June 2011
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May 2011
2 posts
SpaceCity Nerd
Commander Jeebus here….I know what you’re thinking, “Who? What? Why do I care?”. Well Oni-peeps, I’m the leader of the Space City Nerd crew; and if you don’t know who we are, well we’ll make sure to keep you well informed.
Space City Nerd started a year ago, and after figuring experiments out and test launches, we finally found a perfect formula to bring together Houston’s nerd community. ...
April 2011
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March 2011
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November 2010
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October 2010
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Hours of Oni-Con
There have been a lot of questions regarding the hours of Oni-Con through the forums, emails, and Facebook. To clarify, Oni-Con is a 24-hour con. There is always something going on at all time between Opening Ceremonies and Closing Ceremonies. Opening Ceremonies take place on Friday in the early afternoon while Closing Ceremony takes place in the late afternoon on Sunday. In other words,...
Countdown to Greatness
It’s the Monday before the convention and the staffers are working diligently to make sure everyone has an awesome time. The crossing of the “t’s” and the dotting of the “i’s” are almost done. The stage will be set. In addition, I haven’t seen anyone pull out their hair. So what’s in store, you ask? Stay tuned. /pa
We're Back!
Okay Gang! Sorry about that little snag. We are back and have pushed Pre-Reg back a few days.
PRE REGISTRATION now ends on SATURDAY OCT 9 @ 11:59 pm. »»
Special thanks to Jim, our webmaster for fixing the the problem caused by one of our wonderful staff. In honor of Koji’s little mistake we have added a section to the ‘contact’ form. Please feel free to use ...
Website Down
Hey everyone. Many of you may have noticed the Oni-Con website is down and as many of you have pointed out via facebook, Pre-Reg closes today.
Please do not panic. We are working on fixing the website. Once it gets fixed, we will have Pre-Reg back up. Depending on when the website is fixed, we will extend Pre-Reg accordingly, if it is necessary.
I will update the blog and the facebook groups...
September 2010
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August 2010
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Do You Want to Volunteer for Oni-Con 2010?
AA REG OPENS TODAY!
Artist Alley: Reg Begins 12:00 pm noon. (central) via the Contact form at the Oni Website - $90 per table. limit 1 table.
Please visit Convention Artists Community to discuss this topic with your peers.
A lot of you have questions about this years Artist Alley rules and regs. This blog is intended to be a guideline in your decision on whether to apply for the Oni-Con 2010 AA. The...
2010 Registration is Served
http://oni-con.com/forum/hotelregistrationguestsandvolunteers/announcements/2191
You can now get your passes to 2010 Oni-Con. Enjoy!
/pa
July 2010
3 posts
AA info at website...
WEBSITE ISSUES
That’s right folks. Guess what…We have lost the ability to edit the website. TRUST ME, WE ARE AS UPSET AS YOU.
For now Artist Alley registration has been moved. We will post a date with plenty of time for everyone to register just as soon as we fire up our old GeoCities. (that, is a joke.)
Sorry gang. We will blast all of our social networks when we get things running again. Trust...
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Booker T's PWA Presents: Clash of Champions
So, it should be no surprise to anyone I’m an attention seeker. You can’t get anymore attention by working at an anime convention and a professional wrestling company.
If you haven’t guessed by now, the wrestling company is owned and operated by pro wrestling legend Booker T and his wife Sharmell.
To see what I do while I’m not working on a way to promote the...
June 2010
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May 2010
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It all comes down to this... BEYAH!!!
Hey folks, it’s Koji! I don’t normally blog at all save for my occassional forays into DateCraft.com. No I don’t use it to find dates, but more on the website in later blogs! In any case I figure I should spend some of your precious time to introduce myself. I was brought into Oni-Con in 2007 when the original security director couldn’t make it to the convention due to...
April 2010
2 posts
Splinter Cell: Conviction Review...Sort of.
I am not a real journalist nor am i a professional….but here goes!
Let me say that I have played none of the other games in the Splinter Cell franchise (besides the 15 seconds I played the first one), but I will judge this game solely on its own merit. LET IT BEGIN
You play as Sam Fisher a top-secret spy man who is looking for the person or people...
iPads and Remakes and Cons, Oh My!
So, the new Apple iPad came out. Mac snobs are giddy. Until it can make me waffles and have a USB port, I could care less.
Saw Clash of the Titans this weekend. Besides the one Easter Egg in the middle of the movie, nothing resembled the 1981 classic. I was really wanting Harry Hamlin to be in this one. With Nightmare on Elm Street, The Karate Kid, The A-Team, The Last Airbender, Tron, and The...
February 2010
1 post
Buzz This!
Recently Gmail unveiled it’s second attempt at the social networking. What’s this? Second attempt? Don’t be surprised if you had not heard of the first, unless you’re from Brazil. Yes boys and girls much the same way God and Darwin decided the dodo was just not to be, so too the American people said about Orkut. That just sounds like an extinct animal now doesn’t it? Upon initial ...
October 2009
2 posts
Pre-Reg Party!!!
Greg Ayres will be DJ’ing from 9pm-Midnight. Costume contest at 8pm
Free Drinks for first 20 registrations!
Plus 2 Free tickets to the Texas Renaissance Festival for the first 100 registrations!!
Zendikar?! I hardly knew her!
Oh man that was lame! Anywho This is Tim head of J-Rock section of Oni-Con. Seems that i will be attending a Booster Draft for the new set of Magic: The Gathering Tonight at Skirmish Games. Starts at around 630 so come up early. This is going to be like the first one of these thingys I’ve ever been to, so im looking for some fun, friends, and buying some cards to go into my Black Deck of...
September 2009
8 posts
What We're Doing...
