*RayeRaye's Corner* 

The Norwich Gaming Festival came back in April between the 6th and the 12th and it was a massive success! This year I actually got the opportunity to be part of the event on Saturday 11th April, by being asked to run a Cosplay Masquerade and have a talk in the main auditorium of The Forum in Norwich – wow! My talk was ‘All About Cosplay’ and was a basic run through on how you get an idea for a costume and how you can make that into a real life outfit, I went through some of the gaming characters that I have cosplayed and also went through a basic construction process. It was well-received so I was really ecstatic to have been given the chance to explain cosplay to people who were new to it, and to those who were interested but needed a little more insight. This was the second time I have held a presentation on cosplay and would definitely be up for doing it again!

Once my talk was over it was time for me to start the Norwich Gaming Festival Cosplay Masquerade! We had some fantastic entries getting on stage to some game music, and we had characters from games of old and new covered by our cosplayers such as: Silent Hill, Minecraft, League of Legends, Nights, Spyro, and Marvel characters. Our winner was a sweet little buy who cosplayed from Minecraft, who won a bar of chocolate! After the masquerade I announced a big photo shoot so I have some really cool photos of me in my Final Fantasy X Yuna cosplay with all the entrants.

You can find pictures from the event on my Facebook page RayeRaye Cosplay

There really was so much going on so visit the NGF site for more info, I personally loved it and I hope there will be a big NGF next year too!