The live action trailer for the new Dragon Age game has been released so fanboys and fangirls can enjoy seeing fan favorite Felicia Day run around in Elven garb kicking demon butt. Told you. - Brian
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Awesome and a half! A group of web-series actors and actresses have created their own fan imagining of an Elfquest movie and their teaser trailer looks pretty awesome! This is all with Richard and Wendi Pini‘s blessing. Beautiful! Uh, yes, I could actually identify every character shown in that sucker and it’s been a...
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Regular readers here know I love cosplay . . . I take photos and have been going to local cosplay conventions for years and once our daughter was old enough we started carting her along and now my daughter has been an active cosplayer since she was four years old (she’s sixteen now and...
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I just added more players to the cast list of THE BIG BAD THYNG for this weekend . . . there’s still some time to join us for this interactive drama live action roleplaying game costume party pot luck thingie . . . but please contact me soon. See http://www.interactivedramas.info/tbadthyng.htm for complete details. -...
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Here we go . . . Father’s Day this year was something special!  I am talking about Chinese Father’s Day here in Taiwan for those who don’t know it falls on August 8 as the Chinese pronunciation of 8-8 is a homonym for Father. First, we went to Alibaba Indian Kitchen for lunch and...
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The Phillips Clan, Taiwan Branch, headed over to National Taiwan University this weekend.  Kaye went early on both Saturday and Sunday so she could meet up with friends while Lorraine and I went later in the day. The Comic World Taiwan comic book convention was in full swing and in Taiwan that means Cosplayers,...
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As regular readers of the Life of Brian blog know - http://briandavidphillips.net/ - my family is full of cosplay fannish goodness. My daughter Kaye has been cosplaying since she was four and I've been taking cosplay photos for a bit longer. This past weekend, Comic World was held in Taipei at National Taiwan University. We went...
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Because you really need to experience the joy that is the Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show in all its Asian glory . . . Having lived in Taiwan for twenty years (yes, I've been on this happy island for two decades), I have been in situations that have felt very close to exactly what...
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Last weekend, Aug. 11-12, 2007, the Phillips family headed off to the Comic World Taiwan 16 comic book and cosplay convention held at National Taiwan University in Taipei. Kaye went with friends on both days while Lorraine and I were there just the Saturday. Kaye cosplayed as a character in the manga/anime Reborn and...
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Last weekend, July 28-29, 2007, the Phillips family headed off to the Fancy Frontier 10 comic book and cosplay convention held at National Taiwan University in Taipei. Kaye cosplayed as a character in the manga/anime Reborn and spent most of the time with a couple of her friends.  The friends were supposed to also...
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Check out one of the "trailers" for the upcoming performance of Wildest Dreams, the senior graduation play for my students in the English Department at National Chengchi University to be performed Dec. 14 and Dec. 15 at the university (be there!) . . . the play is about a group of friends who play...
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There is another cosplay event this weekend, Feb. 4-5, at National Taiwan University in Taipei. We are planning on going. Kaye, Susan, and Gareth will once again be dressed as characters from Naruto and I will be using my new 3D rig for the first time at a major cosplay event to see how...
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Well . . . we now have a new rig for digital stereo photography . . . two Sony V3 digital cameras on a twin-rig, external flash with sync, using a LANC Shepherd Pro to control the cameras. Been wanting one of these rigs for some time. Got the LANC Shepherd Pro from Rob...
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