the last time i went, it was 2009. i was a high school senior, and the trip was a sort of graduation gift. it was my first time traveling out of state unaccompanied, as well as my first time going to a convention of any kind. i made a lot of great memories there, even as an awkward little know-nothing gamer kid who wasn't old enough to drink, or really do much of anything except wander around excitedly sipping novelty sodas and playing video games
so much has changed since then... the gaming community i thought i knew in 2009 has completely transformed, and not all of the changes have been for the better. i can't even imagine how different MAGFest will be in 2023, compared to how it was in 2009.
but the thing is, i'm trying to make a change in my life. i want to get out more- go more places, do more things, and meet new people. i want to open myself up to having experiences i would normally run away from. i want to make new friends!
they say, if you want things in your life to be different, you have to change the things that you do in your life. i believe that my life can be different, if i put in the effort. so that's what i'm going to do
Gonna ramble for a while about MAGFest 2024, which was this past weekend! Feel free to mute the tag #MAGFest2024 if you don’t wanna see it.
I’m gonna go stream of consciousness so it probably won’t be too organized and I’m sure I’ll get some of the details wrong, so if you were there too and you’re like “hey, X didn’t play that song, Y did,” well, my bad
Anyway! Brought my bf along, and I’m wild about VGM and he knows nothing about it, but he wanted to come because he wanted to see me being excited and passionate about something and he’s just a real sweetie that way, is it any wonder why I love him? Before we went, I made sure that he at least knew what Megalovania sounds like, since it’s replaced One Winged Angel as the de facto “if you don’t have a specific theme this conflicts with, there’s a good chance you’re gonna end your set with this” song (and I’m here for it, I fucking love Megalovania, I don’t care if people think it’s overplayed, it’s super dope). We heard it 3.5 times over the weekend (one time was when Don Palombi’s Game Night played sans. but they mixed in some MV, so that’s the 0.5).
And yes, we did refer to our hotel room as the MAGFest Fag Nest 🏳️🌈
We're continuing with King of Fighters characters a bit more as we have this wonderful version of Terry Bogard. This Fatal Cutie was cosplayed by @jalizzaa at Magfest 2024. That is an awesome cap too.
Heading to magfest! Talk to me if you want to peruse my wares! I have some vtm buttons for free I'm going to give out at the larp! Regardless check out starlight pastel shop on Etsy for all my art stuff!!!!
Here we have those legendary plumbers Mario and Luigi cosplayed at Magfest 2024. I mean1 they had a couple of things they were known for I believe, some Nintendo game or something perhaps?
Well that definitely works for me, so we have @strawcatmina and @maliciousk_cosplay rocking these wonderful cosplays back at Magfest 2024, ready to take on the worlds of Super Mario Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion respectively
It's the week of Mario day still, as they're still a number of deals and things going on for Mario throughout the week Here's a couple of lovely cosplays of Bowsette and Princess Peach from Magfest 2024
Ritsuko Akagi from Evangelion cosplayed at Magfest 2024 by @amishmoth
This was part of the Anime photoshoot there, and I'll have many more pictures that are uploaded and will continued to be uploaded for Magfest in the next couple of days of some of the various shoots.
Of course I'll be posting randomly things here as well from there and various other photos from Magfest and other places...