If you think that Goth is hot, cool or shiny (thank you Firefly), don’t forget to attend the Gothic Invasion of the Joburg Zoo on Sun the 1st of June 2008. That’s this weekend folks, so you better polish up your leather trench coat and Goth boots!
It’s 27 Dinner time again, and this month it’s being held in Johannesburg. It will be held at Primi Piatti, Melrose Arch on 27 May at 18:30 for 19:00. There’s space for 100 participants, and there’s about 20 spaces left, so if you hurry, you can still attend.
Remember to join the facebook group for 27 [...]
Quirky capitalization is old hat. But back when it was cool, the rAge eXpo was first held. This year it’s on 3-5 Oct, once again at the Coca-Cola Dome in Northgate.
In addition to what you would expect at a computer and console gaming expo, you should also expect kawaii~ Otakumag girls at the entrance (photo [...]
What is Free Comic Book Day? Just what it says: Once a year, on the first Saturday of May, you can visit your local friendly comic book specialty shop, and you will be given at least one free comic book. The main aim seems to be to get feet into the stores.
Personally I’d just make [...]
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
I finally managed to track down those ICON posters that were up at UPCON. It wasn’t easy, but we have a Constant Flux exclusive here: These aren’t even up on the ICON homepage yet! For those who don’t know, ICON is just about the biggest roleplaying, card gaming, wargaming, comic and anime convention in the [...]
Just a reminder - UPCON 2008 starts tomorrow. I’m really looking forward to mingling, seeing new Anime (hosted kindly by Otakumag), and finding out about this Legend of the Five Rings game I’ve been hearing about. (Yes, I’m a convicted Japanese Fanboy. So sue me.)
If you are attending, you might not recognize me. I’ve lost [...]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
For all you rabid Japanophiles, here’s the schedule for the Japanese Film Festival (hosted by Cinema Nouveau) in Rosebank.
It starts this Friday. All the films are in Japanese with English subtitles. Entry to the Japanese Film Festival is free, and tickets are available at Cinema Nouveau box offices an hour before each show.
Day
Time
Movie
Fri 21 Mar
17:30
Glass [...]
UPCON is the yearly gaming convention organised by the University of Pretoria Krygspel group. This year it will take place in Pretoria on the weekend of 5-6 April. Expect wargaming, cardgaming, lan gaming, boardgaming, roleplaying, anime, and gothic hotties galore. I hope.
What a blast. An unknown (possibly unknowable) number of assorted bloggers, journos, techies and new media types showed up. No higher networking purpose, just Vincent Maher and Matt Buckland looking for an excuse to throw a party. And what a party it was.
Chairs were in short supply, possibly a deliberate strategy to facilitate mingling. Their [...]
I never read comics as a kid. I was too caught up in reading actual books. Now that I’m older, I can’t help but noticing all the comic book stands at anime and game conventions
As usual, I only got interested in things that are unconventional, unknown, unobtainable, and out of print anyway. (Xombi, anyone?)
After hanging [...]
