Welcome to the continuation of SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2009!

Now let's get it started!

(also, here's an option to watch it in action on youtube!)

DAY 3 -

Things started off great as the Cobra team took a stroll down the Sails Pavilion...

I was actually there for a raffle. More on that later

Back down to the exhibit hall and to Capcom's booth (again! ), a guy dressed as Ken was spectating the tournament grand finale for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.

He's angry Ken didn't make it into the roster

At Sega's booth, they had a booth babe that seemed somewhat familiar..... The one from E3?! And that British accent, for reals? Well, either way, a pretty awesome person they chose. And just to the left at EA's booth was a Dead Space gal who, while didn't have as much of a flashy costume as Bayonetta, had cameras taking shots of her as well. Gals with guns are pretty popular nowadays!

After getting a bit more swag around the booths, I went back to the drop point where I met....

Carrot Top? Just walking around casually too Wonder what panels he went to....

and Milo from Heroes. A real a nice guy!

As hours passed by just hanging around, it was time for me to head to the signings. The raffle I mentioned earlier was for Attack of the Show signings

and here it is... Olivia and Kevin! Blair left early for some reason :/ Gosh, I remember when they were just walking through the halls with few notices in previous Comic-cons. Now they're big time TV personalities!

Late at noon I was tired going through the halls and rooms so I hung back in the drop point Then who else of all comic book junkies would pass by other than Kevin Smith! Makes me wanna watch Zack and Miri now :/

Well that was the end of the day ....

DAY 4

The final day. A day that I though would have less crowds. Boy was I wrong My cousins came along with me and with a packed hall and bags full of swag, things got tiring fast. The Elite convention staff weren't much of help either -__-

But we didn't get to check out some interesting stuff...

It's the Mario Bros and Bioshock too! (oooooooooh, see what I did there?)

Sweet looking batpod in of all places...the Lego booth.

After that, a bit of a lunch break at Gaslamp (or someplace in Downtown, don't really know ) at the Spaghetti Factory.

After we finished, the idea was to go see Jennifer Love Hewitt and the cast of GW, but they were still busy with their panel

So then it was on to more swag and that's when I met one of my favoite artist's of all time.... Greg Horn. I've loved his work since those early OXM covers, and now he's currently doing comic cook covers like She Hulk and Ms. Marvel. It was great news to him when I mentioned that Barnes and Nobles were selling his books.

and as Comic-con was near the end of closing, I got a chance to take some more pics. Awesome Lara and Ash!

and while I didn't see all the celebs, heres a pic a nice person shared with me before I got there. (Just don't tell my friend this, he'll rage if he knows we were only several minutes late for this >__>)

So Comic-con is over and while I can finally get a good nights rest, I thought I'd show you some stuff I got..

SWAG Quality over quantity is what I say

Autographs Olivia Munn Playboy issues were given out for free in an Ice cream truck during The Con. You can't make that **** up O___O

Stuff I bought Over 100 buck on just these >__> I've been bad....

So that's all! It's been fun and exciting, but also tiring and frustrating at times as well. But if you really want to know exactly what it's like, then go to Comic-Con!

and if this didn't excite you enough to consider about going, then.....

check out my Comic-Con 09 video to see it in action!

There has to be something you like there....

So until next year, the Comic-con blog is now over!

Well it's that time of year again! .....when people can find an excuse to dress up in costumes other than Halloween. .....when the biggest names hand out swag in their booth to market their upcoming movie, show, game and etc. ...when you get a chance to see the hottest stars, personalities and people you've seen somewhere but don't remember. .....when crowds cheer and generate hype for even the smallest of things during a panel.

It's SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2009!

As I have done before, I'll be showing you my perspective of what I have experienced in Comic-Con thoughout the 5 days I've been there. As just one person (with a few other), I can't show every single thing that happened there. But I think that what makes it great. Comic-con has become very big and with it's 40th Anniversary, it has come to show how much it's grown throughout the years.

Well enough of this, I won't be boring you with much text so heres The Con!

PREVIEW NIGHT -

So for preview night I decided to lay back a bit and just enjoy the sights... (knowing that walking through the exhibit hall is already tiring)

First booth I looked for was the Capcom booth with it's boxing ring platform from pervious Cons...

Community Manager and Pro Street Fighter player Seth Killian was there to run the tournaments and announcements along with other Capcom staff. Just 2 days after Evo 2009 at Las vegas, he was still full of energy.

Games shown and playable in the booth were Tatsunoko vs Capcom (great game!!), MvC2, Lost Planet 2, Dark Void, Resident Evil DC, RE4 iPhone, and some others...

oooh, and pretty prototype stick....

After playing Tatsunoko and winning a TvC towel (>__> ^__^), I headed to other booths when I saw an awsome Master Chief cosplayer with a carbine.

In the Marvel booth, there was a stage that showcased all the Iron-Man suits in the film and apparently the fourth will be the new one for Iron Man 2.

As for the DC booth, comic book artist Jim Lee was signing autographs ( I wish I had brought my All Star Batman comics ) Also in the booth was a playable Batman Arkham Asylum stand with a walkthrough guide....

oh and I believe it was the Hasbro booth that had the Bumblebee and Camaro display...

