This past Saturday was definitely a crazy trip.  Mind you it was only one day.  The night before a bunch of us were over at UH for our bi-weekly FGC meetup.  The next day, me and Francisco drove out to Oni-con in Galveston.  It was known as the longest running anime convention in Houston, but then it up and moved to Galveston last year.  Since it began, its always been known to be a basic con that was consistent for its VK bands, gaming room by Big Bruno, and their artist alley/dealers room.  I think that since they are already well known for what they offer, they believe that they don't need to go out of their way to prepare and advertise.  That became sorely evident as there were no announcements until two months prior to the event.  That included the date of the event.


Still, the event did go on, and even though it was the first time I had attended the event in their new city, it was predictably the same as when it was in Houston.  They have more space with the Galveston Convention Center, but it didn't feel like they fully utilized the space.  Schedules were hard to find, and most con goers were kind of just randomly walking around hoping to find what they were looking for.  Most seemed to end up either in the Dealers room, the games room, or just enjoying the weather outside.  I was hoping it would be cooler weather for it being autumn and by the water, but sadly its still Texas and unbearably hot.  That also meant that inside the con was also hot, and smelly.  I spent most of my time, and money, in the dealers room.  You can see some of the pictures below, or just see my article on it here.

Nichijou, To Aru Majutsu no Index, and Accel World

 "Healthy" Chinese Buffet....

 

 

Galveston Beach before cosplay

  

Galveston Beach after cosplay

 

 Pretty cosplayer

 

 Pretty Cosplayer Yuuki-Zhi Song

 Famous cosplayers!

 Crazy cosplayer!

 Cammy Cosplayer!

 Way too expensive Link!

Leaving Galveston Beach

Now that would be enough for a day trip for most people, but not us.  We're gamers!  So off we went, screaming down I-45 to head to Insomnia VGC for their 2nd Tekken Tag 2 tournament.  We barely got there in time, and Francisco went to play his first match.  I don't play Tekken so I basically just watched and wrote an article on the event here.  Predictably, the top guys were all the Tekken regulars.  KOR won another tournament, AV got second, NeoX 3rd.

AV, KOR, NeoX

And yet that still wasn't enough for us.  No, we had to party it up downstairs in the bar under Insomnia, Gearheads.  A very odd mix of people in a smoky bar, playing dubstep constantly.  Don't ask.  Anyway, I was down there during the tournament's early rounds drinking with Lance and Buddah.  I left to watch the end of the tournament, meanwhile Francisco was peaced out and headed down to drink as well.  When I rejoined them after the tournament ended, well, lets just say Francisco and Buddah were finished.  Events unfolded that we are not proud of, and will not speak of.  But there was at least one KO, and one left dizzied.  We had Buddah sleep it off in his car, and happy to say he made it back home in one piece.  Francisco had to hand me the keys until he was finally able to drive home... 4 hours later...  On top of that, the figures I was waiting for from Japan still didn't make it in.  Ugh, oh well I got to watch the Texans romp over the Ravens when I woke up the next day!

So ok, its been a reeaaaaaally long time since I posted on here. I never really figured out an identity for this blog. It was just whatever was going on at the time. I'm pretty much converting it to basically cover what I'm passionate about lately, video games, memorabilia, and figures.

So earlier tonight, I was at Game Over in Houston. It sucks that this place opened up in the area I used to live at. I know I would have been here everyday. Tonight they had a Super Bust-a-Move 2 tournament. Even though I've never played this version before, I somehow managed to win it. My prize was a $50 gift card, which I promptly used on a cool old Fist of the North Star NES game, and this Street Fighter Monopoly game that I'd had my eye on since they announced it a while back.

The front of the box has a classic Street Fighter collage showing the entire cast.

 The back just simply shows the board, pieces and some of the changes. 

Some cool art on the interior, not pictured is the rules sheet which was pretty much the same as you would find in a normal Monopoly game, except with the different cards and properties. You can see the money, chance and community chest cards, properties, houses(red), hotels(black), dice and pieces.

 Here you can see the board, similar layout as a normal board. Obviously renamed properties. Railroads are Shadowloo Airlines.

These are probably the coolest thing about this set. Very nicely made pewter pieces of M. Bison, Vega's mask, a Hadoken, Ryu, Blanka, and Chun-Li's bracelet.

Bison bucks! 

Community Chest is now Bonus Stage. Here are some of the ones I found to be funny. "Lose to a button masher! - Goto jail!"

 Chance is now Random Select. Pictured are some of the funnier ones. "Whiff! Go back three spaces!" 

 

 The new properties, Shadowloo Airlines replaces the railroads, Hado and Psycho Power replace Water Works and the Electric Company, and the cheapest and most expensive properties are Saikyo Dojo and Shadowloo Headquarters.

Overall, its mainly for Street Fighter fans. Much like all of the other special edition, its not really worth the higher price tag unless you just really are a fan of it. Or you could just win a tournament and get it for free!

So today the sky decided to erupt rain all over Houston. This is not the first time this has happened, but it has been awhile. As I stood by the window of my 19th floor office, I watched as helpless little smart cars, and ricers rolled the dice, only to find out just how deep the water goes. One by one, the lake in front of my office devoured them all, then seemed to chuckle, "Please, bring me some more!" Then the true kings of the road, the long forgotten gas guzzling SUV's and trucks popped out and the flood waters quaked with fear. As the trucks plowed through without hesitation, the waters parted like the Red Sea and the tens of thousands of little cars were free from their liquid prison. Still, it was funny while it lasted.

Pro-tip: if your car has the clearance of a skateboard, then ANY water puddle is too deep.