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Apr 27, 2008 - 12:33 AM |
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VGL Recap [Pictures, Videos and More Details Will Come Later] |
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So, just got back from New York. Seriously, if the show is in your area, DO NOT PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY. It was so worth going.
The Beacon Theater was PACKED when the concert started. The show started off with an arcade game compilation and then transitioned into several other games, Sonic, God of War, The Legend of Zelda, Metal Gear Solid, Metroid... All not in that order. More stuff, but when I remember them, I'll mention it.
As some people know, there are little competitions throughout the course of the show. During the Space Invaders tracking game segment, the host, whose name slips my mind right now, called up a random person in the audience. Some old dude who's never played a video game in his life. He fails horribly at the game and walks off with his prize. The host talks to him to see who he's with, and who would've thought that he would call up the dude who went to the show with the president of Capcom? By all means, it was random calling him up.
Intermission rolls around, great show so far. A nagging thought bothered me through the whole first half. I thought the group that was sitting in front of us looking familiar. When I went up closer to take up pictures of the stage, my brother overhears something. I approach back and he says, "Yeah, that's the Cowboy guy you were mentioning to me."
So my nagging though was right, I was sitting behind the GoNintendo crew. 
Managed to get a picture with RawMeatCowboy (RMC) and Mom Brain. Awesome. 
So the second half started with another competition. A game of Frogger between two guys to win some high tech gaming mouse and a Nintendo Wii provided by the GoNintendo crew. The dude who won murdered his competition 4,850 to 1,500. Won the prize and the host managed to drop the Wii on stage. I could hear the moans of pain from everyone in the audience. Especially the people from GoNintendo.
Too bad bother competitors already owned one too.
So the show continues and Martin Leung, the Blind Pianist, makes an appearance. The dude is freakin' amazing. He started off his part of the show with music from Final Fantasy. And after the Mario segment, he proved to the whole audience that he really could play the whole Mario Overworld theme blindfolded.
Show goes on... Music from Kingdom Hearts, Super Mario Bros., World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, The Halo Series, an encore with One Winged Angel, and they close the show with Castlevania.
My brother and I managed to pick up a program and that was about it. Everything else was a little on the pricy side. We would've done a meet and greet, but we would've missed our train.
So once again, if VGL is in your area. GO TO IT.
I'll have the pictures and videos I took uploaded by tomorrow. 
Oh, and we made a trip to the Nintendo World Store prior to the show. Mario Kart Wii is a lot of fun. Can't wait to grab it. No license though.  Would've taken too long.
Chipotle for the win.
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