Midwest Gaming Classic

[geekers]

Yesterday Peter and I went to the Midwest Gaming Classic at the Olympia Resort Center in Oconomowoc. Every year this thing has been getting bigger (so many unshowered masses and 'weekender' geeks, ack!), and in my opinion "badder" -- not in the good way. Yes, it still has pinball and arcades, but every year, the video games take over.

I liked the first couple of years we went when it was ~three small rooms full of mostly pinball and some arcades. Peter bought the Whirlwind machine during one of those years. He was actually semi-interested in buying another, if the right one appeared this year... but... the only interesting machine was listed "NFS." Ah well. Another time, another year. This year also brought the first "con chick in costume" I have seen, but I'm not sure sure what $random_anime_character has to do with pinball or arcades. I didn't look too closely though, perhaps it was $random_video_game_character. Meh.

Anywho, we played some pins, said hello to Dave (the guy Peter bought Whirlwind from several years back now), and picked up a couple business cards (scans of which are the only other thing in the photo album this year since I wasn't interested in taking photos really). :D We'll see what the future holds for Midwest Gaming Classic. It has been an interesting evolution so far.

Tonight it's off to Nanakusa for a sake tasting. I still have to get my notes up from the last one...

Peace,
geek. ^_^

Comments

[photosexual.livejournal.com]

And a fine reason to show up in Seattle for a weekend in June is:

http://www.nwpinballshow.com/

[geekers.livejournal.com]

Maybe sometime, but quite unlikely this year. ;)

Chicago also has Pinball Expo (http://www.pinballexpo.net/) in October. Peter and I have been to that one... two or three years ago, I think it was.

[zenseer.livejournal.com]

I'm more of a video game player but there should always be a good selection of pinball stuff. One of the drive in theaters here (yes, we have more than one that's still running!) had a High Speed machine and a Bezerk arcade game but both are out of order now.

It's hard when you try to grow the base of something just to survive but that also means letting in people can ruin the moment or mood of a good time.

[geekers.livejournal.com]

It really is about growing to survive... there was a year that the event wasn't run due to a variety of issues. They moved the venue during the gap. The video game stuff really seemed to grow after the venue changed. Still, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. It isn't just called the Midwest Pinball Convention. ;}

And don't get me wrong, I love video games, too. I'm currently addicted to Persona 4. :D