Quoted from Sparky

I think that in this case, just talking about what a pinball machine IS is good enough. Most kids under 12 don't even know what a pinball machine is.

Ha, on Jeopardy last night they had high school students competing and one of the clues was "Name this precursor to arcade games", and then played EM pinball noises. Yes, they guessed correct, and quickly too.

Pinball is ingrained in Western culture. Even if kids have never played (or seen) one, they at least know what they are and most likely have played a video version of it. Remember, Space Pinball was included with Windows XP.

Nov 21 is the same day for pinball at The Church of The Silver Ball.

Kim

Thanks for the kind comments. Originally, these guys wanted to host the whole thing at my place, but after some discussion, they decided to go to another location. I don't know which games i'm going to bring, but there will be some pins in there( even though they don't really want any, something about space). I don't know what i'm going to talk about yet, but I guess I may talk a bit about this whole museum project, my own experience with collecting/playing, and generally just a big plug for this whole museum project. I really want to bring the Hercules, it is the first thing that people make a beeline to when they come to the shop. When I turn it on, and they see the cueball pop out, they all say the same thing: Holy f$#@%, is that a cueball?

I hope there is someone there from Rockstar games.I would be interested to chat with the lunatics that put some of those games together, like warriors and grand theft auto.

Guess I'm talking about the importance of history in games? Sounds like a good candidate for death by powerpoint!

I think you should just talk about truck loading safety

Damm sumthin wrong with the site? I only get a partial page, and cant scroll up or across on that site...

I went down and saw the location yesterday, conveniently located on 100 A Ossington( Down the street for the Queen Street Mental Health centre)

It is not my event, some other guys, but after 6-10 There will be a free play on all the machines I bring. I have been buying up quite a few newer machines as of late, and they will all be there. They are charging 15$ to come for the whole day affair, but if you are just interested in the games, give me a call, or show up at the door and ask for Gerald, i will see what kind of a deal i can swing for you.

PS It will also be a LLBO affair( pay for your own drinks), so you can play games, drink your face off, throw up all over my games, then leave without saying anything, and blame it all on someone else! Oh yeah, then say on the board, how it sucked! ha ha

Come out and give me some support, I would appreciate it.

For your reference, my phone # is 416 759 9608

thanks
Gerald

What games will you be bringing?

I was looking around today, have to go to my other place to make the final decision
Probably around 10-15 vids 5-10 em arcade games and hopefully at least 5-10 pins

I will post the final list when I confirm it

Quoted from gjd

I hope there is someone there from Rockstar games.I would be interested to chat with the lunatics that put some of those games together, like warriors and grand theft auto.

Isn't the event centered around "indie" developers? (That's the impression I got from the website). That means no Rockstar, unless some employees are attending of their own interest.

Yes, but there are supposed to be some people attending on their own volition

I've got my ticket.  

Quoted from gjd

I went down and saw the location yesterday, conveniently located on 100 A Ossington( Down the street for the Queen Street Mental Health centre)

It is not my event, some other guys, but after 6-10 There will be a free play on all the machines I bring. I have been buying up quite a few newer machines as of late, and they will all be there. They are charging 15$ to come for the whole day affair, but if you are just interested in the games, give me a call, or show up at the door and ask for Gerald, i will see what kind of a deal i can swing for you.

PS It will also be a LLBO affair( pay for your own drinks), so you can play games, drink your face off, throw up all over my games, then leave without saying anything, and blame it all on someone else! Oh yeah, then say on the board, how it sucked! ha ha

Come out and give me some support, I would appreciate it.

For your reference, my phone # is 416 759 9608

thanks
Gerald

Kool I can barf on somebody else's machine rather than my own for a change...
Oh and I'm trying to force my boys to tag along....and help you load too!