Bloodstained at NYCC 2017 Post-Action Report!

Thanks for the awesome report as always Angel-Corlux !
NYCC was definitely crazy but we had a great time. It was IGA's first time on the east coast, and we saw a lot of new faces. Not to mention, even though it was our first meeting, I recognized bloodstainedmiriam and miketendo once they started talking - like, a sudden realization that hits you after the first few seconds.

I was also overwhelmed by everyone's reaction to the art piece. I almost gave up on art not too long ago so I'm really glad I took up the opportunity. 


We're glad that the man with the seizure was okay and we didn't even know about it until someone said it was already taken care of. There seemed to have been a lot of unexpected incidents throughout the weekend but they were all swiftly dealt with - we're in good hands people . 505 Games and TriForce staffs were really awesome and supportive throughout the weekend.

And oh, the Italian food at the restaurant was amaaaazing! The tiramisu was just perfect.
I also kept telling IGA that the best place to eat pizza in America is in NY (sorry I am biased...). He kind of just looked at me and said, "Why is everybody I meet from the US obsessed with pizza??" Well, I don't know... pizzaislife.
Buuuut we had pizza delivered to the convention center, and he understood why I said it's the best. Success.


Here's a quick story of what happened outside of NYCC if anyone is interested...

Since we had free time to explore New York on the 4th, I decided to take IGA around the city since this is where I grew up (I used to attend SVA and Art Students League of NY). The first place I thought of was visiting the St. Patrick's Cathedral. It's an amazing Neo-Gothic-style cathedral placed between two modern skyscrapers. Around the same time, my sister contacted me if we could hang out while I'm in the city so I decided, "Hey why not meet up at the cathedral?"

IGA and I usually take an Uber or lyft to get to places, but I decided he should experience NY subway for the first time (sounds like a terrible idea for locals reading this haha). It was pretty interesting and IGA seemed really excited when we were buying the metro cards. We then walked a few blocks to see this:



We met up with my sister who looks like me with pink hair. It was really easy to spot her so we all went inside and looked around. Both my sister and I never went inside even though we pass by it so many times. IGA would take a lot of pictures talk about how it'll come really useful for development (this man thinks about his work 24/7 haha). After looking around the cathedral, we decided to head for lunch.

Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures from here as I had to conserve my phone battery life. On our way to lunch, we decided to stop by Nintendo World (I think it's called Nintendo New York now) which is actually a 5-minute walk from the cathedral. We don't have a Nintendo store like this here in Japan so why not right? I loosely explained and showed the Rockefeller Center and then we went inside the store. First thing IGA notices is the shirts that have 任天堂 on them and he got a kick out of it (In Japan, they rarely use the kanji version of the company name). Now that we think about it, we should have gotten those shirts for souvenirs... We also saw stacks of the Switch consoles on the shelves and both our evil minds thought, "How much can we sell these for if we brought some back to Japan?" My sister looked puzzled since they never had a shortage there and both IGA and I went to raffles trying to get a chance to buy it.

After our little adventure at the store, we also walked into the Grand Central Terminal which might be interesting to see while we're nearby it. After seeing around the terminal, we decided to eat at a place that has 20-something vendors selling all sorts of food and drinks in one area - lobster rolls, pizza, ramen, juice bar, etc. We just chatted about what we do at work and what it's like living in New York (my sister) and Tokyo (me, IGA). 

We still had some time to kill so my sister took us to this cafe/bar which is a Japanese coffeehouse by day and a sake bar by night. She's a regular there and it was interesting for IGA and me to see this close-knit Japanese community which has a very different vibe from the kind in Japan. What I also didn't know is that my sister is still an avid gamer and she talked about how much she played Harmony of Dissonance. At one point in our lifetime, we were both too busy trying to be adults (lol) and didn't talk about video games in general. Now I know she plays Nier Automata and Overwatch.

When we were about to leave, my sister gave us chocolate whiskeys from Brooklyn to take back with us. I need to treat her when she visits Tokyo next time.

On one of the weekend nights, we also ate dinner with the Fangamer staffs who were at NYCC. Adil (who also visited our office in Tokyo!) took us to a Pakistani restaurant that served awesome butter chicken. We had a great time and talked about some geeky stuff in general. We also know you guys had a booth there so thank you for taking your precious business time playing the demo at our booth!

So I heard Adil's cooking is superb Dangamer , Fangamer Steve , and Reid Young - we need to visit someday! 
*coughs* For uh... business reason of course...