MCM Birmingham Comic Con 2025 is the largest-scale event that I’ve been to down at the NEC in Birmingham over the past few years, after some events downsized or moved to London. Along with the regular Comic Con, the EGX gaming expo was merged into it, so I was excited to see the new form of […]
Reef Entertainment kindly invited NookGaming and some other outlets to check out some upcoming NIS America games down in London. Along with that, they brought a special guest: Sohei Niikawa, the former CEO of Nippon Ichi Software, key figure behind the creation of Disgaea, and producer and writer of the upcoming Etrange Overlord. We had […]
I took a trip down memory lane by taking a (more literal) trip to Birmingham Gaming Market this weekend. It’s always interesting to check out retro games and this event by Replay Events has plenty of them, both common and obscure. There was plenty of focus on Japanese titles too. Don’t want to wait for […]
Want to check out some retro games? A friend of mine asked me this and suggested that we take a trip over to the Black Country Games Fair on the outskirts of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands in England. Can You See In The Dark? My first impression was less than stellar. The Black Country […]
The UK is sometimes lacking when it comes to conventions and similar events, so I was surprised to find that a new event was being set up here. VeXpo 2024 is the UK’s first VTuber expo. We made our way to the NEC in Birmingham to check it out. Full of Talent The main attraction […]
EGX is perhaps the biggest gaming expo in the UK. It takes place in London and is a great opportunity to play all sorts of current and upcoming games, learn more about the game industry, and more. ReedPop were kind enough to invite NookGaming to attend EGX 2023 as press. Is EGX Back? COVID was […]
After missing Insomnia 70, I decided to check out Insomnia 71. If you’ve not read our previous coverage of Insomnia, it’s a gaming event held at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, with a large LAN party and indoor camping. But it also has a connected expo, which is what we’re checking out. Stages, Events, and Guests […]
Today we bring something I haven’t written about before: An event! From the 13th to the 16th of July 2023, we had one of the biggest anime conventions in Brazil named Anime Friends. Wondering how are events down in South America? Let me guide you! Guide from the Start! Anime Friends was celebrating its 20th […]
Today was the first every Animecon UK. Saying they’re the ‘UK’s Largest Anime Manga And K-Pop Expo’ is no small claim, but it certainly grabbed our attention. They kindly invited us to cover the event as press, so we can tell you how well it lives up to this claim. Comic Con has Competition? Animecon […]
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to any anime events. While I’ve visited plenty of gaming conventions or comic cons with anime as I’ve written about before, the last actual anime event I’ve been to might’ve been Amecon 2004, almost 20 years back now. My return is long overdue, so I thought I’d check out Birmingham […]