Not much else I did but get some swag on that day >__>

But wait, it wasn't even....

DAY 1

Now things got a bit more interesting....

I first had to go to a DC talent search panel (yeah, I didn't get through :lol

I passed by the G4 booth where there was an awesome Slave Leia cosplayer. (I cut off the lower part since it got pretty risque, so might as well look at the internet for the full body shot. Sorry! It's GS' rules, not mines) Also there was a guy dressed as The Phantom!! Remember the Phantom?

Near the G4 booth, I heard that Alison Haislip was giving out autographs and photos. And while I probably only saw her 2 or 3 times on AotS (I don't watch much anymore), I thought I'd go for it anyway. Nice person, maybe I should try to watch AotS a bit more Another pic similar to this can be seen on her website, alisonhaislip.com. When it's up that is.

Pulling me in like a magnet, I went back to the Capcom booth and who did I find? Producers of RE5 signing sutographs! What luck!

The EA booth was just nearby with a bunch of playable games such as Brutal Legend, Saboteur, Dead Space Extraction and Dante's Inferno.

So of all the games I played there, which was my favorite? Saboteur!! A great mix of open world enviroments w/ driving, stealth, brawling, platforming and 3rd person shooting. Wow. And they give a free WW2 lighter replica for playing the game hehe

My next visit was to the Mega64 booth. That's right, the San Diego natives who do those public video game pranks!!! For those who don't know, here's a video of their work

They were awesome to talk to! I'm glad I bought their DVD as the prank segments are funny stuff.

Ohh, and here some more awesome cosplayers, costumed booth babes, and a giant robot from the upcoming Avatar.

Later that day, I decided to go to the Dexter Panel in hopes of finding a way to meet Michael C. Hall. Unfortunately, I didn't (sorry Sammy ) But hey, the panel was great with such an interesting cast. Now I'll just have to buy Season 1.....

Right after Dexter I randomly went to another Panel. That panel happened to showcase an upcoming movie called Kick-Ass. Having read Kick-Ass myself, I sort of knew of how the live action sequences would turn out. Showing several clips and a trailer (I can't show due to Comic-con's rules ) the entire crowd cheered and gave a standing ovation. It was quite something else. It had that kind of raunchy teen comedy ****mixed in with superhero movies and the feel and action that something Quentin Tarantino would direct. Yup, this might be something to put on your radar.

Well that was the end of day one and things got even better with...

DAY 2

With my friends, I went around the exhibit hall...again -_- But hey, it was much different than day 1 and I took more pics.

One of my friends took some hilarious poses with cosplayers...

Around noon, I actually met Gametrailers/Spike tv personality Amanda Mckay with one of the devs of Dark Void.

But this is where things took a turn for the best. My friend wanted to get an autograph from Hiyao Miyazaki, so knowing where backstage is at (and a few connections this and there >__>) we just had to go and take a chance to see if we could. We were able to get in, but instead of Hiyao ( who left minutes ago, as well as MEGAN FOX ) we saw some other famous faces....

Tim Burton!

Cameron Diaz!!

Yeah, security guard sucks for pushing me back Not the best shot I could have with a celeb

My friend may not have gotten an autograph from Hiyao, but whos to complain when you just got autographs from Tim Burton and Cameron Diaz? Yup, he left with a happy face

So as Day 2 ended, I had thought that there was no way to top that.....but I was wrong.

O__O

Stay tuned, because Days 3 and 4 are coming in the next blog!! yeah, it's that big :/

Um, yeah...so I reached level 32. Nothing special. But you know what? The users celebrate 10k posts, why not celebrate every 10 levels? Well I'm at 32, so no partay for me.

This seems like a waste of blog space, but I havent done one in a while

And for those who can get the blanks on my title, then you get my.....respect. I guess. Or ask for something, I don't know.

*Waits for Comic-Con 09*

Hey gais! I usually don't blog, but the whole Gears 2 thing got me pumped! It also got me to make Best Buy the "Go to" store. So here's how it happened.

I didn't always have great experiences with specialty games stores like Gamestop and Game Crazy such as having "new" games that aren't sealed and the unreasonably low prices for selling them used games. So I just decided to just stick to Best Buy for my electronic media needs. While some of employees aren't knowledgable about certain things, at least I know what I'm getting there. Actually, Best Buy even has some good things that others don't. Several months ago, BB had a great exclusive metal tin edition of Batman: Gotham Knights along with a few extra goodies. I also found out that the stores offered some great bonuses when pre-ordering games. The pre-order packages (usually in a form of a case or box) came with posters, cards or even useful items like a novelty bottle opener for Fallout 3. But what really caught my attention was the offer they had for Gears of War 2. Pre-ordering the limited edition gets you a free remote control centaur tank. Well, sort of. It's very limited so the first several customers are guaranteed to get one. Good luck for the rest.

