Category Archives: Convention Report

Tokyo Game Market – Spring 2023 Impressions

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Chris Wray

If you talk to old-school gamers (and we have a lot of them that write for this blog), you’ll hear lamentations about how the experience of attending Essen has changed. As the tales go, back in the day, a gamer … Continue reading →

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Two Days in Tokyo: The Lead Up to TGM Spring 2023

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Chris Wray

I few years ago, I made a list of conventions I wanted to attend, games I wanted to play, and other gaming “bucket list” items. The only item list I had not checked off was going to Tokyo Game Market. … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Short Report from the Gathering of Friends – New Games (that I can talk about)

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Dale Yu

So, the blog has been quiet all week… Many of us have been at the Gathering of Friends, and between game playing, game designing, eating, walking, sight-seeing, museum-going, game-showing, game playing and maybe a little bit of sleeping – we’re … Continue reading →

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Convention Report: Gulf Games 49

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Mark "Fluff Daddy" Jackson

To paraphrase Chandler Bing (aka Miss Chanandler Bong): “Could the title to this post BE any more boring?”) He has a point… but our three days plus change with the Gulf Games “family” was anything but generic and boring. There … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Game Market, At Last

Posted on January 5, 2023 by xitoliv

I made it. It’s Saturday morning and I couldn’t sleep. I generally can’t sleep but today I’ll finally make it to TGM. So I was up early. This shot is time stamped 5:48 AM. I saw a few people fishing … Continue reading →

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A Few Days in Tokyo

Posted on January 4, 2023 by xitoliv

I went to Tokyo! After years of importing and licensing games from half a world a way, I was able to visit in person. I’ll talk about my time at Tokyo Game Market itself tomorrow, but today I’m going to … Continue reading →

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