You AdventureXy Thang

AdventureX has become fully funded, so m0ds can now run off with the money and live in Barbados, although his invitation to Boris Johnston to join him was denied.

AdventureX-rated

A while back, m0ds started planning AdventureX, a London-based adventure convention. Recently, he advertised its website on Just Adventure forums and hit some controversy, subsequently going a bit Susan Boyle on them.

Meanwhile, the Mittens "convention" in Florida is underway, no doubt lots of hilarious stories and pictures to be seen when it concludes!

Adventureconked

Sad and unpredictable news: Howard Sherman's second attempt at getting people to pay a fortune to stay in a hotel/casino has failed, like the first one did. For further insight into this tragedy, a long rant about why he's not going to do a long rant about the Four Fat Chicks and Howard's unique insight into the US economy, head over to Howard's blog. It's even funnier than he intends it to be!

Adventure Con

AdventureCon is an anagram of "Adventure Con". Took me ages to work out that one. Anyway, last year it fell through. This year, Howard Sherman is trying again to make it work. By "make it work" I mean refusing to talk to any adventure game companies unless they pay him $1000 first. By "make it work" I mean booking in to a hotel that isn't even finished being built yet. By "make it work" I mean not offering any guarantees to people who book in advance that the event will even take place. But hey, look at the website and judge for yourself.

I would actually be quite pleased if the thing did work despite the whole dodginess of the set up: it would be a great thing for it to run year after year, but until they've got a couple of years of success under their belts, I doubt that most companies or people will want to shell out in advance. If I were to go, I'd want Telltale, Autumn Moon, Hothead, Wadjet Eye, Benoit Sokal, The Adventure Company and some European companies there.