Midwest Gaming Classic Continuing coverage of the Midwest Gaming Classic, part 7, I come up to Retrothing ; a cool product in the Classic Joystick. A USB driven joystick to look like that of an Atari, we talk about how this joystick has improved from the late 70’s model. Jeffrey then wraps up the show with @Terrenceisdaman […]
Midwest Gaming Classic Continuing coverage of the Midwest Gaming Classic, part 6, we walk a little more of the vendor area. There, I take a taste of Romune – a Japanese soda that can be just as fun to open the bottle. A marble is pushed down into the bottle so you can drink it. We […]
Midwest Gaming Classic Continuing coverage of the Midwest Gaming Classic, part 5 we talk with Jeri Ellsworth. I first met Jeri on a uStream chat years ago and we’ve conversed back and forth since. However, this is the first time we’ve met face-to-face, so it was a special event for me. We sat down in a […]
Midwest Gaming Classic Continuing coverage of the Midwest Gaming Classic, I start in the Pokemon and Mario rooms. Different games throughout time in those genres. But it wasn’t until I got into the Homebrew area where I felt at home. Ben Heckendorn, a.k.a. Ben Heck was showing off not only the Bill Paxtion pinball machine, but […]
Midwest Gaming Classic Continuing coverage of the Midwest Gaming Classic, the back area was dedicated as the “museum” of gaming consoles. From Altair to Zeo, the museum had all sorts of machines and even more historic games. You could even play Zork I on a PC. The museum was split into a few rooms – the […]
Midwest Gaming Classic Continuing coverage of the Midwest Gaming Classic, I moved to my favorite part of gaming. Pinball machines. I am fascinated with everything about pinball. I walk through the Arcade, seeing a lot of the games I grew up with. Older and newer Pinball machines all in one room. Of course, there were also console games. […]
Midwest Gaming Classic While down at the Midwest Gaming Classic, I started on the vendor floor to see all the cool items you can purchase. Video games, Pinball machines, parts for machines, game consoles and more. Old consoles, game swag and more. I ran into Carol, from Wandcrafters. They make wizard’s wands. Using a lathe, Carol has […]
Apparently whilst doing the podcast, GoDaddy had 2 Legacy servers go down. Live.geekazine.com was down the whole time I did the show. Seems to be the norm last couple weeks – last week was the internet. I’ll be heading to the Midwest Gaming Classic this weekend. Working on a Business plan for Geekazine. Also looking […]