We asked: If gamescom were a game character or a superhero, how would he/she look like? What would his/her hidden super power be?
And you answered with all your creativity: We received over 430 submissions with characters ranging from fluffy superanimals, muscular fighters to manga superwomen. Our top-class jury consisting of Oskar Pannier, the Blitz, Nino Kerl, Maja Felicitas and Salome Soe Gschwind-Penski chose their Top 16.
Some of you might remember Soe Gschwind-Penski from last year’s gamescom where she was host and commentator for Blizzard Livestream as well as the World of Warcraft Legion Reveal.
Jury member Maja Felicitas is a professional cosplayer and a frequent guest on conventions: The designer is also founder of the live action promotion agency Defcon Unlimited, which is specialized in “badass promotions”.
Anime, manga and Japanese video games: Every week Nino Kerl talks about the latest news and everything of interest about the Japanese pop culture on his YouTube-channel “Ninotaku TV”. On his second channel “tokyo” he completes his programme with weekly unboxings of Japanese figures and statues. The 31-year-old lives in Munich, works for Webedia Gaming GmbH as creative director and is a huge fan of Japan ever since.
Most of you have already seen the comics and characters of Oskar Pannier from Berlin; his best-known creations are the characters Shakes and Fidget. The stories about the Human Warrior shakes and the gnome magician Fidget were originally published as a World of Warcraft parody. In 2009 the browser game “Shakes & Fidget – The Game” from the web comic series.
„The Flash“ („Der Blitz“) is a passionate gamer, comic collector as well as a sitcom junkie. Famous for his North German accent, he has been active in the Youtube scene for a few years already and reports about news, classics and everything on comics. Meanwhile, his channel has become the biggest German Youtube channel all around comics. Since 2013 the video series “Flashed” (“Geblitzt”) is his hobbyhorse.
If gamescom were a game character or a superhero, how would he/she look like? What would his/her hidden super power be?