EGX 2014... it's not E3.

EGX 2014 was this weekend and i went with some friends. A good day out. It greatly helped that we knew before hand that the Ealing Half Marathon was on the same day and that we hand plenty of time the days leading up to EGX to make new travel plans. unlike last year were we did not know and could not get to the station to get to Earls Court... Lucky that did not happen this year and so it was an easy journey there.

So What was there... Well a lot and at the same time not really much at all. I mean while there was lots of games from Destiny and Call of Duty to Batman Arkham Knight and The Witcher 3 and everything in between... But a lot of the games on show were out already or coming out in the next few weeks.... I was hoping to see something new and more of the things that will be out next year. Instead i was faced with games i can buy at the end of next week.... I was more than a little disappointed. And i really do not like the idea of having to wait up to one and a half hours just to see or play 10 minutes of a game. I would of liked to have taken my picture on the Destiny speeder bike but there was an hour que for that as well. The ground floor of the convention center was packed with people.

The biggist problem i had with this years EGX was the lack of new games. I want to get the downsides out of the way first so this does not become an negative review because i did and repeat DID enjoy myself...

Cons

I and already stated above that there was a lot of game and many of them were game that were out already or coming out in the next couple of weeks. So there was Destiny, Sacred 3 and Infamous First Light that is already out but then things like Mindcraft or Dota 2 and League of Legends... Ok those three i can kind of give a free pass to if there was something special happening around them like E-sports or something but i was not sure if there was or not. I think thee was something like that happening for League but not the others. I could be and probably am wrong but if i am then i am sorry. But my point is Destiny is already out and they had it there but they were not showing the new DLC (...downloadable content...) this just seemed to be a waste. And yes i understand why some may games are being shown that i can buy in less than seven days after the trade show but i just wanted to see more of what i can get at Christmas or in 2015. So when i had the the chance to see these game i just carried an walking. They had Halo the Master Chef Collection there but why not Halo 5... But that only made up a small part of the overall day. I must remember this is a small convention or trade show.... Nowhere near the size of E3 or PAX let alone Gamescon in Germany... 

Pros

So lets get to the good stuff. There was a lot to get excited about and thing i ned to add to the list of games i need to get. Halo the Master Chef collection looks like it's going to be all kinds of fun and though the Halo 2 Anniversary Edition Looks like a up-scaled Xbox 360 game i still can not wait to play it the lines were long so i didn't play it but just watching people play the multiplayer got me excited so that comes out in November so if i don't get it on day of release then it's going no my list for Santa.  Also There was Elite Dangerous that looked amazing... I guess i am going to have to upgrade the old PC for that game. Also Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD was playable and i really want that game the first HD game was done really well and i need to sit down and just play it so when the 2.5 HD comes out i and start playing that one... Evolve looks very interesting with its three on one combat. Another game that looks interesting but i need to look more into was Transformers Universe. A MMO Transformers games... could be good and it looks like fun but after the unimpressive and downright disappointing Transformers Rise of the Dark Spark I may give this a miss. I also saw a new trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles. I am very excited for this as i have been a fan of the Xeno games since Xenogears and Xenosaga. Then there was the Retro Games... Just like last year i spent most of the time there... Always a good selection of old school games and systems for us to play. Brings back happy memories of when i was a kid. in the 1980/90's.

SO in conclusion It was a good day we were there longer than last year. So there was a lot to see and do. Looking forward to next year and hoping that maybe they will have some new games... 

As for now i have a crazy October ahead and i will write about that next time as i really need to get that off my chest as i am not sure what i was thinking and how my wallet is going to cope....  

       

       

Mecha Month is fast approaching....

It's that time of year again when i need to start thinking about what to watch for Mecha Month. Last year was a good year with some excellent shows and movies being watched. For a recap here's the list of last years Mecha Month and check out the post for November 2013. 

Patlabor ova

Patlabor Movie 1&2

Shin Getter Robo ova

Getter Robo Armageddon ova

Mazinkizer ova

King of Braves GaoGaiGar T.V show

Voltron Fleet of Doom Movie.

Transformers 1986 Movie

Macross: Do You Remember Love Movie. 

Pacific Rim

So I have been thinking about this years month. What to watch, what to read and what to build. So far and this is by no means a completed and finalized list. I have chosen to look at.

Robotech (...all three seasons...)

Robotech The Shadow Chronicles 

Star Fleet (...Xbomber...)

Gurren Lagann (...I hope this is out in Blu-ray by then...)

RahXephon The Movie

GunBuster The Movie

Die Buster The Movie

I am ok with the list though i might do some refining i am not 100% with the movies but with the time i have left i could swap out some and replaced them with something else. Hell i could scrap the whole thing and go for a bunch of Mecha Comedies.... Not seen Dai-Guard or Godannar for a few years.... 

Woooh i now have an idea for 2015 Mecha Month. 

