Yup, MGC is set at the Sheraton, Brookfield once again for 2011. The dates will be announced soon, but expect it to be late March of 2010. I’ll post the exact dates when they are officially announced.
MGC 2011!
April 7th, 2010Pick Axe Pete, Japanese style!
April 6th, 2010Been a bit busy on the side the last week since the MGC show selling Japanese Pick Axe Pete Odyssey2 games to five buddies overseas (that’s Europe folks). Not making much money at all, as I’m mainly doing it for some online friends, and Odyssey2/Videopac people are somewhat rare. That’s why I like them! 
School days again…
April 5th, 2010Been a bit busy with school lately. Lab work, getting ready for the first big test, and so on. Even bought my 2nd Windows machines since 2000 (Toshiba 15.6″ laptop)! :O Yup, got it mainly for VMWare Workstation, for the most part. Works good at that, except for the screen height, which is a bit of a pain (would have preferred a MacBook Pro, but not till later this year). I’ll be posting more things here for MGC 2010, 2011, and finishing the recap later this week.
Invisible Boy partially updated
April 2nd, 2010I still have not completed the 2010 recap, but I did update Invisible Boy (G3 iMac) from it’s original 233 MHz speed to 333 MHz. Not a big thing, but it is from 233 to 333. This is part of my secret plan for next year. The machine is already maxed out at 512 MB of RAM, so I just need a bigger hard drive now (bigger than the 4 GB inside). Something like 20 GB would be great.
Ah, working with old equipment, there is nothing like it. This is especially true when it works!
All for now. Time for some sleep.
April is here
April 1st, 2010I thought of putting an April Fools thing up here, but put ones elsewhere instead. I did not feel like going overboard on it.
Other than that, for a Spring day, it is way to hot here in Wisconsin. It is supposed to break a record tomorrow, getting close to 90°! :O
One thing about WI that drive me a tad nuts, is that it goes from Winter for month to Spring for a few weeks to Summer in the blink of an eye.
Last day of March, 2010
March 31st, 2010I’m still slowly working on the MGC 2010 recap for the UC area. Hope to have it done soon, but I’m working on other things at this moment. One thing I’m going to work on soon is an addition to the UC exhibit, if it works. Time will tell.
And, three more days till the iPad comes out! I don’t plan on buying the first model, but it is starting to look good, especially in pre-release reviews!
Working on 2010 recap
March 30th, 2010I have started on the recap of this year, under the ‘pages’ section. Should hopefully have it done by Wednesday afternoon – when I get my favorite glider chair repaired 
Underdog Chamber 2010 recap
March 29th, 2010The MGC 2010 was rather outstanding, in my own opinion. While my only issue was how it was spread out over the hotel, this is hard to avoid with the venue we are now back at (the Sheraton in Brookfield). That being my only issue, I thought Dan and Gary, and all the other folks who helped to put the MGC show together did a great job. The vendor hall was fun, and I found some good deals (and would have gotten more – if I had more money at the moment). I can’t vouch for the speakers, as I always seem to miss this while running my UC exhibit. Ben Heck was cool as usual, along with Robot Panic, VGEvo, and many others.
The amount of working pinball and arcade units was fantastic, with many of my favorites filling rooms (Wizard of Wor for one). Lots of older games, which I like, form Berzerk to Q*bert. And all on free-play!
The Museum/FGR/UC/etc. area was laid out very well. There were just so many systems to look at, with many being playable as well.
In regards to my Underdog Exhibit, it was not mobbed from 1-3 p.m. as it was in the past, but was spread out much more evenly over the weekend (people-wise). I rather liked this, as there was a steady stream of gamers, but it never got too crowded.
I’ll be posting the recap in the Underdog Chamber 2010 ‘page’ soon. When I do that, I’ll also start on the 2011 page (which of course will be just a placemarker for now).
Thanks to all that were at the show. It was great to meet people that I only see at this show each year, and to meet fun and interesting new people as well!
It is over (MGC 2010 that is)…
March 28th, 2010Have to admit that I’m a bit too tired at the moment to post much. Expect a better recap and more comments on Monday.
First day of MCG 2010 is done!
March 27th, 2010What a first day for the Midwest Gaming Classic 2010. The show had a pretty good crowd the whole day, with the Underdog Chamber doing rather well itself. As expected, Quake did marvelous, especially after verifying that false bug in the game. Thus I had a nice 9-player Quake LAN going all of today, and it got lots of play. My underdog consoles did exceptionally well too, with the 3DO being at the top of the list. I was taken by surprise by this, as I did not think it was that well know, but it is!
More to follow tomorrow. For now, I’m tired and need to relax and get some sleep. I love putting on the UC exhibit, but 10 hours does take its toll on you. I’m not a spring chicken anymore. Still, lots of fun, and great to see familiar faces again (one of which was Rick – nice to see you once again!).
Zzzzz….