Archive for 2008

Let’s get the important stuff out of the way first. Yes, there will be beer. There will also be games. Lots and lots of games.

There are a couple of things I need from you guys. Again, we’ll start with the most important part… what do you want to eat? More specifically, should we have hot dogs, pizza or both? I was going to set up the hot dog roller (you know, the kind that they have at finer gas stations around the world). This would also be accompanied by chili, cheese, onions, relish, etc. I guess I’d like to know if that is appealing to enough of you or if you’d rather have pizza.

I also need tables and chairs for games to be set up on. It would be most helpful if those tables and chairs could be set up on Friday night.

Also, we should figure out what games (and display devices) people are going to bring. Please post a list of everything you could potentially bring and then we can collectively decide who should bring what (so we don’t have too many duplicates and people don’t have to haul around extra stuff).

So post your replies with the following information:

1) Hot Dogs, Pizza or Both.
2) Whether you have tables and chairs you could bring (and whether you could bring those on Friday).
3) What games and displays you could bring.

Lastly, if anyone has a small fusion reactor we can use to power everything, that would be helpful as well.

Looks like the next Wii (Wii-HD?) will have today’s hardware, when it is released three years from now. Nothing too earth shattering. The interaction will still be the emphasis, not the console itself. The major upgrade is that the console will be able to handle HD content, and will have much better storage capacity. Backward compatibility looks like a sure thing. Assuming that 2011 date is correct, lots can be changed/added before final release.

Anyone heard about the Pandora Mobile Gaming Platform? Looks to be an open platform for mobile games. Nifty.

article about it
official website
wiki

Only thing that seems to be missing is an official content delivery system.

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I want this Track & Field Cocktail, but it seems to be way over priced. Originally listed on craigslist for $2000, now at $1500. I think the problem the seller is having is that they bought it at Quarterarcade.com, which is notorious for selling way above market value. I’m sure it is in great condition. What do you think the value of this should be?

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