Of course, any trade show of this magnitude always delivers the goods when it comes to swag. There was quite a lot of gear to be had at this year's event, such as bags, booklets and a couple of demo discs, not to mention some fashionable keychains and cellphone straps. Nothing terribly cool looking though. I wish I'd had time to stand in line for the Dororo demo though; they were giving out a prosthetic sword-arm! Out of all of the swag that I did pick up, there are two that stand out in my mind as being my most cherished items.

This adorable Athena t-shirt was just too good to pass up. It's too bad I didn't get a chance to pick up a Nakoruru one as well. I'm sure this is going to make me stand out as the man among men with the chicks.

This swanky little gift pack for Shadow Hearts II was also one of my favourites from the show

Oh, wait. I can hear your cries. "What about the booth girls?" you ask. "What of them?" I ask in turn. "Well, you know..." you reply, awkwardly shuffling your feet. "Well fine," I say, finally, "I suppose I have a few such pictures."

And don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you ladies, so let's punctuate all that cheesecake with a nice juicy hunk of BEEFCAKE!

Sorry, did I say "beef?"