Tag: Conventions
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Anime Impulse OC 2023 Review: Second Time This Year and Still Having a Good Time
So this might come as a surprise but I went to Anime Impulse, twice in the same year. This marks the first time I’ve done that for any convention and I’m happy it was with my personal favorite. I’ve been wanting to go to one of the other Anime Impulse events since they first announced…
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Pikmin 4 Review: I Have A Dog and A lot of Pikmin To Throw At You
Pikmin is a more obscure Nintendo series that recently made it’s way onto the Nintendo Switch with Pikmin 4. Pikmin is all about alien adventurers that explore, usually by crashing, new planets and discovering what they have to offer. In this game the protagonist from the first game Olimar crash landed and is in need…
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Farleycon 2023 Review: A Solid Experience, Just Not A Long One
So not one but two convention reviews for this weekend. A rare treat for sure because it’s a bit tricky to pull off but I managed to attend Farleycon this year. Now I’ve heard about this event years ago but it’s one of those events that always had a schedule conflict or just didn’t have…
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Smoky Mountain Fan Fest 2023 Review: Well Executed General Admission Experience Now Needs to Refine The VIP
As many of you know Smoky Mountain Fan Fest is an event that has become one of my go to yearly events. So much so that I skipped another event that previously held this status to attend this year. With a new year comes a lot of new things for this convention such as a…
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Otakon 2023 Review: Easier Than I Expected
Otakon has been one of those events that’s always been on my list to go to; however, it always fell near other events that I had planned that would eat up too much of my budget for me to attend. This year I made an effort to plan time to attend and try this convention…
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Convention Stories: Keith Silverstein the Matchmaker
This is a pretty quick story about my first time meeting Keith Silverstein back in Anime Weekend Atlanta 2017. Now at this event, Keith was signing one item for free and I had a couple of Fire Emblem items I wanted him to sign. My wife, who was my fiancé at the time, volunteered to…
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Vendor Spotlight: Otaku Joe’s
So far on the vendor spotlight, I’ve highlighted great sources for anime merch; however, today let’s talk about a vendor who excels at providing the animes the merch comes from. Otaku Joe’s is a vendor that you can very easily recognize at a distance because you’ll notice the huge row of Blu rays complete with…
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Fanboy Expo 2023 Review: I Got What I Came For and Had No Reason to Stay Longer
This year I find myself once again at Fanboy Expo the event where all of my travels started. Despite the fact that it is one of the closest events to home I don’t go every single year unless they have someone my wife and I really want to meet which was why we decided to…
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Video Game Tattoo Con 2023 Review: I Now Want a Tattoo
So this weekend was a little bit of a new one for me for a couple of reasons. One was the fact that this was the first year for Video Game Tattoo Con in Knoxville, TN. Since that’s really close to me I made a last-minute plan to attend this last Sunday. Plus it’s the…
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Huntsville Comic and Pop Culture Expo 2023 Review: It’s Gotten Better But Now Needs To Be Bigger
Huntsville Comic and Pop Culture Expo is an event I find myself attending yearly ever since I first came across it in 2021. It’s one of those events that had a nice balance in size and what it had to offer compared to the number of people walking around to make a rather cohesive experience.…
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