Pros and Gen Cons

Every August the gods bestow an event like no other in the grand tapestry of nerd gatherings: Gen Con.  For those who do not know the awesomeness of the Best Four Days in Gaming, let me first scoff at your ignorance and then patronizingly expound. 

​Gen Con is a four-day convention that features everything about gaming.  Over 41,000 people descended on Indianapolis this last weekend to play roll-playing games, card games, collectable card games (yes, they are a separate category), board games, miniature war games, computer games, family games, party games, and drinking games.  They also watch movies about games, attend seminars relating to games, and Live-Action Role Play.  I could tell you the history or why they call it Gen Con, but then I would have to wake you up by hitting you with a saltwater bass.

I've been attending Gen Con for eight years, and for this event I put together a list of eight thoughts that I feel encompass my experience.  I am going to present them David Letterman style so those who have no idea what I'm talking about can just act like Paul Shaffer. 

8.) Wil Wheaton tweets a lot: Yes, Wesley Crusher was there, and he brought his Twitter account (@wilw). I don't know how he actually finished a game with the metric ton of tweets he unleashed.  The good thing, 95% are sheer awesomeness, like this one: