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• Gen Con 2012 took place August 16-19 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the convention boasted "a turnstile attendance record of 134,775, including more than 41,000 unique attendees", according to a press release from Gen Con LLC media contact Stacia Kirby. More details from the press release:
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Unique 2012 show attendance rose more than 12% over last year’s prior attendance record, propelled by significant increases to pre-show badge sales and on-site growth in Sunday’s Family Fun Day attendance. Overall, the show has grown in attendance approximately 30% since Gen Con Indy 2010. Turnstile growth for the weekend also was up 9% from last year’s prior record of 119,000 plus weekend attendees. Gen Con’s pre-show Trade Day also expanded, including 232 retailers attending the event, in addition to the growing numbers of educators and librarians that participated in the tracked pre-show program.
• Mental Floss, that paragon of bathroom reading material, has highlighted eleven game-inspired cakes, many of which look thoroughly unappetizing but some of which look cool as house decorations – at least for a few days.• Gary Ray at Black Diamond Games looks at Kickstarter and asks whether the site is "expanding the pie" or shifting sales around in a zero sum game. His conclusion? Inconclusive.
• Here's something of an oddball item: Beth Heile, interviewer of designers and publishers at Spiel 2011, and John Knoerzer have recorded a video reviewing Agent P's World Showcase Adventure, an interactive game located at Epcot Center in Walt Disney World.
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