No convention would be complete without its fair share of cosplayers and the 2011 New York Comic Con was no exception.

There were characters ranging from popular superheroes, video game characters, anime heroes, and some sci-fi characters.

There was also a lot of Adventure Time, although the photos I took of those characters didn’t turn out too well.

Here’s a collection of the best cosplay photos I was able to take in between waiting in line for panels, panels and waiting in line for video game demos.

I know, this week Important Importables was going to talk about EasyGameStation, a doujin game maker that’s found fame overseas thanks to Carpe Fulgar deciding to localize two of its games, but Halloween is coming up. Which means people are probably just working out their plans, deciding if they want to go out to a party, or stay in and tend to the trick or treaters.

In either case, costumes are in order and video games can serve as great inspiration for finding one that is iconic, recognizable to other gamers and often very easy to pull together. Since times are tough, here are 10 possible costume ideas that could end up working out really well for you. Most are pretty easy to pull together. You may even already own some of the necessary components. In cases where you don’t, it’d probably cost less than $20 to get everything you’d need together, give or take depending on any liberties you decide to take with the concept….

With the dust and the smell of sweaty fans hardly settled after the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, Comic-Con International has teased the 2011 installment with set dates.

The 2011 International San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) will take place July 21 through 24, 2011. Yep, despite rumors that it might move, the con will remain in San Diego. The preview night…

Otacool 2: Worldwide Cosplayers is, simply put, full-color otaku coolness.

This is not a book of wide-eyed, scantily-clad Japanese hussies. This is instead an art book of professionally photographed enthusiasts who have taken their love of anime and video games to a much higher – and often more personal – level.

Halloween is swiftly barreling down on us but, due to monetary situations, creating an elaborate costume is probably out of the question. A more practical, inexpensive and easy alternative is probably best.

The thing is, video game fans can still show their allegiance to their favorite games without breaking their budgets. It isn’t too difficult to dress up as some of the more famous characters out there and, with a little creativity and common sense, come up with a pretty decent costume. Even if it doesn’t turn out well, who cares. Halloween is all about having fun.

So, for budget-conscious individuals, Gamertell has 15 video game costume suggestions for you…

San Francisco’s little niche known as Japan Town celebrated its 42nd annual Cherry Blossom Festival that ended with its highly anticipated grand parade on April 19, 2009.

This event usually spans for two weeks in mid-April when the cherry blossom trees are in full bloom. Hordes of people come together to partake in an abundance of ethnic foods, activities, and contests. This year’s celebration welcomed Star Trek veteran and community activist George Takei (aka Mr. Sulu) as its Grand Marshall.

Since 1999, Japan Town’s local and flourishing video rental place, aptly named Japan Video, has been sponsoring the Cherry Blossom Festival cosplay contest. This year mustered up a whopping 200 attendees who vied for the position of grand prize winner.

Participants congregated in front of San Francisco’s City Hall at 10 a.m. on Sunday (April 19, 2009) where judges would deem those worthy of receiving coveted prizes. Participants are promised gifts and goodies but neither they nor I know exactly what’s at stake until the very last minute (and remain a mystery to me even now). All participants were invited to march in the grand parade while the winners of the competition were featured on a motorized float.

The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Associaton and Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. will be holding the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) beginning September 24 (Thursday) and concluding on September 27 (Sunday).

If you could only ever attend at least one video game convention in your life, the Tokyo Game Show would definitely be that one. Since the Electronic Entertainment Expo has been diminished into a measly press event without all the flash and fervor of its previous fame, TGS easily picks up the slack…

WonderCon is the premiere comic book, science fiction, and motion picture convention that has graced San Francisco, California, since 2003. Usually held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, just a few blocks from Union Square, WonderCon has grown significantly in size over the past few years thanks to its inception into the Comic-Con International family.

This year, WonderCon was held at the Moscone South Center from February 27 to March 1, 2009. Surprisingly, there was a handful of video game booths that decided to grace WonderCon attendees with their presences – Capcom, EA Games, Namco Bandai and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon…

When gamers think of electronics and video game shopping in Japan, most people name Tokyo’s Akihabara as its epitome. However, not many may know that Osaka, Japan, has an Akihabara equivalent named Den-Den Town.

Much like Akihabara, Den-Den Town is chock full of otaku goodness. Just a few years ago, one could actually count the number of video game and figure specialty shops on one hand but now it seems to have experienced a growth explosion.

Den-Den Town (Nipponbashi) is short for Denki no Machi (which means Electric Town in Japanese) and as a place that was once famous for its variety of…

Square Enix has just announced that the Square Enix Store is going to start stocking some high-end Kingdom Hearts jewelry. Fans of the series will be able to purchase official keyblade keychains (available in three different designs) or a charm bracelet and charms. All items will be online exclusives, and will start appearing in the store between August 30 and September 13, 2008. The three metal keyblade keychains will be available in Kingdom Key, Oblivion and Oath Keeper styles. The charm bracelet will come with a heart charm, but Mickey, Kairi, Sora, Roxas, Keyblade and Heartless charms will be sold separately…