Highmoon's Ponderings

I am out the door and headed to Indianapolis for Gen Con 2007!

I will be out from Wednesday, Aug. 15 through Sunday, Aug. 19, and while I will have internet access in Indy, it will be spotty as I will be gaming my brains out.

If you want to find me at Gen Con, I will be at the Podcasting 101 panel (Friday 8/17, 10-11 AM, Mariott Santa Fe), the Before Turning the Mic On Podcasting panel (Friday 8/17, 1-2 PM, Mariott Santa Fe), the Podcasting Fan Booth (Friday 8/17, 5-6 PM, Exhibit Hall Entrance), and at the Gaming Podcasting Party (Saturday 8/18, 7-9 PM, Hyatt Cosmopolitan B). Aside from these, I will be walking around doing interviews and just checking out the awesome games, not to mention playing, playing, playing. Just look for the big guy with an Irish hat (see below) and a Highmoon Media Productions or The Gamer Traveler Podcast t-shirt.

See you next week!

I am running around like a headless chicken trying to get everything done before leaving for Gen Con tomorrow. I even wanted to record a special episode of the podcast talking about it, but I just haven’t had the chance (yes, I will admit to a certain amount of time-wasting, but even so). I am super psyched!

I’ll try to come back later and write some more about it. I can tell you right now that packing for Gen Con has broken every single law of packing I have learned and lived by in the last 6 years; every single one. But, it is necessary if I want to be ready at the show (and eat, since I have to take all my meals with me).

More later.

Miracle of miracles, I actually managed to record two episodes of The Gamer Traveler today! Well, it was one and a quarter, but who’s counting. The actual episode is on Amsterdam, and instead of doing my usual segment of scripted history/travel info/gaming info, I basically rambled on while looking at a map of the city, jumping back and forth among various places I’ve visited. I think it came out very disjointed, but I’m gonna try to tighten it with editing. I just really wanted to get this episode out before Gen Con, and this was the only way to do it.

The second episode I recorded was a small special episode to be played at Gen Con. It’s kind of like Episode 0 in that it is an introduction to the show, but it is a bit better explained and references Gen Con as the place where the episode is being played. After the show I’ll release it into the feed as a curiosity.

Lastly, I just go the really bad news that Fear the Boot has been forced to withdraw as an ENnies nominee for Best Podcast on allegations of cheating/urging people to cheat. I think this is totally bogus, and I, as a voter, want to know what happened to prompt this action. I have more opinions on the matter, but it is late so I’ll save them for when I have more time and more information. Let me state, however, that I have a very sour taste in my mouth over this and I’m not happy at all.