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TGS 2nd day and Last Days in Tokyo
SO……
Went to the TGS yesterday for the second Business day. I spent much of my time around the Square booth and also checking out some more Sega games. On Final Fantasy XIII..georgous game, game play seemed on par with the rest except for the Drive mode. this somewhat reminded me of the Dress mode in X2..ok so they added additional moves and a little more freedom in how you...
Alright! My Turn!
So, a little background from me. I guess I am considered the tomboy (the sporty one) of our group - which to me is pretty scary when you think about it. (May I suggest looking at pictures on Facebook to understand what I mean.) I love watching baseball, MMA, and (my favorite & my heart) pro wrestling. It is essentially a theater in the round with men and women in tights who are very athletic....
TGS 2009 Day 1
Konbanwa,
Well just finshed my first day at the TGS and I have to say experience wise it is the best TGS but it is smaller then last year. first note SNK was not there but that was not a surprise. I got to play some of the newer release, first was Bayonetta. reminded me of gods of War with guns and some girl that gets Naked :) Also played Halo ODST, yup plays like halo. had a blast with the new...
Tomorrow TGS--As for the Last 2 days
Wow. what I love most about Tokyo is how you can be walking around and just stumble into something. Tonight I was heading to a Chop Stick shop and went through Hibiya Park. As I got closer I heard shooting and cheering, then I saw a concert was going on, felt like I was in a Idol masters game. I listen to a few songs then headed out. the night before was the cd launch party for Abikyokan...
Oni-Con Party with Kotaku-----Well sortof
Headed to shimo-kitazawa for the kotaku party with my friends in japan (jake, nobuo and mika) http://kotaku.com/5363910/why-we-moved-our-party-and-cant-recommend-trump-house well to make a long story short my friends had to find me since I got lost and when we got back to the venue it was packed so we went to a local place nearby and hung out until the last train. oh well, good news is I have...
greetings
HI, my name is Liz, and I am the guest Realtions Head at Oni-con. Well, usually I am; except that this year I am taking a break & my assistant Ginny is running the show because I am getting married. My fiancee and I are actually having our wedding at the Texas Renaissance festival the 3rd weekend of October, or for those die hard Oni-Con fans that is 2 weeks before the convention. My finacee...
Oni-Con in Tokyo for TGS 2009
Konichiwa,
This is Phil AKA Big Bruno, Arcade console and Gaming director. I am here again in Tokyo for the tokyo game show. I will provide occasional updates as I can. But before and after the show there are about 7 days here to do whatever I want. so do you want to plan my day? want pictures from someplace here? Write a comment and let me know and I well see if I can fit it in.
Also do...
August 2009
3 posts
More Updates!
Hey guys! okay..lookit… Pre Reg is almost ready to go. We are currently experiencing technical difficulties and hope to have the problems sorted out shortly. Dealers! the 2009 PDF is online and ready for download. http://oni-con.com/dealers Please review it and contact us about reserving your table. I will be sending e-mails with the pdf to those of you who expressed interest via e-mail. ...
Extra Life: Play Games, Heal Kids!
We are happy to announce that we have teamed up with Extra Life and will be forming a team to help fund pediatric cancer research and treatment.
If you are in the Houston area please join us at Coffee Groundz on Aug 22 for more info!
Well...Yeah...
So..um..yeaaah….
Pre-Reg, Volunteer, and more info is still forthcoming.
In the mean time we’ll be heading to the Alamo Drafthouse..mmmm..beer and movies…
ANIME AT THE ALAMO: Origin: Spirits of the Past
Check out thier site to see what else is coming up.
This is just a quickie post for today so I’ll just leave you with this…
OMFG!! Robot Ramen Chefs!
sure...
July 2009
9 posts
Well Drain My Shield and Call Me Master Chief ...
Looks like it’s all true! This video was released yesterday. I’m just hoping they hire real voice actors for the English Dub. Nothing will ruin this series more than Master Chief being voiced by the likes of Shia La Beouf or Tom Cruise.
Is it odd that I have faith that this will work? I mean, any time American film studios get their hands on Japanese stories they always seem to ruin...
Halo Anime? Holy Schnikes!
It’s no secret that we at Oni love gaming. So when twitter went crazy with the news that Microsoft gave the okay for Halo to be turned into an Anime our first thought was bull$#!& !!!
Looks like Los Angeles Times broke this story, but I found it on the Kotaku website thanks to twitter. We’re still collecting information and waiting for Comic-Con to make the official...
Trekkies? Anyone? Prepare An Away Party...
So once again here is a last minute event I just found out about.
Not So Final Frontier
Saturday, July 25, 7PM Members of the Starship Exeter Crew in Attendance Location: DiverseWorks, 1117 East Freeway $7 Non-members Aurora Picture Show and DiverseWorks members free with RSVP
Looks like the folks at Aurora have put together quite an evening of Star Trek fan films. So go ahead and check out...
Gamer MusiCON 09 Review and Pictures
Finally! Houston’s male gamers have payback for all those “Bridal Extravaganzas” they’re dragged to every year. This is a Con for anyone who still owns an Atari as well as those who weren’t born when the NES reigned. The Houston Symphony in partnership with Tommy Tallarico, Jack Wall and Blizzard Entertainment® along with hundreds of gaming fans invaded the Jones Hall...
2009 Official Registration Annoucements
I started this Tumblr to be an easy access no frills way to keep up to date with us. Sign up for the RSS feed and you should get all the info as it arrives. Sorry, but sometimes the website take a little time to update.
We still have your regular ways of see us, via Facebook, myspace, Twitter and our web site.
Let me know what you think.
and now a note from the Reg dept.
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