Well having just gotten back to the god-less city of Melbourne after travelling around NZ for three weeks I am in the envious position of being able to report back on my experience at Armeggedon.
Firstly I was quite horrified at the hordes of pimple infested juveniles that were there. After fighting my way through the aforementioned crowds of greasy juves I finally found the rugby league display. I politely queued up and tried to ignore the little cries of pleasure that the oily ones playing the game were giving out. Before I could get my turn to play, my girlfriend, who at this stage was distinctly unhappy at being oggled at ever-increasing waves of teenage sci-fi spastics, demanded that she be taken far away from this place. What could I do I had no choice but to give up my space in the queue and leave the Event Centre. I did however kick a couple of the spotty gits on my way out. So I took the girl out to dinner at Logan Brown - the only place in Wellington that I knew would be free from all the assembled geeks.
However I did get a reasonable look at the new game and let me tell you it definitely looks the goods and Mario and all of the gang at Sidhe have really come through for all of us. Sorry that I don't have more information for you as I didn't get to play the game and it is hard to tell how good the game is until I do but it looks real pretty and everyone who played it while I was there looked to be impressed by what they were experiencing.
I actually know Mario from the mis-spent days of my youth - he has a couple of years on me but I knew who he was when I was growing up. He is a real good sort - super smart - and I know that the sequel will kick some serious arse.
