What I Look Forward to at Gencon Part 2
02/08/2009
Here is part two of my on going series of what I like about Gencon. I had planned to do a few more of these before Gencon this year but we’ll see as I am now trying to get ready but am sure I will have some great new additions from this years convention.
3. The Ram – From Gencon’s first year in Indy the Ram done an amazing job catering to the conference, from the geeked up menu to running classic moves in the bar area. Even though the place is often packed you can usually at least find a place to sit and have a drink (or a wing or two). One year a couple of us found ourselves there after a long day of gaming watching “Ice Pirates” of all movies and if you have seen it you then know to watch out for space herpes! Then along standard restaurant measures the food and beer are good and the staff is friendly. The Ram for me is my Wednesday afternoon place to comb through the swag bag and a little RTFM (if you never worked in support look it up).
Honorable mention goes to Claddagh Irish Pub (they are on twitter). A couple friends “found” them two years ago and I visited them last year and will be back this year. They have Guinness which would be enough for me but also some great food (somewhere on this blog you can find a picture of the sandwich I had there last year). It sounds like they will have a lot going on for the con so check them out.
5. Anime / Movie Rooms – Yes I like anime, another one of the many things that makes me hopelessly nerdy and I remind my wife she walked in knowing these when she married me. Anyway, the anime rooms for me have always been a late night event and usually a slightly buzzed one as well. At least one night a year my feet seem to lead me there for a nice sleepy movie. Last year in was not anime but Conan that a friend and I both dozed on and off through Conan. Luckily I have seen it enough times to know what was going on even after several times where the movie seemed to have jumped forward 10 minutes when I was sure I had only shut my eyes for a second. Being that I find these rooms so cozy makes me wonder why I go through all the trouble of getting a hotel room.
Hoped you enjoyed part two. Next chapter is about the big one I have missed, the gaming, because as they say it is “The Best Four Days In Gaming!”
