I have already mentioned (well, glossed over) the sponsor booths present at the WCG. This post’ll be to elaborate.
There were loads of tricked-out, pimped-up PC’s on show.
Check this one, for example. It was playing over 10 movies simultaneously from an external (possibly wireless) hard drive. I can’t remember what brand it was for, though. Oh [...]
Finally I come to the part about the gaming. And boy, did the games begin. Remember the gargantuan stage I set my sights upon when I first entered the convention hall? I’m taking about this stage:
They get gamers to play there, on stage, in little fighter-plane-esque cockpits. This arrangement was mainly for celebrity players of [...]
Suffering from a lack of interesting sponsor booths, the WCG was quite - here’s it coming - boring. I spotted a exhibition of sorts, on action figures, though, and surprised as I was I couldn’t go touch - only see. The figurines were displayed behind a wall of glass (or plastic).
They had gundam mechas! I’m [...]
Remember when I vented my frustration about not being able to go to the WCG because Xian Yi has my ticket? (It was only yesterday, I know.)
Well, that was totally unfounded. I needn’t have bothered with a ticket, at all. Imagine my incredulity when someone at the overhead bridge to Suntec offered me two tickets. [...]
What are IT shows for if not for reckless spending? At Singapore’s Comex 2005, held from the 1st to 4th September, I bought a Razer Copperhead gaming mouse. Now, I spent quite a lot (S$129) of my hard-earned savings on this, and here I’m going to try and justify my purchase by writing about it’s [...]
