Game Shows and Panels for Conventions, and So Much More
I will not be presenting at Ohayocon 2024. Unfortunately, the lead time I have been given to prepare and present panels is not enough to guarantee a quality event lineup for attendees or a pain-free process for staff members.
I wish the staff, panelists, and attendees of Ohayocon well, and I hope you have an enjoyable weekend.
–Dusty, founder/producer
We got some AMAZING news coming in this morning!
We have been accepted to perform a whopping eight panels at Anime Crossroads 2024 in Indianapolis, IN! On the docket will be all kinds of fun and thought-provoking content, including some premieres!
This is by far the MOST panels and events we’ve ever been approved to perform at a single convention! Our deepest thanks to the Anime Crossroads staff for giving us this amazing opportunity and putting their trust in us. We will make you proud!
This also means if you haven’t gotten your badge for Anime Crossroads, now is the time! You can save some money by buying your badge early at the link above.
Regarding the status of Anime Game Show Party Studios at Ohayocon:
We have yet to receive any confirmation or denial about the four events we have submitted to present at Ohayocon 2024. As that convention is less than a month away, some panels that were previously submitted may not be possible to complete now as they require a lot of pre-con writing, research, and surveying in order to bring you the quality entertaining and educational content that attendees and convention staff have come to expect from us. If word is received soon from convention staff, there may be a limited number of panels we can still perform with limited lead time. Further updates will be shared here.
Occasionally I do get some comments that aren’t from princes of a far-away land offering me a lot of money to do particularly sketchy things! Mark wrote in and said:
you should do double dare at cons
Fun Fact, this could mean one of two shows! There was a game called Double Dare that aired in the 1970s starring Alex Trebek with one heck of a ‘fro. It was a fairly involved Q&A show, where strategy played a key role in controlling how many clues your opponent got to see. It only lasted from 1976-77 and then faded into obscurity (though its theme song was reused for the much more popular Card Sharks).
Or there’s the kids’ game show that aired on Nickelodeon and Fox in the 1980s into the ’90s. Two teams of kids answered much easier questions and did a lot of messy stunts to win some surprisingly cool prizes (all the way up to a minivan for the Family Double Dare series!). This Double Dare got a really solid revival on Nickelodeon a few years back.
But to get back to the comment, one would take a LOT of preparation, tech, and manpower that I don’t really have, and the other I simply will not do.
Trebek’s show could be done but we’d have to engineer around some of the physical set pieces on the show… namely, the isolation booths for the players and the experts. Building them is out of the question. Perhaps we could get the same effect by having players wear blindfolds + noise-cancelling headphones, but that brings up sanitary issues. If we can find a way to basically make players temporarily unable to see/hear when needed, then it’d be workable.
Double Dare on Nick has been one I’ve gotten multiple requests for over the years. I love the show. I loved it as a kid; I loved the reboot. But I can’t create or host it at a convention. Physically, sure. I could write questions and construct physical challenges and obstacles, but what if someone is hurt? What if they have their phone in their pocket and the screen cracks if they fall in the One-Ton Human Hamster Wheel or it gets whipped cream on it while going Down the Hatch? What happens to the con when the hotel finds out about these activities that endanger their meeting room/property? As a former convention runner, I would instantly make sure that show never happened at my con, and I’m not willing to put a con-runner in that same difficult position.
No amount of waivers would protect me personally or the convention from being sued out of existence.
Best I can do is have two teams play the NES adaptation of Double Dare, and I wouldn’t inflict that pain on anyone.
Our goal at Anime Game Show Party is to make the lives of convention attendees entertaining and educational, and to make the lives of convention staff a little less stressful.
There has been a lot of negative comments thrown at Ohayocon recently, and while we normally do not comment on such things, we do have a long-standing relationship with the convention, having served as staff in myriad capacities and having appeared several times as presenters and panelists.
For full transparency, we have submitted four events for approval at Ohayocon 2024. As of the writing of this post, we have not received a response as to the status of the submitted events. It was also to be a return to performing at in-person events following a long absence due to the global pandemic and other health concerns.
The information being made public is still new, and AGSP will be taking all information in and analyzing it as quickly as possible. Any changes to our status with the con will be posted here.
Citrus Con 2023 was an overwhelming success thanks to the hard work of the staff, the wonderful guests, and the positive and supportive attendees.
And, I can already announce that I will be returning to Citrus Con in some capacity! I’m speaking with staff as to what exactly I’ll be doing, but I’ll be doing something! It’ll go into the Future Appearances page and you’ll get updates as time goes on.
Registration is already open, and if you’re a fan of yaoi, BL, or general m/m stuff, register for free here!
We’re over the moon to announce that we will be appearing at Citrus Con, a new online BL convention, this August! Details are on the Appearances page.
This will be a busy weekend. We have four shows to share with BL fans:
The best part? Registration for the con is FREE! You can register for access to all the fun here.
Please remember! Citrus Con is an 18+ event. If you’re under 18, sit tight, we’ll be coming to many more cons in the coming months and years!
Today we are updating our LGBT State Status page. We have found a new source of information to factor into our decision that allows us to put additional weight on state laws that greatly affect how conventions run (such as bathroom bans or banning wearing clothes that do not match your birth gender).
This is still an imperfect method, as it doesn’t yet take into account laws that are not officially on the books but that are being discussed. For example: although only one state has officially passed an “anti-drag” bill, many statehouses across the country are debating the issue.
We welcome your suggestions on how to refine and perfect our methods, including data sources we may have not discovered yet. Leave a comment below or use the Contact form.
Sorry for the long radio silence. It turns out the surgery I had is known for being one of the most challenging to recover from. However, I am moving closer and closer to being able to return to full daily normal life in early June!
As I’m working to get back on my feet, I have been continuing to keep track of events unfolding regarding the slew of bills in various U.S. state legislatures limiting or banning basic rights for LGBTQIA+ people, especially our trans community
This means the states in which I will not be performing, attending, or staffing conventions in has grown dramatically. I am making a new page to keep track of states currently on the list, and hopefully celebrate when these laws are repealed.
URL for the current list is at: http://www.animegameshowparty.com/lgbt/
I am not doing this to punish cons for just being in a state with lawmakers who support these laws. I am doing this to tell conventions to raise up the voices that are most affected by these new policies. Conventions, no matter their size, have a giant social media reach. Many put on annual charity events and can direct the donations to organizations who support trans and other LGBTQIA+ people and their fight to simply exist.
LGBTQIA+ folks are literally in the fight of their lives — especially trans people. We as a community, regardless of how we identify, have to work together to make it crystal clear that this is NOT the America that America wants,
UPDATE 3 June 2020: While no new appearances are scheduled, we are submitting applications to present at new conventions. If you are a convention staff member and would like to inquire about having us at your event, please use the Contact form.
We will be taking a hiatus for the months of Feburary through June, 2023. We will evaluate conditions in June to decide whether or not to extend the hiatus or return to conventions full-time.
Current personal situations make it so that we cannot travel more than a half hour from our city center, which severely limits what conventions we can attend and perform at.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.