day.
~Day Two~
The second day for some reason went much, much faster than the first day for some reason. Like it really felt like half the day was missing even though we spent roughly the same amount of time at the Expo. Today I didn’t have as much trouble getting in, no queue for me this time, just waved my Media Pass and the guy let me straight in. Man that was great. Anyway, I enter the expo and I run into Phil near the main stage at the event and he lets me know that we have an Interview with the legendary Renee O’Connor very soon and that we should prepare. After a short while and some more photo’s later, we are greeted by PR Staff and we head off into the Green Room area to wait for Renee.
We’d like to dedicate this shot to Dustin Spencer, the biggest Renee O’Connor fan ever.
Renee O’Connor is amazing and we absolutely love her allowing us to interview her.
Watch the amazing interview (and my epic camerawork) here
Renee O’Connor, she is such an amazing woman, who most us would know as ‘Gabrielle’ from the ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ TV show, which aired back in the 90s I believe. From what I remember of the show it was pretty amazing, but it doesn’t compare to the epicness of Renee in reality. She’s such a nice woman, and she knew what she wanted out of the interview and she had a fair idea on what would work out with the content we needed on our site. The interview is very much a product of hers as much as it is a product of ours. I can easily see why it is that one of our own editors – Dustin – has such a crush on her.
After our interview with Renee, we had a rather short timeframe to make it into the Roosterteeth panel, which was quite crowded. We were lucky to get seats, the oaf next to me was very reluctant to move his baggage and let me down, he wasn’t even holding the seating for anyone, I maybe even had to coerce him with my media pass. The dudes from Rooster Teeth came in from behind the stage, equipped with Pies, Chips and Bundaberg Rum. Throughout the panel, they would feed a member of the audience by throwing them a chip, they would also take a swig of the rum every so often. I swear you could see them visibly get more and more drunk over the course of the panel. They were really great guys though and were very, very friendly with us and the crowd. It was easily the most entertaining panel of the day. We also ran into Capsule Computers contributors, Michael and Grace again, which happened on day one somewhere and I forgot to mention it. After many laughs and a Q&A with the audience the panel was over and we were able to secure an interview with them. Awesome!
Rooster Teeth dudes. They Were amazing to us throughout the day, we love you guys!
We moved into a room just behind the stage and Michael was allowed to interview the guys from Rooster Teeth, which you can check out below –
Shortly after the interview, a question occurred to me, which was; ‘Would we ever get to see a Red Vs. Blue Campaign Add-on for Halo?’. They responded that it was a good question and that they would love to get one done and to let everyone know that we want one. So Everyone! Red Vs. Blue Addon for Halo: Reach or a future Halo title! Let’s get this campaign started! Email Microsoft, or Bungie, or 343 and make it happen. The team left and we were so pumped that I don’t quite remember how but we somehow ended up at their booth shortly after, loaded with freebies. Joy!
We went around taking more random shots, we may have had lunch at some point and maybe even chatted to some people. Unfortunately for Phil (who was taking photos of cosplayers) Laura Vandervoort walked past us and he missed an opportunity to say ‘Hi’; which I’m sure he wanted to do at some point. I think we ended up taking a photo of a blonde Lara Croft, which was quite entertaining. At some point after eating and taking photo’s we were given the okay to interview the two quests from survivor; James Clement and Ami Cusack. You should have seen Phils face, he was so euphoric and starstruck, I’m surprised he didn’t start hyper-ventilating and collapse. Though it probably helped that he had been talking to them on and off throughout both days of the event, they were pretty much best-friends by the time the interview came along. I’m sure I *may* have heard Phil Squeel like a school-girl at one point before the interview.
Originally the interview was to take place in one of the rooms that we shot McKay or Gabrielle in, but we ended up switching it to outside. I’m sure it worked out better this way, judge for yourself here –
Special thanks to both James and Amy for an amazing interview. We wish them the best of luck in the future and we hope (well Phil hopes) to see them in future seasons of Survivor !!
Once the interview with Janes and Amy was done, we went around for some more photos which was cool and we somehow ended back up at the main stage again. This time, however, there was some kind of Fear Factor eating Contest or something going on. Phil was coerced into joining by Ami who was hosting the event (I seriously have a period of time missing from my memory, something happened in that time but I can’t discern what) and was forced into eating a slab of butter. You should have heard his amazing quip – ‘It tastes like butter!’, really Phil, really?
“It tastes like butter!” Thanks Phil, we wouldn;’t have guessed. On another note, isn’t my camera work awesome!
After Phil’s time on the stage, it was time for the next round, with a new batch of contestants. Luckily for me, I wasn’t up there as the thing they were made to consume was 2-litres of milk. We quickly spotted cosplayers lining up for the cosplay competition that was on afterwards and went over to chat, get photos and get a better view of the guys drinking the milk. One guy downed the whole bottle, started talking and then without warning all the milk suddenly exploded from his mouth. It was epic.
We watched the Cosplay contest from the Sidelines, speaking with our favorite cosplayer, Commander Shephard. He actually won a prize in the contest, so congrats to him. Another favorite group of our actually won the event, which was; Xena, Gabrielle and the two Tron: Legacy ladies. Grats everyone!
The absolute winner, as chosen by her group.
After the cosplay contest and gratzing everyone, we left and I saw Colin Cunningham with a tiny line on him. I needed a photo to go with my 2006 Supanova one and he’s an amazing guy. So I asked him for one, reminded him of the event and he seemed to remember it. Was amazing!
After we got our photo’s it was time to go and Phil went to pick up his D&D merchandise then we all left.
Unsorted Memories –
I don’t quite remember when it was (in relation to this article), the Ice-Cream eating contest. Man that was pretty cool. I’m sure there were two very sexy guys eating one Ice-block, two Jeedai, and maybe even a couple of girls, though I can’t quite remember if they were legal or not. Basically what happened in the event was that one person would hold the ice-block stick in their mouth and the other would have to eat it. I also had this idea during the eating contest, instead of using banal foods like butter or milk, why not use foods known to make you vomit but look completely harmless. Stuff like weetbix and saos? Put them together and it’s like eating sand. Give it a go (Thanks to the Rover crew who made me do this at Iron Gut, Echo Alpha Delta). Oh yeah, and we got photos with the guy from The Vampire Diaries and Heroes randomly, which was awesome!
Conclusion –
Man, what a great weekend out! I had loads of fun, I’m sure I may have had a crossplayer leaning on me at some point. Thanks to all the Staff and PR at Armageddon, you’re all wonderful! And lastly, thank you to all the guests that we were able to get an interview with! You’re all so very awesome and I was very happy to have met you all, even if I was a little shy/starstruck at the time. Also, thanks to all the cosplayers who let us take photo’s, they turned out great! Check them out below. Thanks again everyone!
