ConnectiCon 2013 This Weekend July 11, 2013

Just a quick reminder to everyone from my neck of the woods that ConnectiCon 2013 will be happening this weekend from Friday, July 12th, 2013 to Sunday, July 14th, 2013 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT.  The event considers itself a multi-genre convention and welcomes fans of many different tastes.  There will be a ton of panels and events covering a wide array of topics from film, television, animation and games.  You can expect there will be panels, cosplay, a screening room, games and more!  There will also be appearances by celebrities from multiple mediums including Jim Cummings, Doug “The Nostalgia Critic” Walker, Marina Sirtis, Tim Buckley, Team Four Star, and Jon St. John.

Don’t forget, Maniac and Princess Angel will be attending!  You can expect plenty of coverage of the event will be coming to the site all weekend!

For all the details about the event, you can check out the ConnectiCon 2013 Official Website.

About Direct Video Game Capturing May 8, 2013

Some of you regular viewers may be aware that I typically do not include directly captured game footage with my site’s videos.  In the videos where I have shown game footage it would usually be restricted to during a convention, beta test, or when I’m doing a short commentary.  In these cases, I have usually stuck to doing an off-screen capture using the same camera that I have shot all my videos on.  The camera is quite good at capturing video footage clearly, but it has nowhere near the same quality that a direct video capture can provide.

There are several reasons why I have been unable to produce videos using a direct capture system, the most obvious one being the cost.  The cost of some of these devices can range around what I paid for my site’s HD video camera, and with the amount of games (and game consoles) that have been coming out in the past few years, and with my intention to focus the site’s content more on written articles, voice recorded podcasts, and videos I would be appearing in myself, buying a new game capture device was not on the top of my list for site expenses.

The other reason was that up to this point, I have been quite unhappy with the wide majority of capture devices available at retail.  First off, when I first started shopping around for them, the vast majority of them couldn’t capture in HD, even if they said they were HD on the box!  Since I shoot my site videos in 1080p HD, I have been waiting for a decent capture device to release that would meet that specification, on top of all the other specifications I had for it.  Some of these personal specifications included 1080p HD capture support, ease of connectivity, external storage support, console and PC compatibility and HDMI support.  We live in the HD game world, and a simple SD capture device wasn’t going to be good enough for me.  Lets face it, if I was going to pay money for something, I wanted it to be able to do everything I needed, and if I couldn’t get it I was willing to wait.

Well, some new capture devices have hit the market which now meet my specifications perfectly, and I have been considering finally putting one on order in order to capture game footage for upcoming site videos.

My question is this, what new kinds of video series would you like to see on the site that could make the best use of this?

Quinni-Con 2013 This Weekend April 18, 2013

For those of you in my neck of the woods interested in checking out a totally free convention this weekend, look no further than the Quinni-Con!  Hosted by Quinnipiac University, the two-day free convention is open to all fans of games, anime, television and movies.  There will be panels on a wide range of topics, gaming tournaments, a screening room, and special guests.  In fact, the convention is boasting the appearance of special guests including Chris Cason, Jessi Nowack, Michael Hecht and The Asterplace.

You can check out all the details about the convention and view the complete schedule on their official website.  The preregistration period has ended, but you can still register on site starting Saturday at 8am.  The convention will take place Saturday, April 20th to Sunday, April 21st at the Quinnipiac University York Hill Campus.

We’re Going to Connecticon 2013! April 6, 2013

We just got the official confirmation back from the convention organizers. Princess Angel and I will be attending ConnectiCon 2013!

ConnectiCon is a yearly convention which will take place at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT July 12th to July 14th 2013. The convention focuses on many different aspects of popular culture and will offer many events, including panels, screenings, cosplay, and more! They have already announced an enormous deus of celebrities across a wide array of media will be attending including Doug Walker, Jim Cummings and Marina Sirtis.

You can get all the details on the event and preregister if you would like to attend on the event’s official website, ConnectiCon.org.

GameXcess.net would like to thank all the convention organizers for allowing us to attend! We hope to see you there!

Pokémon Day Announcement January 1, 2013

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope everyone is enjoying the start of 2013 and is spending it safely with friends and family!  I figured since it was the end of the holiday season, the time was right to spend a day talking about the little pocket monsters that have captured our hearts and been one of Nintendo’s most successful properties in the past ten years.  That’s right, today is Pokémon Day!

Recently, I wrote an essay on the site entitled “Do We All Live in a Pokémon World“.  While writing that essay, I did a ton of research all across the web and found a lot of great content that I would love to share with all of you.  There is just so much fan made Pokémon content across the world-wide web it would take the entire new year to share all of it with you, so that is why I’m going to show some of my favorites.

So for the rest of the day, sit back and relax, as I share some of my favorite Pokémon videos from across the web.  Keep your eyes glued on the site for the rest of the day as the site will get regular updates with a ton of different content.  I hope you enjoy and Happy New Year to all!

A Letter From the Webmaster November 2, 2012

Maniac here.  My apologies for taking this long to get back to you guys, but like many of you my home was impacted by Hurricane Sandy.  While I have been perfectly fine and healthy since the storm passed, several of my home’s utilities were knocked offline during the storm and have only come online just within the last few minutes.

I did not want to post any information on the site about the event as I had no timeline for my utilities to be restored.  Rest assured that gamexcess.net is perfectly fine, and will continue to operate normally.  In fact, I shot a new site video during the outage, the first ever video game review gamexcess.net has ever done, and more content was designed during the outage.

So sit back, relax and enjoy.  We’re back.

Halloween Game Deals October 27, 2012

With Halloween coming up, Maniac started looking for any more rare or interesting video games that would fit with a Halloween theme, and he wanted to pass those on to all of you.  With brick and mortar retailers hestiant to lower their prices just yet, some of the best game deals you can find are the ones you find online.

Today is Silent Hill Day October 25, 2012

Given the fact that its October, we have been planning to have an entire day dedicated to the Silent Hill series, one of the most enduring franchises of the past decade.  It has seen numerous releases in both the past and current generations, and the original releases still scare us to this day.  In honor of the past twelve years of the franchise and the release of the second feature film tonight, gameXcess.net is going to be declaring today Silent Hill Day!

If you haven’t played any of the games yet and want to, here’s a video I recently did where I talked about some great deals I got on the more recent games.

Stay tuned to this site for the rest of the day for some great Silent Hill related content from across the web!