SRGE 2013 Features!
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- Written by Robert Schmuck
- Published: 10 June 2013
This year our great staff of volunteers has set up some exciting things to play and see at our show! Check out after the break for all the info in one easy place. 10 Player Steel Batallion? We got it! 8 Player Xbox System Link Set up? We got it! 10 Player Saturn Bomberman? We got it! 61 inch Vertical Shooter TV featuring all Xbox 360 Region Free Cave Shmups? We got it! There will be all this and more at Seattle Retro Gaming Expo 2013! Details on all games available after the jump.
SRGE 2013 Panel Line Up!
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- Written by Robert Schmuck
- Published: 10 June 2013
Seattle Retro Gaming Expo is proud to announce our exciting panel line up for our 2013 show!
SAT 11:00-12:00 Arcade Armageddon Presents: ChipTunes
Our show partners at Arcade Armageddon talk about the rise of chiptune music. Arcade Armageddon is an all-day video game extravaganza ! The qualifying rounds of the tournament will consist of preliminary rounds of tournaments leading into a massive party in the evening with live music and the chance to cheer on the finalists as they are brought to the stage for their championship rounds! Live music by Mega Ran, Fighter X and The Icarus Kids!
SAT 12:30-1:30 PlayStation Collecting
Gabe is an avid Playstation collector and has even gone so far as to collect different serial number PS1's to have every variant hardware revision. Come see what hidden gems exists for the Playstation 1 and 2!
SAT | 2:00-3:00 Video Game Collecting on a Budget with John Hancock
John Hancock is a long-time video game collector, enthusiast, and historian - by which we mean he has entirely too many games that he never stops talking about. He has been a visible face for the retro gaming crowd for some years, mainly because he is usually hovering, vulture-like, over the rarest thing on a given vendors booth. We're reasonably sure he has some kind of psychic game radar. John is friendly, outgoing, and enthusiastically shares his love of gaming with everyone. He and his impressive game collection have been featured in several media interviews and articles over the years. John's game room can only be described as staggering. Despite having around 5,000 games and hundreds of consoles, he somehow manages to have a wife and son (who is already sorting his building blocks by color and rarity), and he works as a counselor with mental health patients.
SAT 3:30-5:30 The Question Block Video Game Trivia
The Question Block is a multimedia trivia event focusing on classic and modern video games! 6 rounds plus a half-time bonus round focus on video game trivia, minutiae, and general knowledge. There will also be one non-video game related trivia round for your friends who may not be the huge nerd you are! The question block is a great time for everyone.
SUN 10:00-11:00 Survival Horror with Ryan Payton
Ryan Payton is founder of Seattle-based Camouflaj, the studio behind the upcoming game RÉPUBLIQUE. He began his career in Tokyo as a producer on Konami's METAL GEAR SOLID 4, and was then recruited by Microsoft to return home to Seattle and direct HALO 4. After three years at Microsoft, Ryan surprised the industry by announcing his departure to establish his own independent game studio, Camouflaj. One year ago, Ryan and his team launched an ambitious Kickstarter campaign for RÉPUBLIQUE, seeking $500,000. Pitching the game as an iOS-focused, story-driven “stealth survival” game that combines the qualities of the original Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid games, Ryan and the team raised $555,000 through the popular crowdfunding site. Currently the 17-person team at Camouflaj is deep in development of RÉPUBLIQUE, using the Unity engine. The game is scheduled for a late summer 2013 release.
SUN 11:30-12:30 Breaking into the Game Industry
Dan Callan-Level Designer, 343 Industries Dan has worked in the game industry for over ten years, with experience in test and design at Nintendo, Microsoft Studios, Insomniac Games, Bungie, and 343 Industries. Ray Almaden-Lead Level Designer Halo 4, 343 Industries. Ray has experience as a level designer at UbiSoft, Electronic Arts, Guerilla Games, and 343 Industries on games in the Far Cry, Splinter Cell, and Killzone franchises. He was lead campaign level designer on Halo 4. Paul Ehreth-Level Designer, 343 Industries Paul has worked as a designer at Microsoft Studios, FASA, and 343 Industries on games like Shadowrun, Kinect Adventures, and Halo 4.
SUN 1:00-2:30 Retronauts Live!
Come join the new relaunch of Retronauts featuring: Bob Mackey: Former host of Retronauts (2011-2013), and contributor to fun things like Something Awful, EGM, and Gamasutra. Ray Barnholt: Frequent guest on Retronauts, and current one-man band on the ultra-rad video game publication SCROLL. Jeremy Parish: Original host of Retronauts (2006-2011), former executive editor at IGN, Telebunny webmaster, and all-around sharp dresser. Currently working on building USGamer.net.
SUN 3:00-4:30 Retrogame Roadshow with Chris Kohler
Chris Kohler is a video game journalist and editor who has written for several publications in the past decade, including Wired, Animerica, Official Nintendo Magazine and 1UP.com. He is also a published author of two books. His first book, Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life, was published by Brady Games in 2004. His second book, Retro Gaming Hacks, was published by O'Reilly Media in 2005. Kohler is currently a resident of San Francisco, California, where he works for Wired, running the gaming blog Game|Life.
INTRODUCING SRGE'S WORLD MAP
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- Written by SRGE
- Published: 25 May 2013
Over the last few years, I have really enjoyed the resurgence of arcades in general, and the barcade in particular. Watching Ground Kontrol grow and expand since re-opening in 2004 has been heartwarming, as so many video game stores rise and fall with surprising regularity. Living in Seattle, I’ve waited for our own homespun barcade to rise from the ashes of Wizards of The Coast, and I have not been disappointed.
Of course, locations like Gameworks and Shorty’s have been around for years, and have done an excellent job of being there for us arcade gamers that have fallen on hard times. But there is something special about the barcade, something that differentiates it from the bar-that-happens-to-have-an-arcade. It is the passion of the owner, the desire to put the arcade above all else. It’s walking into a place and seeing the grown up faces of the people you fought in Street Fighter II. The people who stuck their quarter up on the marquee next to yours, waiting for their turn. The people who light up when they find a Daytona USA game whose force feedback is tuned properly. The people who see me now for what I am, and welcome me as one of their own.
It was in this spirit that I began Seattle Retro Gaming’s World Map, the newest branch of our website. The World Map is a community effort to catalog and list any and all stores in the Puget Sound that is of interest to gamers. I’ve already gone through and populated most of the places I can think of off the top of my head, but I invite anyone to send in their favorite places that aren’t listed here. My hope is that by SRGE 2013 in July, the World Map is the best place to find details on your favorite gaming locations.
Please take a look at our World Map, and send your feedback to web@seattleretro.org.
