Open call for Board Member and Moderator positions in Coin Return. More information here.
You can now pre-register your username on Coin Return. Check out the instructions here.
Forum Rules Ratification poll is live. Please vote. Open until March 25th.
Posts
We've been proud to be hosting the Jamspace at PAX east and PAX prime, and it would be our pleasure to have you guys joining us at the ninth annual MAGFest. MAGFest stands for Music And Gaming Festival, and that basically sums us up. We're a 4 day party devoted to video games and video game music. On the gaming side, we have a huge console room, over 70 arcade cabinets, table top gaming, and BYOC LAN. On the music side, we have the jamspace (which you all should be familiar with by now), and 3 nights of live video game cover bands, chiptunes, and DJs.
Basic details:
Dates: January 13-16, 2011
Location: Hilton Mark Center, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22311 (literally right next to Washington DC)
Price: $40 online, $50 at the door. Group rates also available for groups of 8 or more.
Links:
Main Site
Preregister
Volunteer (oh please volunteer, we are going to need so much help this year)
Book a room
Featured Guests:
Jon St. John (http://jsjprod.com/) - World renowned voice actor, known best for his role as "Duke Nukem".
Wes Johnson (http://wesjohnson.com/) - Voice actor in Oblivion, Fallout 3, and announcer for the Washington Capitals.
Ashly Burch, Anthony Burch, and Ashley Davis (http://www.heyash.com/) - Creators and stars of “Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?” and “Once Upon a Pixel.”
Scott Ramsoomair (http://www.vgcats.com/) - Creator/artist of the webcomic VGCats.
(more to be announced in the future)
Video Game Composers:
Hiroki Kikuta (http://hirokikikuta.com/) - Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3
Alexander Brandon (http://www.alexanderbrandon.net/) - Deus Ex, Unreal Tournament, Tyrian
Grant Kirkhope (http://www.grantkirkhope.com/)- Goldeneye 64, Perfect Dark, Banjo series.
Dan Froelich (http://www.danfroelich.com/) - Jill of the Jungle, Solar Winds
Featured Game Music Bands:
The Protomen (http://www.protomen.com/)
The Minibosses (http://www.minibosses.com/)
The OneUps (http://www.theoneups.com/)
Metroid Metal (http://metroidmetal.com/)
Armcannon (http://armcannon.com/)
Bit Brigade (http://www.bitbrigade.com/)
The Megas (http://themegas.com/)
Year 200X (http://year200xband.com/)
X-Hunters (http://www.myspace.com/thexhunters)
Entertainment System (http://www.myspace.com/entertainmentsystem)
This Place Is Haunted (http://thisplaceishaunted.com/)
Rare Candy (http://www.rarecandyband.com/)
We still have more guests to announce before the event, so stay tuned for updates.
On the one hand, it's right on the other side of the Beltway from me and it would be tantamount to blasphemy to miss it again.
On the other, I've gotten ridiculously poorer in the recent weeks and $40 is a steep price to a college student...
I'm going to hold off judgment until I can better ascertain my financial situation but I so want to go!
Organizer of the Post-PAX Party. You should come!
Satellite Theater for life!
But I'm with Arco. Somebody from MagFest told me in person at PAX East that they would love to have me and my crew there to catch a lot of it on film, I just wish we could afford it!
Magfest is definitely on the top of my list of conventions I need to attend at some point. :P
Are you guys going to be at East again?
You know it, baby.
First off, we'll be having a charity auction for child's play this year on the last day of the event. We'll have some cool items like a final fantasy distant worlds cd and poster cd autographed by nobuo uematsu and arnie roth.
Secondly, Powerglove has been added as a band, and they're well known for their metal renditions of video game music favorites.
More details on our main site!
Maybe some other year