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Heh, the Sharks need to actually win first. They blew a 3-0 series lead and now its tied. Nothing against San Jose, but anything to avoid making the city more chaotic and crowded is better in my book, so I'm kinda hoping SJ loses. I already am stoked the Lakers lost so we in the gaming industry don't have to deal with the hell that is the Lakers playing at the Staples Center during E3, especially last year with Game 7 on the last day of the show (and all those riots after).

The crew who brought you "What's Wrong with Zelda" at Fanime 2010 return for a pair of panels. GANNON-BANNED is the "spiritual successor" to last year's panel, covering the creation of the Zelda trope/meme/joke that grew way beyond anything it was supposed to be. It's a tongue and cheek discussion of various Zelda-related topics.

What's Wrong with Resident Evil is the true follow-up (pro-tip: it's actually a prequel) to last year's What's Wrong with Zelda. It will be mostly the same structure, with each of us covering various issues with the RE franchise, ranging from the game content, the movies, and the fandom.

If you attended the panel last year, and actually remember it (ie, didn't bail out early because you hated us), feel free to chime in with any suggestions for either panel. And both panels are Saturday night, though they're technically extremely early in the morning on Sunday (like, the first second of Sunday early). What's Wrong with Res.Evil starts at 12am midnight, followed by GANNON-BANNED at 1am. They're in the same room, Marriott Salon III.

Some housekeeping:

1) We're doing a "double feature" I guess since our two panels are back-to-back this year, so I'm not sure if there's going to be any issue with "clearing the panel room" between panels. We'll try to find out from the staff and make sure anyone lining up for the first panel is notified how it is going down so as to not upset anyone with a shocking last minute revelation you got mad trolled sitting through the crappy panel waiting for the obviously superior one (jk). At the very least, we'll make an announcement at the start of the panel to remind everyone as well.

2) Our panel last year was CROWDED. I believe they gave us the same room as last year (not sure), but at least a huge portion of the line was turned away. So, be sure to line up early if you want to ensure you get in. Showing up at the last minute probably won't cut it, but who knows, maybe we all sucked last year and nobody will come.

3) Both panels are 18+, so if you don't have ID, grow up faster or something.

When you announce the final panels, will you also reveal the tentative schedule?  Or will that be at a later date?

http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/214164/8-highest-ranked-colleges-for-game-design/

Also, what exactly do you want to do?  Animation? AI? "Programming" is a broad term in the industry, so you need to figure out what you specifically want to do (or if you do, be more clear when inquiring about info). At your age, you should look to see if your high school (when you get there) offers any computer programming courses, or look to local colleges to see if they offer classes you can take for credit.

Also, you're in NJ?

http://www.tcnj.edu/~pa/news/2010/videogames.htm

TCNJ is the only school listed in the top 50.  So maybe check them out.

One of the things most requested of our 18+ panel last year was to have it later on at night. So this time around, I made the request for the 18+ to be at night, so we'll see how that goes - just doing anything on our end to make Fanime rock. I'm not so sure about early, but I mean if people will go, then by all means it should be an option eventually.

First...how did you get the form (I haven't seen it on the site yet)? I see it just updated shortly ago, nmd.

Second, I don't think you have to list your name, period (unless it's new this year).  The past two years, it was just the "outlet/group/organization" that was running the panel, the panel title, and panel description.  

Edit: Just did my first form submission, and yea, I think you have to give your real name.  It's just contact info for the panel organizer, I don't believe it will be listed in the panel directory or program.  I'm not staff or anything, so hopefully one of them will come in and answer for ya soon.

And if they read this ... is Sunday early afternoon not an option, or has it been reserved up already?