Sep 18, 2026 · 25 min · 7 segments
Convention season is upon us, so naturally we’re discussing Gen Con, PAX, Essen Spiel, including artist alleys, LitRPG obsessions, convention food, and whether selling your house or kidney is worth to…
But, you know, we just had PAX West over the weekend, and it was an interesting PAX this year.
But they had a bunch of good turnout from some of the other companies, like Sega was crushing it.
Notably did not feature some of the Sonics that you could find on the internet that I would recommend not searching for.
Don't
worry about it.
Not that I've ever searched for Sonic, but I feel like this is a crime against humanity, and I don't understand why you'd bother having a Sonic art show without what Sonic is most famous for.
right but neither here nor there uh they were selling a 4200 oil on wood painting of sonic the hedgehog so some of us were describing the idea of like you know you go out you flirt with someone you invite them back to your place they get back to your place and your entire apartment is just a mattress a pillow and a 4200 wood or oil on wood painting of sonic the hedgehog because that's just kind of your entire budget
I mean, I think that's amazing.
I feel like the first rule of dating is show who you are as early as you can.
Like
I said, it's not about all the people that say no. It's about the one person who sees that and is like, hell yeah.
Yeah, exactly.
All?
Yes.
That said, I do feel...
And that person
also has to sell their house.
I do feel terrible for the judges, now that you're talking about it, though.
Like, the people who are like, hi guys, we're soliciting Sonic fan work for a convention.
Please send us good artwork.
Like, you know their inboxes were rancid.
Oh, I'm
sure they got some high quality pieces that they could not include in the show under any circumstances.
But, you know, we just had PAX West over the weekend, and it was an interesting PAX this year.
But they had a bunch of good turnout from some of the other companies, like Sega was crushing it.
Notably did not feature some of the Sonics that you could find on the internet that I would recommend not searching for.
Don't
worry about it.
Not that I've ever searched for Sonic, but I feel like this is a crime against humanity, and I don't understand why you'd bother having a Sonic art show without what Sonic is most famous for.
right but neither here nor there uh they were selling a 4200 oil on wood painting of sonic the hedgehog so some of us were describing the idea of like you know you go out you flirt with someone you invite them back to your place they get back to your place and your entire apartment is just a mattress a pillow and a 4200 wood or oil on wood painting of sonic the hedgehog because that's just kind of your entire budget
I mean, I think that's amazing.
I feel like the first rule of dating is show who you are as early as you can.
Like
I said, it's not about all the people that say no. It's about the one person who sees that and is like, hell yeah.
Yeah, exactly.
All?
Yes.
That said, I do feel...
And that person
also has to sell their house.
I do feel terrible for the judges, now that you're talking about it, though.
Like, the people who are like, hi guys, we're soliciting Sonic fan work for a convention.
Please send us good artwork.
Like, you know their inboxes were rancid.
Oh, I'm
sure they got some high quality pieces that they could not include in the show under any circumstances.
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