blizzcon!

me in my full costume on the frozen throne

so i just had probably the most awesome weekend ever.  blizzcon was absolutely amazing.  i had a lot of people wanting to take my picture.  a few people wanted pictures with me.  one guy even asked if he could touch my ears.  i was also interviewed by a gaming website (i'll post the link later if it gets put up) and i was on a tv spot for direct tv's live cover of the event, which also showed at the closing ceremony.  there are a few videos of the event of youtube, but i'm waiting for one that's not so shaky to post here. 

so many cool things happened that i'm not sure how i'm going to be able to get it all in here.  even though i have seen then cinematic clip for cataclysm about 20 times before blizzcon, i just about had a nerd-gasm when they played it on the big screen with crazy light and sound effects.  i'm insanely stoked that you will be able to pre-download cataclysm and start playing as soon as they turn the servers on december 7.  even though i don't play diablo, the video to introduce the demon hunter class was awesome.  there were a ton of amazing panels.  they covered everything from lore, to how they make the game, to the music in game, and all kinds of q&a sessions.  the artist stage had real blizzard artists drawing live and answering questions.  there was a game show type stage where you could win prizes by answering questions about lore.  there were pro gamer competitions, and tons of demo games.  the costume and dance contest were really cool.  i'll be writing more about those tomorrow, along with posting some of the costume pics i got on the convention floor (sadly the lighting in the contest hall did not allow me to get any pictures).  i was able to buy some cool stuff, and the swag bag was pretty awesome also.  and tenacious d played the closing concert.  it was a pretty epic weekend.  now i need to go unwind, and i'll update more tomorrow.