It's Neal's last Con-Pod of Gen Con, so show your support for all his hard work by listening and leaving nice comments. The final installment is loaded with tons of neat tidbits about this year's show. He talks about Warhammer, Pandemic (a cool new board game), Gamers for Humanity, the Penny Arcade non-collectible card game, and much more. So listen already! Enjoy.... more.

Here are some pictures from Day 2 of Gen Con 2009. My particular favorite is the larger than life Magic the Gathering setup. It reminds me of World 4 in Super Mario Bros. 3. Then, if you will, scroll down to the bottom of the page for the third installment in Neal's Con-Pod: Gen Con series. [caption id="attachment_2123" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Sony Online\'s booth in the mai... more.

Here's the second installment in Neal's Con-Pod series from Gen Con 2009. There's a bit of an audio problem, so you may have to turn up your volume to hear it. We're working on the issue, so please bear with us in the meantime. Also, check out the pics Neal took during Day 2. There's some neat stuff to behold.... more.

Hey, folks! Another summer means another Gen Con, one of the largest gaming conventions in North America. This year, Game Journal is proud to offer you coverage from the show floor in Indianapolis. Every day, Neal Stidham (Game Journal editor extraordinaire) will be presenting you with all the best and brightest in the world of gaming. He will post podcasts, conduct interviews, snap pictures, a... more.

Day 4 of Origins brought us more games, more excitement, and more aching feet as we hoofed it around the Greater Columbus Convention Center looking for the best games, new and old. In this episode of Con-Pod, I talk about what I saw Saturday, as well as discuss the finer aspects of convention shopping. Find out what cool stuff I picked up, as well as I intend to put a lot of it to use (think o... more.

Well, it's day 3 of Origins 2009. Find out what goodies were on hand, as well as which games I liked and disliked. For the sake of brevity, I won't go through every game I saw, just the noteworthy ones (also, I'm lazy). There's still time to leave me a message to tell me what you want me to check out at the conventions. As long as you can play it, and it's not a video game, chances are it's ... more.

In our second episode of the new podcast series, I run through the games and events of Day 2 of the annual Origins convention in Columbus, Ohio. Some of the games I talk about are Munchkin Quest, Android, Miracle Five, Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game, and several others. I also give you a quick rundown of the games I will be checking out in Day 3, as well as an overall assessment of the sho... more.

The name says it all: this is our first ever Con-Pod podcast episode in which we cover Day 1 of Origins 2009.  Con-Pod is a series of podcasts devoted to game convention coverage, which means game previews, reviews, news and interviews all from the show floor at various cons throughout geekdom. This episode we talk about the very light Day 1 from the annual Origins convention in Columbus, Ohio... more.