This weekend it was time for our bi-yearly pilgrimage to Claremont to dig up and dust off our gaming roots. The Southern California Classic Collectors got together once again to bring out the best of the best from classic gaming history.
This visit offered a few more cabinets, in addition to an xbox with emulators being hooked up and projected onto a big screen.
The usual fare of games was there, with a few more additions in terms of gaming cabinets and a computer projected on a screen in the back. There was much more Wii-playing, as people enjoyed Wii sports and other games. We also caught a glimpses of a Japanese jun-ken-pow/ro-sham-bo hentai game, where winning a round of rock paper scissors meant your attractive host takes off another article of her clothing… wooo hoo.
The big projector in the back was playing a showing of “SC3 TV,” which was a montage of retro-gaming themed shows, specials, and commercials from back in the day.
While we were there, we got a chance to interview some of the founders and collaborators of the event, We also chatted with as Rob from Coin-op.tv, who coincidentally interviewed our friend Rog over at i-mockery.com. It’s a small world!. These events are set to happen at least twice a year, and don’t worry; we’ll sound the alarms when it happens again so we can hook up for more old school gaming.
PAX Overload! We come back still buzzed from an awesome time at PAX 2007 and talk about our experiences - what we saw, what we did, what we drank. We’re also far more pumped about EVE Online now are looking to set up some EGR pwning action in that game.
Looks like Zug and I will be gathering troops to go to the Southern California Classic Collectors meetup next weekend. If anyone wants to go with us, let us know. Thanks, viscount for the tip! We’ll let you know how it is.
On the subject of the robot, he continued: “It would be in the desert sands. Laser beams would shoot out of it so it would be the first thing people flying in would see.”
So last night we hit up the new Barcade we had posted about previously. EndgameRadio listener Anniex0r, Zug and myself wound up representing and checking it all out with a vengance. Rampage, Centipede, Gauntlet (man is the Elf ever weaksauce), Ms Pacman, Punch Out and others were played (some with high scores tattooed to prove that we were there) all for a real 25cents US quarter (no stupid tokens or ‘rape cards’ like in other nameless alcohol+games establishments). The staff was friendly, the drink prices reasonable, the Fried Egg Sandwich comforting, and the music hopping. Small and a bit hard to find but definitely worth it, this bar will definitely become an EndgameRadio approved hangout from this point forward.
A bar is opening in K-town claiming to be a mecca for drinkers and oldschool gamers. We’re talking the tactile oldschool arcade games. I smell an EndgameRadio invasion.
