Originally Published: February 28, 2009, on 1050ESPN.com (now ESPNNewYork.com)

Ray “Ray 2” Carsillo and Robin Lundberg Storm NY ComicCon 2009
Video by Jared Bodden

It is always one of my most highly anticipated events of the year. The New York ComicCon. I was accompanied this year by Robin Lundberg, producer extraordinaire, who usually likes to play it cool, but as seen here in this video, is a big geek at heart (although not nearly as big as I am). This video is a short chronicle of only a handful of experiences we had at this year’s ComicCon. Hopefully you enjoy the previews and laughs we had along the way as we did.

I would also like to take this time to thank the people who make this blog and the features I post possible. I know that ComicCon took place three weeks before the posting of the article, but myself and the people who work on this with me do not get anything for this. We all have other jobs at 1050 or elsewhere that dominate a good portion of our time. I want to take this moment to recognize Joseph Layton of Rutgers University who serves as my text editor/proofreader on my long review articles and Jared Bodden whose name appears next to all my videos. Without Jared believing in what I’m doing and offering his taping and editing skills for free, the videos you view here would be nowhere near the quality they are.

Also, thanks go out to everyone who participates in the videos, the folks at all the gaming companies who have welcomed me into the video game journalism fold, and, of course, everyone at 1050 ESPN for allowing me use of the medium and to all those who tolerate this geek roaming the halls ranting to whoever will listen about Street Fighter 4 fighting techniques and RTS flanking manuevers.

This column, blog, blurb, or whatever else I’ve heard it called (I prefer column, sounds more professional), means the world to me and if I could write for it everyday then I would. Like I said above, myself and the others who work on it have a great deal of other responsibilities though. I, along with those I work with, have to use our judgement as to what is the most absolutely necessary geek stuff that you need to know about due to our limitations. We discuss what games I will review, what movies I will screen, what interviews I can conduct, and have to filter them down to 2-3 articles a week. This means that I have to throw out articles on Midway Games declaring bankruptcy, the CGS (Championship Gaming Series) folding after two seasons, comic book movies getting snubbed at the Oscars, countless game and movie reviews, and so much more. I, along with my rag-tag crew, will continue to try to provide for you the best geek stuff we can, though. That is a promise and leads to my final thank you to you, the readers.

Without you continuing to click on my page and read my articles, I would have been pulled long ago because let’s be honest, I’m a geek trying to make it in a meathead world. That is why I hope that in the future you continue to read my articles as I promise to continue to deliver the best quality info-tainment I can possibly deliver. All the best and I hope you enjoyed this latest video.

-Ray Carsillo