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Armageddon aftermath

DalekJacob went to pop-culture festival Armageddon! He has since disappeared somewhere in a wormhole, so we had to send a mysterious interviewer, who is definitely not Jacob's mum, to track him down. He was located playing video games in a small shack in the south-western corner of a tiny city, somewhere near Alpha Centauri. Or was that Centaurus Road?

So, Jacob. You went to Armageddon a couple of weeks ago. How did you find it?
My dad dropped me off, so it was easy.
Hmm, not really what I meant. Let’s try that again.  How did you find Armageddon this year?
I told you, my dad took me. Look, this interview is going round in circles. I’ll just start off with saying that I very much liked it and had a lot of fun.
Okay, can you tell me how, why and what?
What?
Look, just name one thing you loved.
Just one? Well, I’d have to say the best bit was … the ice-cream eating contest.  It was most entertaining watching everyone get brain freeze.  Especially Luigi.
Very compassionate of you. Anything else good?
I got a photo of me with a Dalek. 
And …
Um, the anime showing of DeathNote was epic. Oh, and the guest speakers were all good, especially the sound effects guy. (Michael Winslow). 
Any interesting costumes? 
Different from last time – fewer people dressing up, but I did see three different sets of Mario and Luigi.  Ooh, and a Pikachu! *grins*
CrowdsAlright. How about least favourite bit?
Too many people. Oh the crushing claustrophobia. 
Riiiiight. Did you score any stuff?
Well, they did give us a bag of macaroni cheese.
Okay…
J:  And I got a ton of badges with Chuck Norris jokes on.  And I bought DeathNote volume 1. Yay.
Anything else you’d care to share?
My sister wants a ferret?
I meant anything else about Armageddon.
Of course you did. I had a great time, and although it maybe wasn’t as good as last year, not as much stuff to look at or do, less of everything, it was still pretty cool. 
And next year?
Next year I’m dressing up. Heh.
Well, that’s about it from me. Thank you and good night!
Jacob:  Goodnight, mum!

More information

Last year Emma McCann went and told us all about it. 

2009 Armaggedon Pop Culture Expo
Peter Davison and Mark Strickson from Doctor Who and Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst from Hercules headline this year's event. Sound effects and beat box maestro Michael Winslow (Police Academy) and Jonny Fairplay (Survivor) also make appearances. If you need any more reasons to go the website has full details.
 
Updated April 2009