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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Claudia Black and Dragon Age #SDCC

There were quite a few people standing in line and pulling beads out of the bowl at the Dark Horse booth. Many of them were there for a chance to meet and get an autograph from Ben Gelinas and Nick Thornborrow.

Who are they?  That’s basically what I thought.  Not being a gamer, I’m not aware of the coolness of Dragon Age nor how awesome the storyline and characters that they created are. Not being a gamer, I wasn’t in line pulling beads, repeatedly, for them.

I was in line hoping for a blue bead out of the sea of white so I could meet Claudia Black.  Who is she?  Well, it’s all comes down to your type of nerdiness.  I am the type of geek that watched Farscape and Stargate. So Claudia Black is a big name for me.

My friends clued me in that the Dark Horse allows outside items signed.  Once I pulled a blue bead (only took 5 or 6 tries), I needed to track down a photo to get signed. The first place that came to mind was Holzheimer’s and they did have several photos to choose. I choose a photo that reminded me how quirky her character in Stargate was.

As I mentioned, a lot of the people were there to see the creators of Dragon Age.  It’s been a long time..., a long time...since I’ve heard that level of nerdiness. The two in front of me were dressed as characters from the game. While they had never met before, they formed a tight Dragon Age friendship.  They chatted incessantly about the plot and the skill level. Both concepts that are far beyond my ken.