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Gen Con Indy - Friday Walkabout - 2007 Page 1 of 2   Next Page On Thursday, Gen Con's registration lines stretched outside the convention center and around the block. On Friday, this was all that was left. All of the early arrivals had gotten their badges and gotten inside to be part of the gaming show. But there was more than gaming inside the big convention center. There were plenty of people on hand who have graced anime conventions with their presence, and gaming fans wanted to meet the anime personalities on gaming turf. Here's Gavin, Kathleen and Matt from Rooster Teeth Productions. The guys behind the Red vs. Blue show were on hand to cause trouble and unleash a bunch of videos on unsuspecting Hoosiers. They weren't far from the artists' compound that featured Robert and Emily DeJesus in the middle of a large group of noted fantasy and sci-fi artists. The Friday voice actor gathering began at the Funimation booth with Colleen Clinkenbeard, who is used to the convention craziness, and Brandon Potter, a relative newcomer to the dubbing world and the convention culture. At the same time, Stephanie Sheh was at the Score Entertainment booth with a line of fans waiting for her autograph. The Score and Funimation booths were about a hundred feet apart in the dealers' room, but the actors didn't know that each other were in the same area until we told them. Yes, the room was that big and crowded on Friday. Maybe this passes for entertainment among gamers: the Geek Squad from Best Buy was putting old computer hard drives in a press and crushing them. It was too horrible to watch the drives reduced to rubble by the press' brutal jaws and teeth. Page 1 of 2   Next Page Gen Con Indy Main Page