Comic Con: The Saturday Chronicles

Not much more to be said about Saturday that wasn't said earlier (I mean, I got the "news" out of the way). A lot more people dressed up for Saturday, I got to take more pictures of people and things.
I had a brief conversation with one of the Ohio Ghostbusters about the coming game from Atari! The Wii release is essentially a third person shooter that takes place immediately after the end of Ghostbusters 2, back in the strange world of the late 80's/early 90's. Ghosts did done got out and it's up to you to capture them!... As a Ghostbuster!
The game seems kind of kiddy (no jokes about the Wii here, promise), but I guess that's what made the Ghostbusters and its ensuing cartoon series so over-the-top-awesome. Original voices are used. Some new ghosts are had. You do zany Wii controls to fire proton packs and catch ghosts. The demo was pretty straightforward (strafe around a library, suck up the spooks, repeat), but, as always, that's the demo. Saturday also boasted a Slimer ice sculpture. Yeah.
And just so we're clear, the Rockstar booth was kicking. I never did get to talk with anyone important, but the spectacle (and demo) were enough, really. And the free shirt in "not basement dweller x-tra huge" was a plus. But hey, here are pictures. A van, lots of DS stations, lights, killer sound system... the works.
Playmates offered a working Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "Turtles in Time" arcade box at their booth. In case you've failed in your mission to live a fulfilling life, the game is a classic of the 90's in the realm of planar 2D beat-em-ups, up there with The Simpsons and X-Men Arcade.
The Video Game Cosplayers gathered upstairs. Since there's not a lot to say about that, here are some highlight pictures (Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts can't get in the club):






...I'm gone.