Thursday
1:30-12:30
SPORE : One-on-One with Will Wright - Room & 6CDEF
He's sold 100
million copies of
The Sims
and now he's working on SPORE, the intelligent
design game that could easily take the award for cleverest game of the
year. & Will is a Comic-Con virgin, so be
friendly and show up early with a capital "E."
1:00-2:00
Activision with Stan Lee - Room 6A
Even though he has rocketed
to stardom as an actor (hot dog vendor -
X-Men
,
soda-drinking guy -
The Incredible Hulk
),
Stan Lee still holds his side job of gazillionaire hero god of Marvel comic
books, movies, and video games. & At the Con,
he'll be talking about making video games based on his superheroes.
4:30-5:30
Episodic Games: Rewriting the Adventure Genre Room 3
Episodic gaming -
the video game version of the TV series - is changing the way games are made and
played. Prepare to laugh - with Penny Arcade, Strong Bad, and Sam & Max, you
can't go wrong.
Friday
12:30-1:30
Spotlight on Jim Lee : The Art of DC Universe Online (DCUO)
- Room 6B
Sony's going to try to take down
City of Heroes
. & See what they have in store.
1:45-2:45
Ghostbusters: The Video Game -
Dan Akroyd
,
Ernie Hudson
, - Room 6B
A Ghostbusters sequel? &
In video game form??? & All four original
Ghostbusters are on board? & Even Annie
Potts will be in it??? & Aw dang, I've
been slimed. &
2:00-3:00
Capcom: How to Get A Job in the Video Game Industry - Room 2
It's one of the few game
panels not devoted to showing off an upcoming release. & Join some big wigs at Capcom to find out how
you can finally prove to your mom that you haven't been wasting your time. &
3:00-4:00
World of Warcraft - Room 6CDEF
I'll be frank, I found my job as a graveyard-shift security guard more
stimulating than WoW. It's just a
MUD
with pretty colors, folks. But, given the
legions of followers
of this
game, I felt obligated to place it here. &
Check out their latest plans for games, toys, and manga - and get a free
gift!
Saturday
2:30-3:30
Dawn of War II and Deadly Creatures -
Room 4
Dawn of War
was a godsend to diehard
40k
fans - someone finally got it right! & Find
out what they planned for the sequel. &
3:30-4:30
Xbox Creators' Showcase: Gears of War 2 -
&
Room & 6B
First, the bad news: I received word from on high that Peter Molyneux
won't be making it to the Con. & But, Cliff
Bleszinski (the Cliff formerly known as CliffyB) will be there to show off what
he's creating for
Gears of War 2
. & The
label on the box says "all the brutality of the first - and now with added plot
line!"
6:30-7:30
Gamers in the Library? - Room 30CDE
Finally, because
this is KPBS, I'd like to give a shout out to those people trying to get games
into the libraries. & Some awesome
librarians will teach you how they have brought games - from the dice and card
variety to the console kind - into their libraries.
See you at the Con!