King of Gamers Tournament 2011: At A Glance

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King of Gamers was a tournament held at the Baltimore Convention center on September 10, 2011. The main part of the tournament was Call of Duty: Black Ops and Angry Birds. They had a huge room filled with video games, a stage, and even vendors that included Collector’s Corner, Clear, Chuck’s Comics, and  mysonstoys.com. They had two guest playing music. …

Sunrise and Bandai After Dark @ Otakon 2011

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Otakon 2011 has come and gone in its usual three day stampede through Baltimore, MD. A great time was had by all and some were mentally scarred by the weekend (Ninja Legion style!). Two of us, Heimdall and myself, had the opportunity to attend the Sunrise and Bandai After Dark panels. Since we were a couple of Gundam fanatics we …

Otakon 2011 At a Glance

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There have always been several things about Baltimore’s Otakon that have made this convention, above all other cons, my favorite: 1)      It was my very first con and, much like your first love, its difficult to find fault with its overly romanticized image. 2)      The culture at Otakon is one of the best. When we nerds speak of the fabled …