rAge 2018 Moments

We are still reeling from all the excitement of the rAge 2018 weekend. It's been two years since we last attended the expo, and we went full geek for this one.

There's another blog post detailing our loot haul, but here we just want to share some moments from the Friday and Saturday we spent at rAge.

On Friday, we dressed up, Marius as the hunter from Bloodborne, and Annalene in a steampunk outfit, and we waited in line with some other eager geeks from two hours before the doors opened.

Once inside, all sense of time disappeared as we explored gaming, board games, tech, merchandise, and other interesting stalls.

The Fallout 76 stand was quite a nice break, as they handed out free pins and free toxic waste (refreshing drinks with a suspiciously irradiated yellow colour).

Throughout the day, we also took our fair share of pictures with other cosplayers, acquaintances and fellow geeks.

Epic photo with one of the guys from Steam Armoury.

Selfie time with Samplayze at the Table Realms stand.

Dark Souls and Bloodborne.

After spending hours trooping around the Dome, we eventually decided to take a look at the Castle Lite beer area. This absolutely blew us away. They had a really nice themed area, lots of seats, lots of shade, and comfy armchairs where you could play games while sipping your beer.

Another really cool part of the Castle Lite area was the photobooth. They had gaming-themed props and a green screen, and they created free personalised disc covers for anyone who shared their photo on social media. We had loads of fun here.

 And last but not least, we ended the Friday by watching Poitjie from DBNGamers challenge a Joburg gamer to a dance-off.

Saturday morning, we were at the Dome bright and early again, this time dressed in our most ambitious cosplay outfits to date: Marius as a crusader from Diablo 3, and Annalene as Ciri from the Witcher 3 DLC.

We took some photos with other awesome people again (of which very few were taken with our own cameras, alas).

Ciri and Yennefer from Witcher 3

2B from Nier Automata and Crusader from Diablo 3

We hang out with Cloud (Final Fantasy) and Harry Potter

Of course, we made sure to go by the Castle Lite tent again, to sip some refreshment and visit their photobooth. This time, we had individual disc covers made. You can check them out in our loot haul.

A last stop worth mentioning, was the My Mini Me stand. We had 3D scans taken, which they then mailed to us as GIFs. You can also order actual 3D printed figurines of yourself - very unique!

A Red Claw Halloween: cosplay and loot haul

This past weekend, Red Claw Comix hosted their annual Halloween-time evening of cosplay, lucky draw, specials and a Magic: The Gathering tournament. We of course rose to the challenge, and decided to do the cosplay thing.

Marius went for his Bloodborne Hunter cosplay (you can check out more photos of this here), and Annalene decided on a Steampunk look.

Photo courtesy of Red Claw Comix

There were a bunch of other people who also rose to the challenge, ranging from a Freddy Krueger and a Wednesday Addams to a Kratos from God of War. Fun times were had.

First prizes went to Kratos and Harley Quinn. Photo courtesy of Red Claw Comix

Photo by Samantha Fouchè - check out her page Raiju Cosplay

Of course, we also could not resist buying a few items at the store, especially since everything was marked down for the evening, and Red Claw Comix gave out treat bags and stickers with each purchase. Both of us also placed second (in male and female categories respectively) in the cosplay competition, and we could not wait to spend the store vouchers we received as our prizes.

The full loot haul 

Sweeties!

We got some Warcraft buddies for Orgrim Doomhammer

Lothar - front view

Lothar - back view

Durotan in his Orcish splendour

Back view of Durotan

Another awesome purchase - a Daredevil bust

Daredevil can be used as a money bank as well

And last but not least - the cutest little Robin plushie ever!

One final pic of the two gaming cosplays of the evening