PopCon can be celebrating its tenth 12 months as a conference this weekend, August twenty fifth – twenty seventh. The conference is exclusive in that it celebrates all fandoms, from anime to comics, music to gaming. If there’s a fandom for it, you could find it and have fun it right here.
PopCon has seen large progress and success since its inception. This 12 months, they added one other location to their schedule, internet hosting PopCon in Louisville earlier this summer season.
To assist everybody put together for the conference, listed below are 5 occasions at PopCon that you must take a look at and add to your schedule. (You can too see the complete schedule right here)
Escape Rooms are a enjoyable expertise for teams, and PopCon has been identified to host Escape Rooms. This 12 months, Cabin Of The Cackling Man is one you must take a look at, and they’re going to host them a number of instances over the weekend. This does require a further ticket buy, nonetheless. Right here’s the official description of the occasion:
For Ages 12+ “Legend of Ultira” was speculated to be launched in 1989 for the NES, however the sport mysteriously disappeared from manufacturing together with the corporate that developed it. Many years later a replica of the sport lastly turns up in a long-abandoned cabin, together with a useless physique and references to an city legend referred to as “The Cackling Man.” No matter occurred right here is about to occur once more. One thing has woke up within the woods, and it’s coming for you. You’ll be able to already hear the cackling. Are you able to remedy the thriller behind a cursed online game and an odd occult ritual earlier than midnight? Or will you be the subsequent sufferer of the Cackling Man? An escape room impressed by creepypastas, the 80s, retro video video games and concrete legends. Integrating bodily puzzles with a playable online game, you could work together with each with a purpose to unravel the thriller behind an odd cult and escape the Cackling Man.
Video games are plenty of enjoyable and there’s a variety of the kind of video games which can be on the market. This panel particularly focuses on how race and colonialism present up in lots of of those sorts of video games and the way they’re dealt with, which is able to happen on Saturday, August twenty sixth, 2023 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm in Room 106. Right here is the official description for the panel:
A dialogue of the methods during which video games, each video and tabletop, work together with and painting race and colonialism. A handful of linked examples are drawn from The Elder Scrolls sequence, the Fallout sequence, Dungeons & Dragons, the Pathfinder marketing campaign setting, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Catan, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Why interpretations could fluctuate between people can also be highlighted in short.
For the primary time this 12 months, PopCon can be internet hosting an enormous gaming corridor in Corridor A on all three days of the conference. It’s hosted by Who’s Yer Avid gamers, and it’s completely free, that means you don’t even want a PopCon badge to attend! If you wish to take a look at and play all kinds of video games, that is the occasion for you!
Right here is the official description of the occasion:
We’re going to have our gaming library, Organized Play teams, and tons of tables to play video games! We’ll additionally carry our member swag and can be promoting memberships on-site, so when you missed getting your swag at WYC, you will get your membership and choose your swag up right here.
Come out and play some video games!
What’s a conference with out cosplay? One of many largest occasions on the conference is the Cosplay Contest, which takes place Saturday, August twenty sixth, from 6:30 – 7:50 PM at Major Stage – 500 Ballroom. The competition showcases so many inventive and gifted individuals, they usually have classes from inexperienced persons to superior for the competition. That is actually an incredible occasion, and it’s widespread so when you plan to attend, you will want to get there early to get a superb seat. (By the best way, there’s additionally a child’s cosplay contest on Sunday, August twenty seventh, at 2 PM on the Mini Major Stage Rm 102)
PopCon is all the time including new fandoms and genres to their lineup, and this 12 months they’ve added magic! One of many acts, The By no means Not Superb Household Magic Present, can be performing there on Sunday August 27, 2023, from 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm on the Mini Major Stage -102.
Right here is the official description of the occasion:
The By no means Not Superb Present is jam-packed with enjoyable illusions, hilarious comedy, and AMAZING magic for the entire household. It is a absolutely immersive expertise, and we NEED EVERYONE’S HELP to make the magic occur. ASTONISHMENT IS GUARANTEED!!!
