QuakeCon 2012′s pre-registration is now live, and as always, id Software’s competitive BYOC (bring your own computer) gaming event is still free.

Attendees who want to get in on some extra goodies can register for special packages ranging from $30 to $50 that will also get them a spot at the BYOC area of their choice and some limited edition swag. The packages include:

BYOC Select-a-Seat | Includes Guaranteed Reserved Seating: $30 (Limit of 1,500 packages available)

•          Select and Reserve a guaranteed seat of your choice in the BYOC area
•          An Official QuakeCon 2012 BYOC T-Shirt

Swag Pack | Full of Limited Edition Items: $40 (Limit of 500 packages available)

•          An Official QuakeCon 2012 T-Shirt
•          A Dishonored Tallboy T-shirt
•          A Special Limited Edition Poster

QuakeCon done Quick | Includes Fast Passes for the Duration of the Event: $50 (Limit of 350 packages available)

•          Select and Reserve a guaranteed seat of your choice in the BYOC area
•          Express lane fast-pass registration for the BYOC
•          Express lane fast-pass to every speaker, panel, and public event at QuakeCon
•          Limited reserved access seating for all panels, presentations, and events
•          An Official QuakeCon 2012 BYOC T-Shirt

QuakeCon takes place at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX. Doors to the event open on Thursday, August 2^nd at 9:00am Central and will remain open through August 5^th.

We’ve just heard from Craig Deering, one of the bright minds behind Evil Iguana productions and the ingenious Dark Knight and Twilight spoofs.

Apparently the actual Twilight folks are so impressed with their spoof (and its 1.3 million views) that they asked them to come out to Dallas for the Twilight Convention.

“After seeing our Twilight Trailer Spoof, the staff for Twicon 2009 asked if we would like to appear as special guests,” Evil Iguana said in an email to viewers. “So from the spoof Robin Andrews, Craig Deering and Allen Murphy will be appearing to talk and answer questions and do other fun stuff.”

TwiCon will be held July 30-August 2, 2009 as the Sheraton Dallas Hotel.

Oh, is now a good time to say that Craig Deering will be on the cover of Blast in November?

Craig Deering will be on the cover of Blast in November.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the United States Secret Service responded quickly Saturday morning to an Associated Press report that stated terrorists might clone police and emergecy vehicles to conduct attacks against the Republican Convention in St. Paul, Minn., and the Democratic Convention in Denver.

“Unfortunately the article suggests a connection to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions that does not exist,” the government said in a statement. “These bulletins are periodic refresher notices designed to inform and educate emergency responders about potential threats and emergency management issues. Similar advisories were issued prior to the 2004 political conventions.”

“To be clear, there is no evidence at any level of the federal government that this type of activity is a current and viable threat to either convention.”

The government agencies went on to encourage organizers to be dilligent as always with a major national-level evnet to “maintain a heightened awareness for any contingency.”

“But again, there is no current credible threat from cloned or fake emergency vehicles,” they said.

“The Secret Service and all other federal agencies remain hyper-vigilant and focused on all credible threats,” they said. This was a quick, pointed response to a story that quickly spread across the national newswire and airwaves.

The news story came across the Associated Press newswire this morning, stating “a Federal Emergency Management Agency memo says terrorists could use such ‘cloned’ emergency or commercial vehicles to conduct surveillance or carry out an attack. The National Insurance Crime Bureau says faking such vehicles can be cheap and easy.”

The report cited examples of cloned trucks including a fake Wal-Mart truck that was busted carrying a ton and a half of marijuana and 450 pounds of cocaine.