This is the Earl's Court convention center, right across the street from the Earl's Court tube station.
Waiting in the queue. British people don't call them "lines." They're "queues" here.
Awesome hanging display for Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. On a complete and total tangent, you should check out this video to have your mind completely blown. The new theme for Skyward Sword actually contains Zelda's Lullaby, but BACKWARDS!! But in any case.
Link was there! :D
They're making Fruit Ninja for the Kinect! I played it and it's really difficult, actually. The guy before me got a score of like 400 something, and my score was like, 60 something. I felt bad, because on my iTouch the high score is actually 400 something.
R2D2 was also there! He moved around and screamed and everything! I would have included a video, but the guy controlling him decided to be dumb and not have him do anything while I was recording. :P
EPIC Assassin's Creed sweatshirt that I want SOOOOO BADLY!!!!1 Unfortunately this is just a promotional item and not for sale. Ubisoft has yet to confirm the shirt company's design and what not, so it won't be on sale for a while. AND IT COSTS 30 POUNDS! That's like, $40 in American money.
Darth Vader and Obi Wan also attended. There were also Stormtroopers walking around, and I was tempted to ask one of them if he was a little too short to be a Stormtrooper. Hee hee! I was too shy though. I'm actually pretty shy when I'm all by myself.
And here's Link again. Or, specifically, a guy cosplaying as Link. His costume didn't look too bad, or too complicated actually. A little warm though, with the turtleneck. I think Link might be a great and easy Halloween costume for me this October. It'll also be a little funny, because a few years ago I was Zelda.
Also, it should be noted that I took this picture while "Link" was playing "Rise of Nightmares," a horror-adventure game, similar to Silent Hill, but for the Kinect. So it's a scary game, that you play WITH YOUR OWN BODY. When there are zombies coming at you, you have to punch WITH YOUR OWN FIST to get them away. If there's a key at the bottom of a toilet bowl full of blood, you have to physically "reach in" to grab it. It was quite scary and gory. You get lots of different weapons to hit the zombies with, such as brass knuckles, steel pipes, and chainsaws, but there are also scenes of torture, mutilation and other gross stuff. It was in the "over 18" area, so I wasn't terribly surprised.
I tried playing it it and flipped out when one of the zombies grabbed my character by the neck. In those instances, you have to push the zombie away. Movement in that game is pretty weird, though, I have to say. You step forward with one foot to move forward, and then back to move backwards, and turns are navigated by turning your shoulders left and right. It's quite odd. Check out a video of it here. All in all, it's an alright game. Not super awesome, but a step in the right direction for Kinect games.
This is me, modeling the FREE Assassin's Creed: Revelations t-shirt that I got. I also got to see some exclusive footage in a developer session, as well as some live gameplay and things like that. It was pretty cool, and I'm super excited about the release on November 15th. Unfortunately I won't get to play it for a while, because I haven't even played Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood yet. :(
So that was my first gamer expo experience! I definitely want to go to more in the future.
P.S. Sorry about the terrible picture quality. It was pretty dark inside the convention center and I've only got my iPod Touch.
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