So I finally saw Spider-Man II today at the Silver Cinemas.  What a great movie.  So, of course, I miss the call from Merlevic I had been expecting all week while I was in the theatre.  By the time I called back all I was able to do was phone tag her back.  Someday we'll both be available at the same time, hopefully.

 

After the movie I got to thinking about several things including speculations on Spider-Man III villains and subplots, storybook romances, social responsibility, and how I want more of the later two in my own life. 

 

I thought I had more to say on that last point, but I guess that really sums it up.  Hmmm....what else can I post in this entry so it doesn't seem too short?

 

OK, here's my belated Hexacon XIV report.  Tony DiGerolamo was a pretty cool GoH, hanging out in gaming space most of the con.  I wasn't interested in his Complete Mafia for d20, but Monte played it and enjoyed the game immensely. 

 

Thursday I ran into Shane.  This was the first time we ran into each other in some years.  He was there to run the anime room.  We traded E-mails and said we'd be in touch.  I also ran into Sean, Matt, Ivan, the usual CASFS con staff members, and the others I usually only see at cons and had various conversations with them. 

 

Friday I played Mastermind, 20 Questions, and Shadowfist with Ken.  Then I assisted Wayne in running Pokemon Live Action Four.  That's where the picture of me in the lab coat is from on the Hexacon Web site and earlier in this journal.  Weirsch agreed to play Wild Pokemon for us, and he marveled at how much fun PLA really is.  Its funny how people automatically assume that if the material is geared for kids that they as adults won't be able to enjoy it.  At midnight I played in my first Living Arcanis module which was quite fun.  Chris Sanders really is a good DM, as he makes a scripted module actually seem like the player characters are central and can have an effect on the universe.  (Unlike other RPG judges who we won't name.) 

 

Saturday I assisted Wayne in running Diagon Alley Live.  It was a very different experience from Hogwarts Live Action, but I think everyone had fun.  Weirsch was our villain, and he did a good job of appearing to be heroic in the beginning and only leaking out clues as needed as the game progressed.  He even converted a Hogwarts student to his side until they were caught by the authorities.  Then they ratted on each other and made sure that they both fell rather than just one or the other.  Afterward I played a bit of Risk 2210AD before having to give up my spot at the end of round two to go play in another midnight Living Arcanis session run by Chris.  It was a session in which the characters were having dreamtime nightmares were prevalent, so there was an actual soundtrack to the module which was played to ad to the mood of the piece.  Very well done.

 

Sunday we finished off Pokemon Live Action Four.  Afterward I played some Beer Money and Shadowfist.  Postcon I attended the deaddog/Ivan's birthday/Phoenix Con Games official announcement party.  Plenty of good snacks and conversations abounded until I had to leave to meet An and Tina at Harkins Centrepoint where we saw Napoleon Dynomite.  What an awesome movie!  The 1980s style teen angst brought tears to my eyes.  The characters were quirky enough to remind me of people I knew from my own childhood, the kind where the truth is often blamed as being stranger than fiction.  I don't think I could rave about this movie enough. 

 

Well, its late.  I think I'll call it a night.  I had planned a more thorough account of Hexacon, but its been too long for me to remember most of what I wanted to record.  Night!