Imee Marcos supports UGG X3M XPO and Cosplay
Written by: Erika Tapalla
Publication: Cosplay Philippines
Date published: October 8, 2007 at 10:46 AM
Imee Marcos graces Market! Market! at Fort Bonifacio for the UGG X3M XPO event, supporting cosplayers and pushing for government funds to be allotted to game development and all of interactive creative media.
Marcos expresses she is a fan of cosplay as she has also witnessed cosplayers internationally. She claims it blends well with the promotion of game development and creative media, and highly supports it.
She also believes in this gaming industry and Filipino talent as she says in an interview, “Naniniwala tayo that there’s a lot of future here and may talent talaga yung mga Filipino kaya lang hindi na-didiscover. We have many who are willing to do more, but theres is no capital to actually develop the game so we want to support these game developers,”
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U Got Game X3M XPO is considered an exposition for students and non professional game developers, game modders, and digital artists to showcase their talents. Organizers of the event incorporated cosplay to bring the game characters into life, that way the games don’t seem too distant or geeky.
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According to 1st runner up Pablo Bairan, “Including cosplay was was effective because a lot of people ask for pictures, get interested in the characters and then get interested in the game. If it’s just an event for programming, it’s intimidating for those who are not techy; but if there are people in costume, it’s interactive and more interesting.”
Marcos expresses she is a fan of cosplay as she has also witnessed cosplayers internationally. She claims it blends well with the promotion of game development and creative media, and highly supports it.
She also believes in this gaming industry and Filipino talent as she says in an interview, “Naniniwala tayo that there’s a lot of future here and may talent talaga yung mga Filipino kaya lang hindi na-didiscover. We have many who are willing to do more, but theres is no capital to actually develop the game so we want to support these game developers,”
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U Got Game X3M XPO is considered an exposition for students and non professional game developers, game modders, and digital artists to showcase their talents. Organizers of the event incorporated cosplay to bring the game characters into life, that way the games don’t seem too distant or geeky.
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According to 1st runner up Pablo Bairan, “Including cosplay was was effective because a lot of people ask for pictures, get interested in the characters and then get interested in the game. If it’s just an event for programming, it’s intimidating for those who are not techy; but if there are people in costume, it’s interactive and more interesting.”