So let's start with some personal experience

This weekend I visited the MCM Expo in London. Whilst I am not a huge Anime/Manga fan, I found a lot to enjoy and Decided to share a few experiences here.

The first thought that comes to mind was the quality of my Lodgings. I was told by the small group that I was traveling with that we would be staying in a hostel and the first thought that came to mind was a dingy wooden room with dripping pipes and mattresses on the floor. An outdated view to be sure, and this weekend certainly proved that. We hired out rooms at a hostel called "The generator" with a room for 6 people. From the outside the place looked almost like a nightclub, with glowing lights and almost industrial steel framework. And whilst these aesthetics did not change massively on the inside, It still felt inherently welcoming. The room itself was 3 bunk beds with a sink and cages beneath each bed for personal items. The room itself was well kept and comfortable in most aspects. Whilst I did not care for the small sink in the room, The bathroom/shower room more than made up for it. Overall, the time I spent At the hostel to be entirely pleasant and worth the money.

Upon Arriving at the expo Itself, I found many different things to interest me such as Vintage and rare game stalls, Selling older and harder to find game boy and PS2 games. Whilst most of these interested me, I decided to conserve my money for other things. Whilst I intended to wait until the second day to spend my money, I spent all but £10 on such things as a starcraft T-shirt, A new balisong bottle opener and Heavily discounted World of warcraft figurines. £5 a figure, even with only a few different types, forced my hand with my spending. I ended carrying home a large amount of figures and other trinkets which really became heavy after a while. On the final day, I bought a small plush from the card captors anime and 3 mangas, all of them related to blizzard games.

Around the Expo, There were many different attractions that I enjoyed looking at and observing. One such event was gamespot appearing to cover the convention. There I had a long chat with one of the editors on how to break into the gaming journalism circuit. One such piece of advise was to start a blog and voice my opinions. which is why you are reading this right now good sirs and madams. I also was able to play street fighter 2 championship edition on an arcade machine with a friend, which was incredibly fun as me and him both have an outstanding rivalry on street fighter 4 and other fighters.

I also managed to meet up with many different cosplayer across the weekend, with such memorable costumes as

• The white mage
• Bayonetta
• Snake
• Jack sparrow
• Various tohou characters
• Halo ODST characters
• Earthworm Jim
• The castle crasher nights
• Agent 47 (Hitman)

Overall, the costumes were fantastic and the people wore them very well. I myself had dressed up as gaming's premier gentleman, Professor Layton. I received a fair amount of people wishing to take my picture and even a few hugs. However, Upon traveling around the convention for a while I bumped into somebody cosplaying as luke from the game without a professor Layton to go with. She asked me If I could pose for a few pictures, which I agreed to and had a wonderful time making various poses for the cameras. Upon finishing, I thanked them and left with my friends.

Overall, I had a lot of fun at the expo, And whilst I haven't covered everything that happened, I have given you my fondest memory's. So, Did anyone else reading this attend the expo? If you did, please share your thoughts and opinions on the event down below, I would love to read them.

Thank you kindly for reading fellow gentlefolk, And have a pleasant evening.