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AggieCon attracts Klingons, sex robots to campus for science fiction convention
By: Robert Saucedo
Issue date: 3/23/04 Section: Aggielife
Jacqueline Carey is the author of the Kushiel trilogy of books.
Besides the literary guests, there will also be two large gaming rooms available.
"It's open 24 hours and in the basement of the MSC. It's the type of games you'd normally play online like Halo and also the live gaming section," Tucker said. "We have everything from live-action role-playing games to tabletop games. One of the big things this year is that the (Role Playing Game Association), the national organization for Dungeons and Dragons will be hosting a big regional event."
There will also be a free anime room, two showings of the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" on Friday and Saturday night and a collection of panels.
The Texas Aggie Game Developers will be doing a panel. (Ruben DeLuna is going to come with some of 'The Battalion' cartoonists and do some panels.
Andy Baldwin, a graduate engineering technology student in charge of public relations for Cepheid Variable, is looking forward to the charity auction benefitting Scotty's House
"We had a contest to design the program book and we'll be auctioning off some of the original finalist artwork," said Tucker. "Unfortunately, all the cool stuff reminds me that I'm a college student. There's just too much stuff to buy."
AggieCon features a variety of ordinary activities - with an extra hint of imagination.
"The masquerade ball is where people come dressed in costumes and everybody can come to a two-hour dance," Tucker said. "We had somebody call us to make sure it was OK to wear helmets in the MSC ... We always have a few Klingons every year. We even have a guy who dresses up as a sex robot."
The part of AggieCon Sullivan said she looks forward to is working the convention.
"I know it's not a thing a lot of people look forward to doing, but by working I've learned a lot about troubleshooting. As an attendee you get to meet the guests, but as a worker you really get to meet the guests. You get to sit there and talk to them."
Besides the literary guests, there will also be two large gaming rooms available.
"It's open 24 hours and in the basement of the MSC. It's the type of games you'd normally play online like Halo and also the live gaming section," Tucker said. "We have everything from live-action role-playing games to tabletop games. One of the big things this year is that the (Role Playing Game Association), the national organization for Dungeons and Dragons will be hosting a big regional event."
There will also be a free anime room, two showings of the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" on Friday and Saturday night and a collection of panels.
The Texas Aggie Game Developers will be doing a panel. (Ruben DeLuna is going to come with some of 'The Battalion' cartoonists and do some panels.
Andy Baldwin, a graduate engineering technology student in charge of public relations for Cepheid Variable, is looking forward to the charity auction benefitting Scotty's House
"We had a contest to design the program book and we'll be auctioning off some of the original finalist artwork," said Tucker. "Unfortunately, all the cool stuff reminds me that I'm a college student. There's just too much stuff to buy."
AggieCon features a variety of ordinary activities - with an extra hint of imagination.
"The masquerade ball is where people come dressed in costumes and everybody can come to a two-hour dance," Tucker said. "We had somebody call us to make sure it was OK to wear helmets in the MSC ... We always have a few Klingons every year. We even have a guy who dresses up as a sex robot."
The part of AggieCon Sullivan said she looks forward to is working the convention.
"I know it's not a thing a lot of people look forward to doing, but by working I've learned a lot about troubleshooting. As an attendee you get to meet the guests, but as a worker you really get to meet the guests. You get to sit there and talk to them."
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