As Gears 2 launched, I got up early as possible to be the first in line. (Best Buy didn't have a midnight release in my place) Thankfully, only a few people were waiting. Strangely, a "older" woman was first in line and seemed to be passionate about getting it as soon as possible. Minutes later, an employee had come to us to say that they didn't have any tanks and that there was nothing on the list. He went on further to say that all the BBs in the nation weren't given the tanks by the company. The people in line were obviously disappointed as well as the woman who said that she would make a complaint to Epic games (or the company who made the tanks) about it. Suddenly, another employee ran in with two boxes and said that there were tanks but were not listed and were very LIMITED. The two boxes he held were most of the tanks with 4 in each box. I was definitely relieved that I was able to get one. Even better, it's much bigger than I thought it was and here's a pic to show it!

The only problem is, should I use it or keep it in the box as a collectible?? Or maybe even sell it on Ebay? Anyways, I just love Best Buy. I actually get the game or DVD I need in it's actual seal (plus that new case smell....>_>) and sometimes come with cool stuff...or in this case, great stuff!

So if you know of a better place, then tell me! If not, then I recommend going to Best Buy to see what they're offering and try pre-ordering a game

EDIT: Gamespot is glitching...so this better work!

This month has been crazy! Watching the Dark Knight multiple times and getting all the bits on E3 08 has already made July exciting for a nerd like me! So what could make it any better? Ending the month with probably the biggest event in all of entertainment, Comic-Con International in San Diego! Since, 2003, there hasn't been a year I missed Comic-Con and this was no exception. I won't kill you with walls of text, so I'll keep the descriptions short and provide a bounty of pics.

So I'll start off with the bad news. No celebrity pics this year I was fortunate to meet up with Zachary Quinto (Sylar of Heroes) and Tobin bell (Jigsaw of Saw) last year but the staff has prohibited the Professionals' drop off/pick up point to regulars. I can understand that, but some of the staff were real jerks about it when I attempted getting close to the place.

Now for the show. I'll skip my workshops I attended there on the first day and head for the fun stuff....the Main Hall!

As soon as I entered, the place was packed. The first thing I saw were "booth babes" getting people to try out the upcoming Ghostbusters game. I got a chance to play around....then I actually played the game.

The game plays well. You'll be able to figure out the controls and objectives quickly, but I couldn't tell what my proton packs were shooting as there are different types. Taking out ghosts is fun yet very intense with the speedy ones. The graphics are gorgeous with all the likenesses of the actors and great use of physics. My play time was short, but it was surprisingly fun.

Now on to more games!

Microsoft and Sony's gaming booths showed things that I (and possibly all of you) already knew. There were some good things such as free shirts and trying out LPB.

The next stop, and probably the best part in Comic-Con for me, was Capcom.

Capcom showed some great games like Mega Man 9, Street Fighter 2 HD remix, and the best one of all.....Street Fighter 4. What made this booth so great? The fact that people got a chance to play the full arcade game of Street fighter 4. The play times were short so it was hard to really get a feel for the game. For this, the staff at Capcom held tournaments for the first 40 or so people in line. I was lucky enough to actually get in the tournament. As it started, most the players immediately played it like Street fighter 2 vets. The gathering crowd cheered on.

When I played SF4, it felt amazing. The controls were the most responsive of all previous Street Fighter games. The gameplay was well balanced, allowing players to use EX and focus moves. I had chosen Ryu for the match hoping that he played just as good as I remembered. Every time my opponent would leave himself open, I would go for an uppercut or throw. I noticed though that the shinku hadoken was easier block or get out of. Another thing that I noticed was that many experienced players couldn't get their timing right and would makes themselves prone for attack. Knowing that I probably wasn't as experienced as the others, I felt really good that I was able to defeat 3 opponents before getting beat myself. One player that seemed to stand out was a cosplayer (I hope that was cosplay ) girl named Bethany I believe. While I didn't stay long enough to see who won, she totally kicked a$$.

Things just got better in Capcom...

Between breaks during the tournament, I was able to meet the producer of Street Fighter 4, Yoshinori Ono! Quite Unexpected! What was surprising was that he was able to speak and understand English to a certain extent (think Jackie Chan). We had quite a lengthy conversation about Street Fighter 4 and other games he was involved in. He was very nice to talk to and very down to Earth.

I asked him: "So what are the additions for the console versions of Street fighter 4?"

Ono-San:" *laughs* "oh no....ahhh.... I can't say..."

Me: "Not Even the 360 version?"

Ono-San: *laughs* no....sorry"

At the end, I got his autograph for me and my friend.

Now I really focused on the gaming aspects of Comic-Con, so i'll have to skim the rest, but don't worry!! The rest of the day was justtaking pics (mostly cosplayers). So here it is!

Comic-Con Storm troopers!

Guess what she works for?

Ranger Poses!!

So many Cosplayers, so little time

Viz Media: Free Manga samples!!!

The new car for Quantum of Solace and Iron....Monger? Ahhhh!!!

Suddenly, a whole bunch of people became interested in Ghostbusters

and so it was time to leave, but I sure got a whole bunch of freebies!!

So if anyone is interested in any of the things I showed you, I strongly recommend that you go to Comic-Con! Try it at least once in your life....you won't regret it...as long as you get the 4 day pass