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Anime Expo 2023 Attendees Say Crowd Sizes Were So Bad They Were Shoved Into Walls
4.7.2023
Anime Expo 2023, the self-proclaimed largest anime convention in the U.S., is coming to a close today. While some in attendance will have cherished witnessing panels where they got to meet their favorite voice actors, purchase craftwork from their favorite artist, or witness the world premiere...
Our Favorite Cosplay From MCM London Comic Con
30.6.2023
The MCM London Comic Con is held twice a year, but for this gallery we’ll be looking at the most recent event, which went down in late May. Held at the ExCeL London convention centre, it drew a ton of cosplayers, and we’ll be featuring some of our favourites in this gallery.Read more
Mega Events Company Won’t Let E3 Die, Promises ‘Return To Form’ In 2023
7.7.2022
Like the video game with three endings, or the final boss fight that never ends, E3 refuses to die. Now the video game events world is doubling-down on it. ReedPop—organizers of PAX, New York Comic Con, and Star Wars Celebration—announced Thursday it will take over planning the annual summer gaming...
Our Favorite Cosplay From MomoCon 2022
17.6.2022
The 2022 edition of MomoCon was held a couple of weeks ago in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center. MomoCon is neat because not only is it a big nerd show in general (over 40,000 people attended this year’s event), with cosplay and merch and celebrities, but there’s also a major gaming...
PAX East Enforcer Dies From Covid 'After Being Exposed During The Convention'
3.5.2022
A PAX East Enforcer died from coronavirus after working at the convention last Saturday. Dawn “Deestar” Wood was well-regarded by other Enforcers who donated to the GoFundMe for her funeral (which met its goal in a single day). The organizer for the fundraiser emphasizes that Wood had “the most...
PAX South Canceled Indefinitely Due To Lack Of Growth And Covid-19
30.10.2021
Yesterday, ReedPOP announced that it was indefinitely canceling PAX South with no plans for when or if it will return. The organizers blamed a lack of growth and the ongoing covid-19 pandemic.Read more
Our Favorite Cosplay From Dragon Con 2021
5.10.2021
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. It has been over 18 months since we were last able to run a proper cosplay showcase from a major convention, but with vaccines and Covid-safe policies in place, Dragon Con 2021 was able to take place in Atlanta last month.Read more
PAX Australia Has Been Cancelled, Will Be Replaced With Online Show
10.8.2021
PAX Australia will no longer be held as an in-person event, with the show cancelled in favour of an online convention instead.Read more
PAX West Backtracks, Adopts Stricter Covid-19 Policies
27.7.2021
Last year, PAX West was one of many gaming events to go online due to the pandemic. This year, while E3 and the Tokyo Game Show stayed virtual, PAX East was canceled earlier this spring. But PAX West, on the other hand, decided to allow an in-person event at the Washington State Convention Center...
PAX 2021 Tickets Aren't Selling Out, Unlike Most Years
12.7.2021
Tickets for Penny Arcade’s annual West coast video game fan convention normally sell out incredibly fast, with choice tickets to the weekend-long event usually gone in minutes. But 2021 isn’t a normal year, and in the looming shadow of a continuing global pandemic, tickets to this year’s PAX West...
PAX East 2021 Canceled, Replaced With PAX Online In July
29.3.2021
While convention organizers held out hope until the last minute, it turns out early June was still a bit too soon for thousands of gamers to descend upon Boston for PAX East 2021. The live event has now been canceled, replaced with a special PAX Online event running July 15-18. Read more
WTF, Comic-Con?
28.3.2021
Hey, remember when Comic-Con International: San Diego was going to have a virtual convention once more this summer but try to hold a small, in-person con in November for...some reason? The organization has decided Thanksgiving weekend is the perfect time. In the immortal words of Pugsley Addams:...
Comic-Con 2021 Has Been Cancelled
2.3.2021
There was no in-person Comic-Con in 2020, and there won’t be one in 2021 either after the show’s organisers announced a decision to “postpone” it until 2022.Read more
Some Of Our Favorite (Pre-Pandemic) Cosplay From 2020
15.2.2021
While the majority of the year was a complete write-off, for obvious reasons, we did actually squeeze a few big cosplay shows into the early, pre-pandemic months of 2020. So rather than look back on nine months of almost nothing happening on this website, let’s look at the three months something...