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WEB SITE UPDATE 11th November 2008 – James Bond comes to town!  Armageddon has been informed of a once in a life time opportunity for fans to meet James Bond himself - Roger Moore
He will be signing his new book 'My Word is my Bond' and appearing in Auckland at the following events Friday 21 November
NZ Herald Dymocks Literary Luncheon - From 12-2pm - Venue Hyatt Hotel, Cnr Waterloo Quadrant and Princes Street, Auckland
Ticket Price General Public $65, table of 10 $600; Dymocks Booklover members $60, table of 10 $550
Enquires and Bookings 09 5208805 – 09 5223343,
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Whitcoulls Corner signing session - From 4.30-5.30pm - Venue Whitcoulls Corner, Cnr Victoria and Queen Streets, Auckland City Saturday 22 November - Borders Bookshop signing session - From 12.00-1.00pm - Venue Borders Bookshop, Sylvia Park
Updates for the March/April Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington events will begin soon, however first of all, here is the event review from the Auckland expo as well as some photo and video links Officially the Biggest Armageddon event EVER!
33,000 attendees over three days, with more exhibitors than ever before and some exciting new events and activities. The 2008 Auckland Armageddon expo reached new heights of public awareness, breaking into new media shows for the first time in years such as TV3’s Sunrise and TV1’S Close-up.
The gaming aspect of the event was significantly amped up with the both EA’s Rock Band and Total Interactive’s Guitar Hero World Tour doing a virtual battle of the bands, Microsoft’s R18 gaming area, Playstations Sackboy display and the Clearnet gaming area amongst many present. While the quality of the gaming areas is normally high, this year’s seamed exceptionally so, with a greater layout of space and bigger presentations.
The inclusion of the Fifa interactive world cup to the event was a particular highlight, with approximately 800 people watching the final game on the main auditorium’s 8m screen.
Other events that generated considerable interest where the Madman animation screening room, with a consistent 200 people in the room over the event, the Wrestling area with former ECW wrestler ‘The Sandman’ wrestling, Hubba Bubba bubble gum challenge, Game Player Card tournament area (which had record attendance this year, the Wizard demo area and more!
The event main stage once again proved exceptionally popular with record participation in the events Pillow fight and cosplay (the auditorium had to close entry during the cosplay as it was full with 900 attendees). As per previous events the eating contests attracted a wide audience and created the biggest mess yet!
One series of events that has increased in popularity from its introduction last year was the 6pm anime movie screenings in the event main stage area, with 200-300 attendees staying to watch these films after the event had closed.
The events celebrity guests proved as popular as ever (if not more so) with strong lines all three days in all areas. Of particular difference to previous years was the nonstop line for comic guest Jim Lee, whose line exceeded all expectations and previous events for comic guest, officially, becoming the events most popular comic guest ever!
David Hewlett from Stargate Atlantis once again confirmed the huge popularity of the show in NZ with an incredible response, which also was noticeable both in media coverage and audience reaction to the other media guests present at the event. Overall the 2008 Auckland event was a huge success and drastically increased the public awareness of the event, further entrenching Armageddon into the minds of Kiwis across the country. Below is the art from the four winners of the events art contest 
Visit this blog for some news and pics from the event http://www.gelatometti2.blogspot.com/ Visit these links below for photos and videos from the event – please email us your links for photo and event reviews and we will add them here, also, check out the event forums, certainly lots of feedback and images going up there this year
Photo links -
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/photo_gallery_popup_skin/armageddon2008_photogallery_group
http://www.flickr.com/groups/680559@N25/pool/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32704127770
http://outpost42.dr-maul.com/cpg147/thumbnails.php?album=189
http://outpost42.dr-maul.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1596&st=0
One of the two event photographers http://www.pixeload.com/
http://www.vampedup.co.nz/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=99999999&catid=19
http://gallery.of.geek.nz/main.php?g2_itemId=32029 Event review and stories -
http://www.vampedup.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1471&Itemid=1
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318241/2227609 If you have made it to the bottom of the page you deserve an extra special video, watch below
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