This past weekend was the New York Comic-Con in New York City. The event took place from Thursday to Sunday and featured everything from video games to comic books and all the geekery in between. The Assassionista team were able to attend Thursday and Friday and took some great shots of the event, the fans, and the cosplayers.
Unfortunately we couldn’t make it for the entire weekend due to a complication with our accommodation plans, but we definitely made the most of the two days that we were there. Thursday was only open to press and VIPs so we were able to check out a few popular games.
The first thing we did when we arrived was basically ran to the Mass Effect booth where we knew there was a playable demo. Now this demo was the same one that was featured at previous events and cons (From E3 onwards), but we really wanted to try it out for ourselves. It was very combat heavy, highlighting the new melee combat options. I really enjoyed the new cover system and to me it played a lot like Gears of War. I missed the dialogue in the demo, but I really didn’t want any plot spoiled until I can play the entire game. The graphics were looking great, but as Chris Priestly pointed out to us, it’s an old build of the game. He promised the game is looking beautiful and if it’s better than what we saw, it definitely is. Mass Effect 3 is one of my most anticipated titles of 2012.
That night we also checked out the majority of the show floor, seeing everything from comic booths to merch stores. We wanted to get the most out of the show floor while it wasn’t as busy. We picked up a bit of swag; including real life batarans, comic book fashion accessories, and a Sailor Moon poster (my favorite).
We also played a little bit of Halo Anniversary multiplayer. It definitely plays the same as Reach, but the nostalgia is what sets it apart.
Our Thursday night ended with hanging out with our friend Jessica Merizen. If you don’t know Jess, you really should check out one of her many projects. She’s the community manager of Bioware and the other half of CrabCat Industries, a cosplay company. We met Jessica back at PAX East and were thrilled to meet up with her in NYC and catch up on gaming and life.
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| My Lara Costume |
Friday was our big day. I cosplayed as the new Lara Croft and got some great feedback. It was awesome meeting some Tomb Raider fans and such an honor to be asked to be a part of the Tomb Raider’s 15th Anniversary Art Event. We met Meagan Marie, the community manager for Crystal Dynamics and a fellow cosplayer, earlier that day and I was a little star stunned. I’m a huge fan of her cosplay work and was really hoping to meet her at the convention.
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| Meagan Marie and LadySnip3r |
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| Tomb Raider 15th Anniversary Event |
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| Two Laras and Meagan Marie |
I was also interviewed for Spike TV, which was really cool. I’ve been interviewed for TV once before, but it always is so intimidating to me. I’ll definitely post a link the video once it’s online, but basically they were covering the cosplay for the convention. I was so honored to be selected out of the other fantastic cosplayers.
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| Spike TV |
We spent most of Friday taking pictures of cosplayers and were astounded by the sheer amount of them. We also saw a few stars that day including Chad Michael Murray and Stan Lee.
We attended only one panel unfortunately, but it was a great one. We were a part of IGN Beyond Podcast’s live podcast panel. If you listen the podcast, I’m actually in it on one point commenting on the Mass Effect co-op multiplayer. It was super fun and great to see some of the Playstation side of gaming.
One of our last highlights of the event was meeting Mac Walters, the lead writer of the Mass Effect series. He was hanging out at the Mass Effect booth and was super friendly. We discussed his recent achievement of making it onto the New York Times Bestseller list and the upcoming Mass Effect game.
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| Mac Walters |
We really had a great time at NYCC and hope to stay in touch with the people we met there. Let us know your NYCC stories if you were able to attend!
Feel free to email me if your cosplay was featured on the site and we can credit you! Also, please let me know if you got any shots of my Lara Croft cosplay at the convention! I’d love to see them.
As Always,
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