Montreal Comiccon: Cosplay Confession and Indie Games!

The Montreal Comiccon pop-culture, comic, and gaming fan convention is in full swing at Palais des congrès, and the folks at CJLO - 1690AM are excited to bring our readers daily recaps and photos of this amazing three-day event! Here's a quick recap of day one, brought to you by Philiam from Turn on the Darkness. Main photo by Brian 'Döc' Holidæ from Geektastiq Cypha. Check out our Instagram @CJLO1690AM for more photos Montreal Comiccon cosplayers!

Morning

At the dawn of Montreal Comiccon I could not sleep due to excitement. I finally fell asleep at about 4:30 in the morning, knowing I had to be up at 9-10ish. Took a shower, saw it was 10:45, and realized I was running late to get to my 425 express bus, which I usually take downtown. Thankfully, I made it caught the bus on time. Let me tell you, nothing beats the morning and wakes you up like listening to Steven Wilson's Hand. Cannot. Erase. and some Opeth tunes.

I'll possibly see some cosplayer once I've reached Dorval circle. Like every year, it's always interesting to see the new cosplays from newer series that people have been working on.

Made It to Comiccon

Finally at Comiccon, and patiently waiting as the doors open for media and guests to arrive, I saw a few cosplayers that looked gorgeous, saw a Ray from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a gorgeous D.Va from Overwatch that I wanted to speak to—my heart literally started to pound like crazy because of how beautiful the cosplay was, sorry I'm obsessed with D.Va.

Eating a Tim Hortons cinnamon roll to get a little boost, even though I am feeling excited and nervous at the same time, I know it will be a great time today. Don't think I'll have anything else until maybe 8:00 later tonight.

Inside the Conference

Comiccon has been a real blast all day. there is a ton of people on the show floor this year, and that hasn't really been happening in the last couple of years. I first started to play the soon-to-be released game called Gravity Rush 2 on the PlayStation Vita. The game has a very interesting concept using gravity and unique gameplay mechanics. My square button wasn't working to attack, but either way I didn't know what was wrong. VR also caught my attraction but I wasn't able to get a chance to play.

Despite the lack of panels today, I know it's only the start of what's to come on day two of Comiccon. I am definitely going to try out some of the HTC Vive stuff in the indie games section, and try out more indie games. THEY'RE SO COOL. I would also like to give a shout out to the whole crew that has been working here all day, they're doing a fantastic job!

Day 1 of Comiccon has been a success. Keep on tuning for more coverage on day two, right here in the CJLO Magazine.

--Phil Aveline hosts Turn on the Darkness, every Tuesday at 2PM.