UK Games Expo

Saturday evening with my feet up

Published May 31, 2008

Ye Gods, you have no idea how good it feels to be in a prone position with my feet up. Aaannd… relax.

Busy – and then quiet – first day at the show. As a result, looked like a blockbuster of a day first of all, then settled down so that it ended up in the ‘decent’ category. Still, if the same happens tomorrow I’ll be happy with the weekend as a whole.

Draw the World Together went really well it seemed; Karl Kopinski took to the process like a duck to water. Neil and Andrew both of course did great stuff too. Karl did a knockout sketch of Callista that I’ll share soon enough. Suffice to say it contains three figures… but simply looks amazing. We were all green with envy.

Right, now it’s time to get off to the curry house with artists and a few players in tow. (I can tell all the ‘regulars’ are here because my hits today are so low!!) I’ll leave you with me and a box of money.

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Quick weekend schedule

Published May 30, 2008

Before I shower, shave, pack, etc.

Today: Pick up van, pack all our stuff, think we don’t have room, find we do have room, leave Brighton, lunch at Oxford Services, arrive Birmingham, get lost, get found, unload, set up stand, check into hotel, go find beer.

(If you’re in or around Birmingham this evening and want to find us for a pint, either check Facebook for our location (I can update from the mobile) or just try pubs in the Hagley Road area of Edgbaston. The Garden House is a pretty good bet as it’s right next to our hotel – especially if it’s a warm, dry evening, as the beer garden’s nice.) Continue reading →

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UK Games Expo: Day Zero

Published May 30, 2008

Late Friday. Not a helluva lot to say, but egads, why not post about it right after it’s happened eh?

Today started with forgetting something; my driving licence, to be precise, but as my flat is five minutes from work it just meant a slightly longer walk for the three of us from the office to the care hire place. With van duly hired, we returned to the office and loaded things for a couple of hours, taking special care not to forget anything else. Continue reading →

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Thursday thoughts

Published May 29, 2008

Start the day with coffee, and trying to figure out what we have left to do for the UK Games Expo. We’ve done this so many times it should become second nature, and to an extent it has, but there’s always room for error… and the more complacent you get the more errors you make.

We need to buy hangers (for t-shirts) and storage ‘tubs’ for stock and, in fact, t-shirts. Quick trip to Woolies and one of several local ‘pound shops’ and we’re sorted.

Back to the office. It’s Massage Day (woo!) and Chris is having his First Ever Massage. When he comes out he tells me “I don’t know why I waited so long to have that.” Nor do I mate. Continue reading →

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UK Games Expo, this weekend

Published May 28, 2008

G’morning. Slept like crap; you? Came home last night with that sticky, ready to burst feeling in the air – and we had a mother of a thunderstorm overnight, that woke us up several times. It’s nice to fall asleep with rain on the window. Not so great to get woken up by thunder which sounds like the building’s collapsing.

Anyway, so this weekend. We’re off to the UK Games Expo as you know. I know a few of you reading this are going to come down, which is lovely. I will again attempt to do some updates from there, but the likelihood is I won’t be able to sit and blog very much – at least I hope not to be able to. If I can, it means we’re not busy, which I won’t be happy about. If you want to keep tabs on me you’ll be better off with my Facebook status updates.

In the interests of transparency, or sharing, or some sorta thing, I thought I’d let you know our general plans for the weekend too. Really only of interest to those of you attending, I guess. Unless you know an awesome curry house in Edgbaston. Continue reading →

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UK Games Expo bargains and freebies!

Published May 28, 2008

Feast your eyes on the newly-cheapened (in prices!) list of game bargains you’ll be able to pick up this weekend at the Games Expo:

NCsoft stock on sale...

That’s right, we accept credit cards. In case you were wondering what’s been reduced – Guild Wars: Eye of the North is now £15, Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa is £15 (or £40 for the very limited number of Collector’s Editions we have left) and the Guild Wars Nightfall Collector’s Edition is now.

Not pictured: City of Heroes and Guild Wars t-shirts, all sizes, now £15! Guild Wars Hoodies, now £30! Plus reductions across other Guild Wars merchandising!!

What’s that you say? You’re flat broke? You just want free stuff? Well then, how about this: Continue reading →

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