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Cosplay was a major part of this event, with the organisers even devoting a catwalk masquerade to those who had dressed up as their favourite characters from videogames and TV, ranging from The Legend of Zelda, Street Fighter and Powerpuff Girls through to modern cult drama Game of Thrones.
I took a few pictures of various people who had dressed up in their fantastic outfits, but there were still occasional moments when I shyed away from asking to take a picture, as it’s not human nature to just stop someone in the street and ask to take a photo of them, and you see some people walking from A to B, and with a sense of purpose, and you feel bad for stopping them. Or, sometimes, people look
like their busy making their own way around the games.
As Morrissey once sang, “Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life you’d like to…”
I understand that the organisers of the Cosplay Masquerade, Genesis Gaming, have recorded it, but it’s not yet available online. I’ve emailed them, so as soon as it is, then I’ll link it here. Below are the pictures I have taken, although I have to confess that I don’t know who all of the characters are. If you do, please let me know and I’ll update this.
Also, I didn’t realise before Play Expo 2014 is that there are some people out there who participate in the bullying of cosplayers. Bullies involved in this, or in any aspect of life, are sad individuals who are trying to make up for their tiny genitals. One company who are running an anti-bullying campaign is I Cosplay. Like their Facebook page.
The following pictures can also be seen on my Facebook album.
While we await the full cosplay masquerade to be put online, here’s the Cosplayers of the 2014 Play Expo dancing onstage to Psy’s Gangnam Style while awaiting results of the competition:
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.