Cosplayers in elaborate costumes wandered past gaming tournaments and artist booths at The Shops at Palm Desert this weekend, as GameACon took over the mall for its second straight year of celebrating gaming, creativity and pop culture. The two-day event ran Saturday and Sunday, drawing fans of gaming, cosplay and pop culture who came to…

Thousands of anime, gaming and comic fans packed the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs this weekend as Anime NebrasKon ran from Friday through Sunday, filling the venue with cosplay, arcades, board games and celebrity Q&As. Hundreds of vendors lined the halls for the three-day convention, which organizers describe as a celebration of pop culture and…

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Cosplayer Lidiya “Olidushka” Lepechkina went to the underwater vessel called The Maw from the horror game Little Nightmares to transform into Six, who tries to survive in eerie conditions and stop being a helpless victim.