This is Friday's schedule:

3:00 pm –
Romero Room: Showing Dr. Horrible
The Laboratory: “AggieCon Welcoming Panel” - Laid back introduction to the weekend ahead. Mingle with the friends you haven't seen in awhile or make some new ones. (We will bribe you to come with cookies!)
4:00 pm –
Romero Room: Continuing Dr. Horrible
The Laboratory: "Harvey Dent for President" - How do science fiction and fantasy media comment on current political situation? Panelists discuss how these genres can be used as a powerful medium to talk about cultural issues. [Rosen, Knowles, Sarath*, Blaschke]
The Graveyard: "Jacked In and Jacked Up" - Cyberpunk writing speculates about the day when the Internet will control our lives like the "Master Control Program" in Tron. Come hear our writers discuss this sub genre and who you should be reading. [Mixon*, Turner, C. Donahue, White]
5:00 pm –
Romero Room: Showing Night of the Living Dead
The Laboratory: "Paper or Plastic: The Great E-Reader Debate" - The Kindle, Nook, and e-Books are quickly gaining popularity. Will the written word no longer be written, but typed? Will all our media be read from a screen rather than a page in the future? [Clement-Moore, Sullivan, Rosen, Knowles, Gould*, Datlow]
The Graveyard: "The Evil League of Evil" - These bad to the bone villians and mad scientists are under review. Who will make the cut? Or who will be deemed only a henchman? [C. Donahue, Phillips, White, Rose*, L. Donahue]
6:00 pm –
Romero Room: Continuing Night of the Living Dead
The Laboratory: "Journey to the Beginning of Sci Fi" - These are the classics modern sci fi is beholden to. Our panelists debate who is the mother (or father) of all science fiction. [Bowers, Cupp*, Montz, Gould, Wells]
The Graveyard: "So You Wanna Get Paid to Play Games" - Out resident game developers tell you how the industry works if you want to make or play games for a living. [W. Spector, Doucet]
7:00 pm –
Romero Room: Opening Ceremonies
8:00 pm –
Romero Room: "Out of Context" - Audience participation is a must as our guests make up science fiction/fantasy definitions for obscure words and abbreviations. (Think Balderdash with a spec fic twist!) You won't want to miss the hilarity that will ensue. [Clement-Moore, Rosen, Gould, Mixon, Knowles, Eudaly, Mandala]
The Laboratory: "What Would Bram Stoker Say?" - What would the master of horror literature think of vampires that sparkle? This panel will also be called "The Book That Shall Not Be Named Again". You know what I'm talking about. [Datlow, Montz, Bowers*, Turner]
The Graveyard: "What's in a World?" - New worlds to explore are one of the key characteristics of fantasy. Our panelists discuss what goes into creating these settings. It's a lot more than just the topography! [L. Donahue, Wells*, Tolan, W. Spector, C. Spector]
9:00 pm –
Romero Room: Jam Session
The Laboratory: "Zombies, Werewolves, & Vamps, Oh My!" - An examination of why these particular supernaturals seem to keep coming back over and over. Is their link to humanity what we find so fascinating? [Mooney*, Montz, Rosen, Leicht, Bowers]
The Graveyard: Anime Music Video Contest
10:00 pm –
Romero Room: Room Closed to Set-up for Rocky
The Laboratory: "New World of Darkness: All Venues Must Go!" - The Camarilla's local Domain of the Midnight Yell is hosting this multi-venue game. They hope to please all palates for any supernatural type that White Wolf offers. Bring your D-10s!
The Graveyard: Anime Room Showing Speed Racer
The Morgue: Cepheid Muster & Fireside Chat- Where we come together to honor the Aggie tradition of Muster. A time when we remember those who have gone beyond the veil since the last AggieCon. After, Cepheids old and new reminisce with stories in a relaxed setting. [Sullivan, Teslow]
11:00 pm –
Romero Room: Doors for Rocky Open!
The Laboratory: Camarilla LARP contin. (Will run until 2 am)
The Graveyard: Anime Room Showing Darker than Black season one marathon! (Will run until 10 am Saturday.)
The Morgue: Cepheid Fireside Chat contin.
12:00 am –
Romero Room: Rocky Horror Picture Show!

