Fear and Loathing at GenCon, Part IV
I was ordering a caramel light frappuccino with whip and gin when the drugs kicked in. My lawyer had not advised against the consumption of such; I have my suspicions that Noted Genius Ken Hite (LHN, I believe) had paid him off beforehand. But be that as it may. Hite got what may or may not have been his just desserts at breakfast, and in any case, he paid for the beverage in question, which makes him alright in my book.
The release of Cthulhu 500 seems to have been a success. Blessed by the Gurus of Gaming, sales were brisk and demonstrations painless. Paul "Fast Cars and Elder Gods" Tevis is hereby roundly gratitwaded for his, you know, that.
A few words about the exact change dance, as performed by the Men of Adventure Retail: although strange and inexplicable, the dance's performance ó even by awkward white men ó brings a smile (if inward) to the lips of all who witness it. The celebration of the mundane but desirable (to whit and for example, the presentation of Exact Change) seems, in the end, to be an Awe-Inspiring Thing.
The nature of GenCon is to energize as it exhausts; this much is true even if I never again say anything coherent or right. The press of both quality and craplity commands the attention and imagination of the gaming creative. One cannot, as they say, fail to fantasize about the brilliant games one will write and release in the future, whether such fantasies are at all rational or advisable.
The official food of GenCon has been bacon, as long as one does not count beverages, and perhaps even if one does.
All these things having been said, GenCon ended much as it had begun. That is to say, in Indianapolis.
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The official food of GenCon has been bacon, as long as one does not count beverages, and perhaps even if one does.
And . . . yuck.
Thanks for the reports.
:)
The nature of GenCon is to energize as it exhausts... One cannot [...] fail to fantasize about the brilliant games one will write and release in the future, whether such fantasies are at all rational or advisable.
A to the men, brother.
Always glad to lend a hand. And now I sleep. . .
Halo! Well, well, well, nice site here. Do you have Adam's lj address? You can find it through my friends info: he is "mbhulo."
Although, we don't have a domain name like you!
Glad to share a booth with y'all, as always. Sorry we didn't get more hangin'-out time; in ought-five the first round is on me.
(Unless we both find ourselves at SoCal, in which case it will be sooner.)