Ah, E3, the convention that comes around every year to make every journalist all bleary-eyed and excited and… wait, what? This is COMIC-CON?! Then what's up with all this stuff about video games?!
Well, for those of you lucky enough to attend this year's Comic-Con International 2013 in San Diego, there is a smorgasbord of panels with directors, artists, and (of course) celebrities ready to show their face about their latest projects, including Batman: Arkham Origins, Dead Rising 3, Ryse, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Watch Dogs, Saints Row IV, Splinter Cell Blacklist, and who knows what else.
I've asterisked the ones I think you should consider attending.
Thursday, July 18
11:00 – 12:00 Video Games to Movies: Is the Golden Age Upon Us?
11:45 – 12:45 Inside the Looking Glass: Building Halo Worlds and Wonders, Past, Present…and Future
***1:00 – 2:00 Batman: Arkham Origins***
2:15 – 3:15 Blizzard Entertainment Licensed Product Showcase
3:30 – 4:30 The World of CAPCOM Games
***5:00 – 6:00 Bringing the Roman Empire to Life on Xbox One: The Creation of Ryse: Son of Rome***
5:00 – 6:00 PAC is Back! PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures
6:00 – 7:00 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 2 Panel
***6:00 – 7:00 South Park: The Stick of Truth***
7:30 – 8:30 Video Gaming: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going
8:00 – 9:00 Mega64: Decade of Perfection Panel
Friday, July 19
11:30 – 12:30 Bringing an MMO to Life: The Stories and Characters of WildStar
***1:00 – 2:00 Thief: What's Yours Is Mine***
***2:00 – 3:00 Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag Live Demo and Q&A***
3:00 – 4:00 Namco Bandai Games Presents the Future of Fighting Games
***4:00 – 5:00 Street Fighter!***
4:00 – 5:00 The Art of Video Games
***5:00 – 6:00 Beyond the Goggles: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist***
5:30 – 6:30 UDON 2013
Saturday, July 20
***11:15 – 12:15 The Future of Xbox Gaming Revealed***
12:30 – 1:30 Marvel Video Games
***1:30 – 2:30 The Video Game Culture of Zombies – How Dead Rising 3 on Xbox One Kicks Off a New Generation of Mayhem***
2:00 – 3:00 ShiftyLook: Video Games/Webcomics Amalgam Extraordinaire
2:30 – 3:30 How to Get a Job in the Video Game Industry
***4:00 – 5:00 Behind the Scenes with Telltale Games' The Walking Dead Game Series***
***6:00 – 7:00 Watch-Dogs: Does Privacy Exist?***
***6:30 – 7:30 Saints Row IV Super Dangerous Wub Wub Panel***
7:00 – 8:00 Gaia Online
Sunday, July 21
10:00 – 11:00 DuckTales: Remastered
1:00 – 2:00 Archie Action Hour: Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mega Man
2:00 – 3:00 The Art of CAPCOM
2:00 – 3:00 Death Dealing Mechs, Comic Books, and Video Games: The World of Hawken
