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New York Comic-Con In 3 Minutes

New York Comic-Con is a wrap, but only after delivering four days packed with movies, video games, comics and cosplay.


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Counter-Strike Global Offensive America Vs Europe Throw Down

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive had its first official tournament over the weekend at the New York Comic-Con.


October 19, 2011
In Real Life

Assassin’s Creed Line Dancing At New York’s Comic-Con

New York Comic-Con’s Just Dance 3 stage was always filled with an interesting mix of cosplayers, but these are my favorite: A dozen assassins from Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed line dancing to Sugarhill Gang’s Jump On It with the help of Ubisoft’s other major hit… Just Dance.


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Lessons Learned With A New York Comic-Con Press Badge

Disclaimer: This was not, by any stretch of the imagination, my first ever convention. NYCC 2011 was, however, my first convention as a member of the press. As it turns out, there isn’t much difference between a badge that says “4-day” and a badge that says “press” — unless the person wearing said badge makes that difference.


October 18, 2011
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New York Comic-Con Day 5 Delivers Adventure Time, Silent Hill And Cosplay With A Side Of Bacon?

New York Comic-Con wrapped up Sunday with a schedule geared slightly more towards children. Sure there were plenty of things for everyone to do at the show, but they also made sure to have special events, panels and screenings for those younger comic, anime and video game fans out there.


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New York Comic-Con’s Many Colourful Voltron Toys

I’m not really sure if the Voltron figures I spotted while browsing the floor of New York Comic-Con this weekend are new, but I’m positive I’m going to need to buy at least one of them.


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Masters Of The Universe Getting ‘Classic’ Toys

Revealed during Mattel’s weekend panel at New York Comic-Con, here’s our first look at the upcoming Masters of the Universe 30th Anniversary Classics collection.


October 16, 2011
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Check Out Phoenix Wright’s Surreal, Multi-Tiered Fighting Style In Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3

The biggest applause in the panels that Capcom held for their upcoming fighting games came for the introduction of the blue-suited hero of the Ace Attorney games. During the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 panel, special consultant and fighting game expert Seth Killian talked about how the development team tried to make the unlikely placement of the barrister into a brawling game.


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This New York Comic Con Steampunk Cosplay Isn’t Just Awesome, It’s Got Attitude

We ran a picture of this amazing, hand-made bit of steampunk cosplay earlier today, but I liked it so much I decided to chase the guy down and interview him.


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This Is New York Comic Con’s Ghillie Suit Cosplayer

I followed this guy around for a little bit trying to capture a video. He’d go somewhere sort of fold into himself and just lay there long enough to draw a crowd and maybe scare one person.