But as of this moment in time that are the animes i am planning on watching through out November. The only thing that is not changing is Star Fleet. That is set in stone as i am hoping to get my Dynamite Action! No12 Xbomber Big Dai X figure in time of Mecha Month.

Also apart from watch all that anime i took advantage of the sale that hlj.com had on over the summer. I got some model kits to build while i was watching the tv. 

So I don't know really how i will do this i keep saying i could do a few youtube videos so i could film some of them being built. I have no ideas... But i do want to do something.... So any ideas leave them in the comments.

And that is where i am with Mecha Month. Nearer October i should be all finished and have everything set in stone. Once that is done i will post here again. 

     

   

August... Not a good month... With even less happening.

Lets not beat around the bush and get straight to the point... I have done very little to next to nothing since the last post. There have been some MASSIVE changes going on at work so things have been nuts for me doing loads and loads of overtime and because of this i have had no time to really do anything apart from work, eat and sleep.

"But wait weren't you on holiday in August". I hear you cry.

 Well yes i was or am... 

At the time of writing this i am still on my holidays. and i have done very little apart from rest and sleep... I am annoyed at myself as i really wanted to do something for my One Year Anniversary that was on the 12th but then that flew by and next thing i knew it was past and i had missed it.  So moving forward i will try harder to commit to something and the follow it through. and with that i am looking to the future and that means MECHA MONTH!!!!

Yes Mecha Month. This November i am planning to do some little extra things through out the month. This will involve some Gundam kits and a few other bits i'm working on. It is still in the early stages so more on that soon. But i will say XBOMBER!!!

So that was my post short and with very little to say. i am really hoping that then next post will be better. It has to be because this is one of the worst posts i have ever done.

London Film and Comic Con 2014

Well I don't really have a lot to say in this post with the heat i have had very little sleep and work has been a nightmare. So a lot of the plans I had for July have fallen through. But stuff still happened and i should write about it... If for no other reason than i do not want July to go by with out at least one post.

I was unable to attend the London Anime and Gaming Con. But all is not lost there was the London Film and Comic Con and Hyper Japan...   

London Film and Comic Con...

I have been looking forward to this since the start of the year. I had tickets to Stan Lees talk and a photo with him.

Out side of the convention there were some Transformers parked up and they looked really cool. the Prime they had was epic and the Bumblebee was ok too. There was also a Barricade there to. I really should of taken photos... And i know that is becoming a running theme with these posts.. i really need to start take photos while i am at these things.....

Once we got inside we had a little walk round and we were amazed by how small and cramped it felt. I think this was due to the fact that they had changed the layout of the con. the dealer area was pushed up front and the autograph area was in the middle with a couple of the stages and some photo areas at the back. This was poorly designed. The layout they had last year which has not changed for as long as i can remember was simple but very effective.  This year things were very claustrophobic and there was very little room to move down. But apart from that it was a good con i just wished we were told about the second hall next door where they had put artist ally and the gaming area... that was a good idea to use two halls but a little work on the layout and thing would have been perfect.  

After we walked around we went to get our photos. This was very cool but the organisation for this photo shoot was just terrible...when we got to the que me and my friend were met with a mass of people many of them had tickets for later in the day as this was the first of two photo shoots Stan Lee was doing that day... There was no attempt to sort the mass of people out or to try to remove the people who had tickets for the second shoot away. I understand that Stan Lee was late but that still does not change the fact that things were just poorly handled. Once he had turned up then thing started to move and we were put in to the que... My problem is this should of been done before hand and they know Stan Lee is a LEGEND and was going to cause a lot of interest and lots of people were going to turn up. But when things got moving they got moving and we were moving along very quickly. Once the photos started the que started to become smaller as the mass of people started to leave and that just left the people who had tickets for the first photo shoot. Even before the shoot Stan Lee walked passed us was we were trying to ask one of the people trying to sort out everyone. Have to admit i was a little starstruck... 

And YES i know i have a Superman T-shirt on i have been reminded of this many times. I realized what i was wearing when i was on the bus to the train station... By then it was to late to go back and change.

After we had lunch we walked around and again then went to the Stan Lee talk. This was ok i was hopping for more of an insight in to the When, How, Who. But he did tell us about that but then again how many documentaries have been made him that covers him and is life. But he did say Black Panther is in the works. SO not much to say about the talk.I did find a video of his talk on the Saturday on youtube. That covered pretty much the same stuff as the Sunday talk.

Apart from that there was not a lot to say i did pick up a Superman figure to add to the collection and the Transformers Reissue Thundercracker and now i have the three original Seekers... next on my list the Coneheads.

In other news i have finally book mine and my brothers tickets for Destination Star Trek and have tickets for talks and photos. More on that in a later post. Also i ordered the tickets for the EXG con and that is pretty much all there is for the rest of the year well except for the Winter LFCC and Winter Expo... Oh and i still have no idea what to do about the One Year Anniversary of this blog... So any ideas you have let me know.