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Cosplay Feature: Gray Oranges' Rikku!

Photo by David Ngo I won't ever shy away from writing about cosplays of Rikku's look from Final Fantasy X-2 and Gray Orange did a fantastic job portraying her in both the overall cosplay look PLUS the pose work. Of course I'll get to all that in due time but let's start at the top! It's certainly a cosplay worn for several events and I want to say I first saw this in the overall collection of MAGFest photos back in January of this year. I really love how the multiple braid strands are integrated into the blonde wig for starters. I can't tell if they're either part of the wig itself or the blue headband that's wrapped around. In any case, following this is a red scarf wrapped around Irini's neck before you then get to the yellow bikini top. Here, you can also see orange trim lines as part of the piece. Oh, I forgot to mention that the red scarf actually travels all the way down to her legs. These end points then transition to a yellow/orange gradient!
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First Impressions: Dragon Fin Soup


One of the other games I tried out at PAX East this year was Dragon Fin Soup by developer Grimm Bros! Taking a wild shot in the dark thinking that the developer chose its name as an homage to the famous Grimm Fairy Tales. This first game of theirs definitely looks to have a similar vibe as the stories do. Cosplayer Destiny Nickelsen was asked to help promote for the game by creating an outfit for the main character! Like the other game I played I didn't manage to complete the demo due to having other things I wanted to check out. Unfortunately that happens when you only manage to get a 1 day pass to the convention. That doesn't mean I didn't pick up what was happening though in the game!

Dragon Fin Soup is a fantasy RPG/Strategy game where you control the main heroine Red Robin. From where I started, the game opened up with you as Red. Some dialogue took place and you were off chasing someone who I'm guessing did some bad action to either her or one of her friends. You control Red using the arrow keys and as you move to an object in your way, you automatically start attacking it. These objects include rocks and tree-stumps! As I traveled, the mini map in the corner revealed new areas. The end of this part resulted in you catching up to the person being chased only to have Red be beaten very easily. I noticed during this fight that along one of the corners were abilities you can use via pressing the number keys. Unfortunately I was too late to try and activate them as I had already died. Though I'm wondering if that was scripted and you were supposed to fail.

My time with the demo ended with Red waking up in a house wondering if what happened was a dream. Either that or the events that took place was a horrible dream. Overall the game was fun and the graphics were very colorful and detailed. The game has completed it's Kickstarter and is set to be made for PS4, PS3, Vita, PC, Mac and Steam. For more information check out the game's Kickstarter and official website!

Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimmbros/dragon-fin-soup

Site:
http://dragonfinsoup.com/



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