Being able to awkwardly fangirl some studios/devs there who have made games that I really liked in the past and were making cool games again in the future. Mostly. It was generally me being like, "I really liked your game." and them being like, "um, thanks."
hee! I found this really sweet.
Also re: consumerism, that is the same thing that made me realize why I won't ever be a huge fan of NYCC. I don't DISlike buying stuff, but I like fan engagement and awkward flailing about a thing I love so much more. So it is always weird to come out into this other style of fan culture which is heavily dependent on buying stuff and more stuff. This was a major reason I didn't survive in anime fandom - in my feral years in the early 2000s, DVDs were still about $30 for 2 episodes bc of the cost of translation and import, and I totally balked at paying that. And then there were figurines, t-shirts, doodads, autographed doodads, cosplay... In retrospect it is easy to see how I made the quick leap to HP. All you had to do to fully participate in the fandom was get the book (which the library had for free).
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hee! I found this really sweet.
Also re: consumerism, that is the same thing that made me realize why I won't ever be a huge fan of NYCC. I don't DISlike buying stuff, but I like fan engagement and awkward flailing about a thing I love so much more. So it is always weird to come out into this other style of fan culture which is heavily dependent on buying stuff and more stuff. This was a major reason I didn't survive in anime fandom - in my feral years in the early 2000s, DVDs were still about $30 for 2 episodes bc of the cost of translation and import, and I totally balked at paying that. And then there were figurines, t-shirts, doodads, autographed doodads, cosplay... In retrospect it is easy to see how I made the quick leap to HP. All you had to do to fully participate in the fandom was get the book (which the library had for free).