Massive video game fest for East coasters

The 10th year of MAGFEST is coming up Jan 5-8 in the D.C. area. We have something on the order of 5 30,000 sq Ft rooms filled with a massive video/pinball arcade, merchant area, console games, concerts with over 20 video game music artists, panels, etc. etc. etc.

I am a member of the arcade staff and will have a ton of games there in the arcade. If you make it stop of the RetroGaming Roundup podcast booth in the arcade and say hello.

http://magfest.org/

-Scott

 

If only I lived in the states

 

Is this what gamers do when everyone else is out getting laid?

 

Sounds fun

 

say hey to darksydephil for me. he will have a panel there. he's my favorite video game commentator on youtube.

 

I would love to make it out there one of these days. I'm one of the organizers of the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Good luck with your show!

www.RetroGamingExpo.com

 

I have heard nothing but good things about the Portland expo, I would really love to make it. What really bites is that the show gets invited to allot of the major expos, usually with a turnkey package of booth/room etc. but between CGE, MAGFEST, and EGC were booked up for the year on vacation time already.

MAGFEST was another amazing year, the show literally doubled in attendance from 3,000 last year (cap was 3k due to expo hall size) to over 6,000. If you missed it this year, next year will be just as good, and no doubt larger. The work that goes into this expo is insane. A week before the expo we have trucks picking up games from collectors, myself included, and the music guys have to set up stages and sound gear, the LAN guys have to build an infrastructure, its nuts.

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That looks so nerdy and pathetic...my girlfriend said it's sad.

I just wish I could have made there.

 

http://magfest.org/

MAGFEST has been announced for 2013! Jan 3 - 6, 2013 (Thu - Sun)
The 11th Annual Music And Gaming Festival
4 Days of Non-Stop Games and Concerts Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center
201 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD 20745

My podcast will be part of the arcade staff again, and participating in the same way. The expo has grown again by adding another 30k sqft hall to the existing six. Last year we topped over 6k attendees, I am thinking at least 8k this year if not more. There is a MAGFEST staff meet at my place next month and we should have more details on events and features for this year.

 

Quakecon used to be like that photo but the games were donated for the weekend from a private collection & haven't made a return in years.

 

Our games come from a group of private collectors like myself. If one of our group didn't participate we would have maybe 100 instead of 125 games, but we could still get a good arcade together. The console section is the same way. In the absence of the expo owning the games it seems to be the best model.