I figured most you may or may not care (as this SAGE is centered primarily around fangaming and I figure most people here aren't too hot on that concept), but then I remembered the Ian Flynn live chat is on Thursday and I figured a couple of you may want to sit in on it. Basically, check the site for the schedule - I think it starts at 5pm EST. It will be happening in the SAGE IRC channel (#sagexpo, Rizon network).
A Live chat with Ryan Drummond was just completed, you can view the log here.
Thursday will be another live chat with returning guest Ian Flynn. Ian is the current writer for the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic book and has been for about a year now.
With any luck this doesn't count as advertising; many years ago I founded SAGE, but I haven't actually participated in the production of the "expo" for quite some time.
In addition, there's a Level Design Contest and an Art Contest. The Level Design contest requires you have a version of MMF2 to enter as the engine you will be designing your level with (Damizean's fantastic "Sonic Worlds" engine, which replicates Genesis physics about as well as MMF2 can) was written in MMF2. If you really need MMF2, the 30 day demo will let you save and load games to your heart's content, but you can't build .EXEs, which should be okay for the contest. The Art contest has it's own set of rules and regulations you need to follow, and all of this is on the site for your pleasure.
Lots of higher-profile fangames are on display; the biggest names that seem to be garnering the most anticipation are Sonic Nexus, Sonic XG, and Sonic Headway (formerly Sonic Adventure Remix). All three games, coincidentally, may or may not have demos going up tomorrow; Nexus is the only one guaranteed to have a demo, XG and Headway are having technical problems and are shooting for a Wednesday release.
Also on the "show floor" is the amazing Retro Sonic. Taxman should be releasing a new Retro Sonic demo - the first one in about five years - at the show, showcasing the brand-new Retro Sonic engine he's been steadily working on. RSonic is multi-platform, too, something you don't see very often - with builds for PC, Mac, and eventually even Sega Dreamcast and probably beyond (PSP? who knows). RSonic also comes with a multi-platform level editor, which sounds to be pretty hot.
So yeah. Have fun.
Edit:
*** Slingerland sets mode: +m
<Slingerland> everybody has been sent into shut up mode
<Slingerland> this is how the Q&A session works
<Slingerland> you will PM me in this chat when you have a question
<Slingerland> then I will restore your voice
<Slingerland> once your question has been answered, you will be devoiced again
<Slingerland> and the next person will have a chance to ask a question
<Slingerland> NOW:
<Slingerland> GROUND RULES!
<Slingerland> You cannot ask Ryan to voice for your fangame
<Slingerland> or ANYTHING for that matter
<Slingerland> 2) Do not question his identity
<Slingerland> 3) Do not flame him
<Slingerland> understand?