Last weekend was the second-annual Gobble-Con, a small convention that this year took place at the Stamford Plaza Hotel, eventually to be renamed the Stamford Crown Plaza. I arrived at noon and got my badge. Unfortunately, my hotel room wasn’t ready yet, so I left to go get some food. Something I didn’t realize: Summer …
Tag: Gobble-con
Oct 15
Writing and Presenting
So I’m about a month away from Gobble-Con 2.0, where I’ll be giving the So You Want to be a Speedrunner panel again. This time, I have a bunch of new videos to show, and I asked for a second hour to do a live run of Mega Man X, even though the game play …
Nov 22
Gobble-Con 2010: Presumably Not Financed By A Bank Robber
(For more on the title, check this out. It’s in regards to this convention I attended.) This past weekend, I attended the first-ever Gobble-Con in Milford, Connecticut at the Hilton Garden Inn. In contrast to Connecticon, or even to MAGFest, Gobble-Con is a small (about 300 attended), first-year convention created to fill the gap between …
Nov 19
Gobble-Con is Upon Us!
Just a quick note to let everyone know that Gobble-Con starts today. If anyone is curious, my panel is tomorrow morning (Saturday) at 9AM, in what wrestling fans like to refer to as “The curtain-jerking slot” (I’m the first panel of the day), but which would more accurately be called “booze-induced sleepy time” (Thanks for …
Nov 05
Two Weeks Until Gobble-Con!
Man, where’d the time go? Actually, more concerning to me right now is the fact that, two weeks before Gobble-Con, I have no idea exactly when my panel is. Which is a bit disconcerting. A week from tomorrow, I’ll probably practice the panel for the first time in front of people, which will be interesting. …
Aug 08
So You Want to be a Speedrunner Progress- Day 3
It’s kind of interesting that I can honestly say that I was playing Phantasy Star II to prepare for the panel. And yet, that’s exactly what I did today. In attempting to come up with some more visuals for the slides part of it (I suppose “PowerPoint” would be the commonly accepted noun for a …
Aug 07
So You Want to be a Speedrunner Progress- Day 2
Today I basically finished up the “text” portion of the slides I’ll be using for the panel. It currently has fifteen slides, although the final total will likely end up slightly higher as I create a few more pictures to go with the slides. The next step, after that, is to try and get permission …
Aug 05
PublicSpeakereye
I’ve been holding off on posting anything about this until it was 100% official that I would be doing it, and I got word yesterday that I’m good to go on that front, so here it is: At Gobble-con, I’ll be giving a panel titled “So You Want to be a Speedrunner: A Leisurely Guide …