Adam once again joined me for our third year in a row at DragonCon, Atlanta’s largest mixed convention, covering gaming, sci-fi/fantasy literature, movies, and film. This year brought with it an entirely new panel dedicated to Podcasting, the MythBusters cast, and the producers from Lost.

• Kevin Sorbo (Captain Dylan Hunt), Steve Bacic (Telemachus Rhade), and Brandy Ledford (Doyle) kicked off Saturday with Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda Cast Reunion. The actors talked about their experiences on the show, future projects and endeavors, as well as some of the politics that led the eventual cancellation of the series.
• The developers of Anarchy Online shared their thoughts with a loyal online community in this well-received panel. Anarchy Online is published by FunCom, makers of The Longest Journey.
• In “Mythbusting for Fun and Profit”, Tory Belleci of the MythBusters tells the story of how he ended up on the popular science series. Tory also wanted to let everyone know that most of his IMDB profile is entirely fabricated. This panel was sponsored by the Space & Science programming track, and I hope to see more from this track in the coming years at DragonCon.
• The Babylon 5: Cast Q&A became full quite quickly, and as a result, Adam and I hopped next door to listen to performances by Lisa Furukawa. Lisa Furukawa Ray is a Japanese-American pianist, singer, and songwriter. Utilizing her talents in contemporary and classical music, Lisa’s performances and recordings display a fusion of Japanese folk, alternative pop, and electronica.
• I had so much fun with Dean Haglund and Gary Jones at last year’s DragonCon, that attending this panel was a no-brainer. Boldly going where no comedians have gone before. Gary and Dean traveled the universe in this “Improv Enterprise”, with the help of audience suggestions and the occasional doomed audience member in a red shirt, to make the universe a safer and dare we say, more hilarious place for all mankind.
• Just days before the event, I had the opportunity to watch Serenity, the conclusion of the cancelled Firefly science fiction television series, often described as “cowboys in space”. Alan Tudyk (Wash) and Summer Glau (River) of the series joined us in this Q&A session.