{"id":3534,"date":"2009-10-12T17:21:50","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T07:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=3534"},"modified":"2009-10-12T17:21:50","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T07:21:50","slug":"armageddon-expo-shaping-up-to-be-the-biggest-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=3534","title":{"rendered":"Armageddon Expo shaping up to be the biggest yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/news\/gl2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Armageddon Expo shaping up to be the biggest yet<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For Immediate Release: Monday October 12, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne residents have proven to have a love for all things weird, wacky and wonderful with pre-event ticket sales for the Armageddon Multimedia Expo up on previous years.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">Commencing on Saturday October 17, 2009, the Armageddon Multimedia Expo is Australia\u2019s leading science fiction, fantasy and gaming event with more than 15,000 people expected to flock to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre across the duration of the expo.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">Headlining the international guests appearing at this year\u2019s event include the creators of <em>Robot Chicken<\/em>, Seth Green, Michael Senreich and Tom Root who will be on hand to meet their fans and discuss the development of the Emmy-winning stop-motion series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">Other celebrity guests appearing at the Armageddon Multimedia Expo include Christopher Heyerdahl, Bronson Pelletier and Cameron Bright (<em>New Moon<\/em>), Joe Flanigan, Paul McGillion and Joe Flanigan (<em>Stargate Atlantis<\/em>) and Gigi Edgley (<em>Farscape<\/em> and <em>Rescue Special Operations<\/em>).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">Bill Geradts from the Armageddon Multimedia Expo said this year\u2019s event will also feature a number of attractions which will be popular with both the young and old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">\u201cFor the first time ever, the Armageddon Multimedia Expo will feature a replica of the Delorean Time Machine which appeared in the Back to the Future movies,\u201d Geradts said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">\u201cOn top of this we will have on display the largest private collection of memorabilia, film props and wardrobe articles from Twilight and New Moon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">\u201cThe whole range has been sourced by costume designer, John Henson who has spent hundreds of hours putting together the collection which features screen pieces and duplicates from the popular movies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">\u201cWe will also have a number of musical performances by New Zealand-based group Battle Circus with part of their debut EP, \u2018The Half-Light Symphony\u2019 used by HBO to launch the True Blood series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">&#8220;Japanese-American pianist, singer and song writer, Lisa Furukawa will also be doing performances during the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ever-popular live wrestling, pillow fight, Dragonball Z Kamehameha, pizza and fear factor eating competitions will return along with the new SuperInk Tattoo contest and Bad Ladies Burlesque demonstration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">Tickets for the Armageddon Multimedia Expo start at $20 and are available through Ticketmaster or at the door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;\">For more information on the events and attractions at the Armageddon Multimedia Expo can be found at <a href=\"mhtml:{534E9537-84FB-4BE9-9ACE-046B3188061A}mid:\/\/00000152\/!x-usc:http:\/\/www.fluidpr.com.au\/sendstudionx\/link.php?M=68470&amp;N=1090&amp;L=3794&amp;F=H\">www.armageddonexpo.com\/au<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armageddon Expo shaping up to be the biggest yet For Immediate Release: Monday October 12, 2009. Melbourne residents have proven to have a love for all things weird, wacky and wonderful with pre-event ticket sales for the Armageddon Multimedia Expo up on previous years. 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