I truly had a lot of fun at MAGfest this year. It was good to hang out with friends that I don’t see often enough. I can’t deny, though, that I really enjoy playing a lot of the arcade games from my childhood. I got to take in a couple panels (OCRemix and the Composers Panel) which always inspires me to get better at what I do.
As far as purchases go, I did buy a couple notable things. I bought a Turbo Grafx from a guy on Craigslist back in the fall and I really thought it looked like crap when I hooked it up to the TV via the RF output. On the first day of MAGFest, I noticed that a dealer had a Turbo Booster for sale and I quickly grabbed it since it’s a rare find and I’m too lazy to build my own composite video cable. Now I just need to hit Starland and pick up a few more games.
Another awesome purchase I made was the game Return All Robots! I originally took a look at it since one of the most awesome guys in OCRemix was responsible for the music. Zircon is an amazing composer and the music he put together for Return All Robots! is stylistically something I really like. You should really check out the game since it’s only three bucks! It’s only for Windows PC and XBox Arcade, though.
Another thing that I took home from MAGfest is a Neo Geo CD. Most people know that I collect video game consoles and this was one that I did not have. Well, my friends Stevo and Brushfire from Overclocked After Dark were having a contest and the Neo Geo CD was the prize. The contest was actually rather simple. You had to beat their score at the Blockbuster Competition II game which consisted of NBA Jam and Judge Dredd. Well, their panel was at 2 A.M. on Saturday morning and I knew that I would be quite asleep by then. I pretty much figured that my chances would be slim anyway.
When I found Stevo at MAGfest later that afternoon, he told me that no one had beaten their score last night and that the prize was still up for grabs. So, I sat down and gave it my best shot. It so happens that I used to play NBA Jam quite a bit back in the day when I used to hang out at friends house. I did rather well at that part of the challenge but I did terrible at Judge Dredd since I never played it before and it’s a crappy game. Luck would have it that I scored enough points to win the challenge! Go me!
Today I’m sticking around the studio to get a little bit of work done and relax my brain. I’m a little peopled out and my legs are a bit sore from walking around a convention for three days in a row. All in all, it was a great weekend. Thanks to everyone who put a smile on my face and reminded me that there are indeed people out there just like me. Geeky and proud of it!
I did take a few pictures which you can find below. Most of them aren’t that great since I was just using my iPhone to snap photos while I was at the convention. Sometimes I just don’t feel like lugging around a camera all day.
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