Philly’s Wizard World is one of the biggest comic conventions in the world. And is about to get even bigger, with news it’s joining forces with the Video Game Expo.
The paparazzo who shot that says it’s Ed Fleming, the executive director of VGXPO, better known to some as the guy who got ‘toe up — with Incubus! — at last year’s PAX, and then got throwed out by management. Tipster Relentless Fapping says this time, Ed descended on the Too Many Games convention, in Reading Pa., where he somehow managed to rip the bumper off his car.
Spencer Halpin’s feature-length HD documentary about violence in video games, Moral Combat, will be premiering at this year’s VideoGame Expo in Philadelphia. The documentary seeks to provide unbiased views from both sides of the battle against violent video games, despite its own trailer, which projects a definite anti-video game vibe. “I’m really pleased to screen the movie at VGXPO,” said Spencer Halpin, the filmmaker behind the work, “and I envision us having a panel discussion with participants from the documentary debating the matter thoroughly.”
Speaking of participants, JT himself will be on hand to possibly participate in said potential discussion, along with Lorne Lanning and N’Gai Croal, whose hair can actually read minds. Should be a real hoot! Hit the jump for details. More »
You can’t have a highly successful gaming convention without the competition showing up to hawk their own ghettoised version of your event, especially when you’re a show as big as PAX. Not only were E for All reps there handing out glow sticks, further strengthening the link with raver culture we thought we were kidding about, but the Seattle convention received a special visit from VGXPO executive director Ed Fleming, the very figure of grace and charm. According to the PA folks, Fleming was on hand posing as a member of the press, taking pictures of the exhibit halls and gaming rooms, interviewing PAX volunteers about how the show is run, and trying to sell his Philadelphia-based convention to the vendors on the show floor. Quite a piece of work, eh? Well it gets better. More »
