The Love Show!

Another trip downstairs, another chance to make Josh look like a doofus.

There's supposedly some sort of anime-related room down here, so we work our way past the shockingly long line of people still waiting to get into VGXPO - we've been here for a few hours, and it's crazy how many people are lined up!

We take a peek into one room along the way, after hearing voices and throbbing techno...

...and what we find is pure hidden treasure.


32-man Dance Dance Revolution! Holy HELL! This is pretty much the coolest thing we've seen all day.


This is video I shot while actually playing in a round of songs. Josh and Joe are next to each other, in front of me. It's so damn dark in there, though.

We all finished the round and realized we were sweaty messes, because we made the mistake of leaving our coats on.

(Doy.)

So, we all stripped those off, watched some more...and Joe decided he wanted to take another crack at it. He'd come in 3rd in that first round we played, I believe. Josh and I happily agreed to capture every angle and every awkward flail for the inevitable blog entries.


The Master chooses his dance pad.


It's number 17. Will that be Joe's lucky number?


Look at those zig-zag arrows. Yeesh. The age range of people playing was really neat, too. Everyone from little kids to moms and older had no problem jumping on a pad, just to try it out.

Totally free. No prizes, no losers, no shame.

Just fun.

Oh, and someone, of course, came in first.

Joe's trying for that.


Joe mid-leap! TURBO MAGIC LEAPING ZOOM DANCE ACTION SHOT GO!


The scoreboard - notice Joe climbing the ranks. He soon took second place, and was locked in a heated, back-and-forth struggle with the sinister Player 13.


I dropped to the floor next to Joe to get this flattering shot. He laughed at my idiocy, but quickly regained his focus on the game. Because he's f'realz.


It's getting easier as this 10-MINUTE ROUND nears its dramatic conclusion. This doesn't make it easy for Joe to gain ground on the leader, even though he's not far behind.


Josh looks at the scoreboard, camera in hand. Tense moments. Will Joe be able to catch up to the guy in first? He's so close!


Post-game, as a proud-but-tired Joe points out this 2nd place finish. Not too shabby, Mr. Fourhman. Josh and I should've shoved Player 13 or wandered over and starting smacking his down arrow at the wrong time.

Good show, anyway...and we left this room with a renewed sense of enjoyment. This was a definite highlight, but what else would we find up this hallway?

Oh, nothing. Just...CHIBI TONY!



Look how cuuuuuuuute! I had it done in the anime room, after purchasing a stuffed Moogle from some vendor. I asked the girl how long it would take to do a chibi, and she said about a half-hour, but it depends on the amount of shading I wanted.

I found the guys and said I thought I wanted to get one done (only $4!), and they were MORE than happy to let me do it. Because it was pretty much guaranteed to be awesome.

She sketched me, asking me to leave my coat on (I obliged) and whether or not she could give me a monacle (I declined).

After getting the initial pose and a few details down, she told me to come back in about 15 minutes to pick it up.

So...

...we took off for a while and tooled around back up in the show hall. When we headed back later, that beautiful little cartoon creature awaited me.

I was told I'm an awesome model for a chibi version. ^_^

Love it.


Adorable Kingdom Hearts Cosplay Pic - GET!

This may be my favorite one of all.


Joe meets Mr. Terrific! This is a big deal to him, and I'm aware that he likes that character a lot from the "This is What's Happening in the Comic Book Series I'm Reading" posts I regularly skim on his site.


Remember those empty seats from that picture in Part One of my expo coverage? Yeah, they were holding people, now. And those people...were watching this.


We're watching dumpy dudes pretend to fight in worse staged combat than you'd see in the Ultimate Warrior's worst matches.

"Baroness," says Joe.

And Josh and I are all, like, "Huh?"

"BARON...ESS," he replies, directing us to look a few feet away.

Oh.

Baroness Cosplay Pic - GET!


The awful fight ended, but not until after that gooey Mick Foley wannabe took a bump off the edge of the platform and flab hit concrete. Eew. All over.


Josh on the escalator! We were up and down this thing more often than we should've been. The layout was confusing, and we constantly went wrongly up or down these stairs on the way to things. Joe's behind the girl in green, there.


The Bros. Collide and an Inevitable Brawl Breaks Out Cosplay Pic - GET!

I'm not in this one, but...we were getting ready to leave, soon, and I didn't want to interrupt. They were striking different poses - some friendly, others not-so-much - for a small crowd of gawkers.


Josh and I enjoy balls at the Kay-Bee in the Gallery. Fuzzy!


Proof that Tom Brady is actually a robot. BRADYBOT IS NO MYTH! BELIEVE AND REPENT! IT WILL RISE AGAIN TO DESTROY!

And...that's it.