See ya then!

Here is the most updated master schedule for AggieCon 41:

AggieCon 41 Master Schedule

If you need it in the older Excel Format:

AggieCon 41 Master Schedule (in Old Excel Format)

We are working out the final kinks (including an anime schedule), but are close to finishing and nothing should change too much at this point.

We thank all our guests and attendees for their patience and hope this weekend proves an awesome experience.

Michael Isenhour is running an AMV Contest at AggieCon. He can be reached at generalvash@neo.tamu.edu.

Here are the rules, guidelines, and information for the AMV contest being held at Aggiecon on the weekend of Feb. 5th:

Contest Rules
-EXTENSION ON DEADLINE: Submit videos by Wednesday Feb. 3rd.
-Videos may not run longer than eight minutes
-Video and Audio must be of good quality, if it is pixelated to the point that I can't tell what's going on it won't be used
-Write down or type on a piece of paper the Anime used, Music/Audio used, and Title of each entry and a return address
-For the sake of the viewers, list the Anime, Music/Audio, and a name/handle for yourself at the beginning or end of your video(s)
-If there is anything objectionable in a video make a note of it on the paper (profanity is ok but tell us so we can make a disclaimer about it just before the video is shown)
-Video must be predominately Anime or Video Game footage
-Videos must be in a basic format that any computer can play without the need to download a tertiary program
-Submit mail entry AMVs on a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R,DVD+R, DVD-DL, or DVD+DL as a Data disk
- The coordinator reserves the right to reject a video for failure to comply with any of the above guidelines
-All submissions must be your creation, if it is found out that you are not the creator you will not receive a prize for it

Contest Information
-There will be two categories, Comedy and Action/General
-Creators are allowed two videos per category
-Make sure to note which videos go in which category
-There will be two awards per category, Judge's choice and People's choice
-You will only receive a prize for one of your videos in each category, in the event that an individual wins both prizes in a category the Judges choice will go to the runner-up
-The fastest means of receiving your prize is to be there in person, otherwise it will be mailed to you. (If the person claiming the prize is not the same as the return address, we will not give it to him/her)
-There is a two hour time span for this contest on that Friday, and there will be a screening of the higher rated videos on Sunday
-Mail all entries to:
ATTN: Aggiecon 2010
Colleen Fisher
999 West Villa Maria apt. 200
Bryan, Tx. 77840
-Digital entry: E-mail all requested information and a download link to aggieconamv2010@hotmail.com
-If you are submitting your entry digitally then include your actual name in the e-mail so that we know who to give the award to

For those unfamiliar with Aggiecon, it will be held in College Station, Texas on the weekend of Feb. 5th

OK, we have some flyers up now for people that would like to help market AggieCon 41 and can't make it on campus to pick up flyers:

This flyer features the major activities and guests at AggieCon:

General Information Flyer

This flyer has very basic information along with the t-shirt art by our Artist Guest of Honor - David Lee Anderson:

T-Shirt Art Flyer

This is another flyer with basic information along with the back cover art, also by David Lee Anderson:

Aggie Zombies Flyer

Ok! We finally have a preliminary list of panels ready. The master schedule with EVERYTHING on it will be up later today. These panels will have fancier names in the master schedule but this is just so you can get an idea of what's going on.

Go here to get a preview of the programming!

The panels will be posted in text form on this page later today too. But right now it's easier to send you to the schedule. Let us know which panels you're excited about!

We still have dealers' tables left!

Price per table is $135. To sign up, email the AggieCon dealers' room team at aggiecondealersroom@gmail.com.

If you are interested in helping out running aggiecon, please fill out
the form at:

AggieCon 41 Volunteer Form

The more people volunteer, the fewer everyone hours everyone has to
work. I expect around 8hrs per individual over the weekend.

Robert Watson
Staffing Officer