Music And Gaming Festival, Jan 1-4, 2010

AWESOME PROMO VID, ventrilo harassment with a twist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZnQxEhnsBc
(http://magfest.org/)

magfest.org

UPDATE november 14:
Sid Meier, final bands, and promo video posted

So MAGFest is going into its eighth year, and the next one is coming up January 1-4, just outside DC at the hilton mark center in alexandria. There’s also going to be a new years eve party for people who pre-register.

If you guys haven’t heard of MAGFest, the name is short for Music And Gaming Festival, and it’s basically a four day long woodstock of video game music. There’s three nights of live video game cover bands, 24 hour console/arcade/LAN/tabletop gaming the whole time, plus an open mic jamspace with provided instruments that everyone’s welcome to play. It’s a pretty laid back "anti-convention" atmosphere that is thankfully free of people with cat ears trying to glomp you, while being chock full of cool people to drink, play games, and rock out with.

Here are the guests announced so far, with much more to come.

Bands:
-The OneUps (http://www.theoneups.com/)
-Metroid Metal (http://www.metroidmetal.com/)
-Arm Cannon (http://www.myspace.com/armcannon)
-The Megas (http://themegas.com/)
-Select Start (http://www.selectstartband.com/)
-Entertainment System (http://www.myspace.com/entertainmentsystem)
-Rare Candy (http://www.myspace.com/rarecandyband)
-This Place Is Haunted (http://thisplaceishaunted.com/)
-Temp Sound Solutions (http://tempsoundsolutions.tk/)
-Armadillo Tank (http://armadillotank.com)
-A_Rival (http://www.planetskill.com/a/)
-The Smash Brothers (http://thesmashbrothers.com/)

Guests:
-Sid Meier – creator of basically every game ever made.
-There Will Be Brawl creators Matt Mercer and Zach Grafton (http://www.therewillbebrawl.com/)
-Voice actor Jon St. John, known best for having balls of steel as duke nukem
-YuGiOh – The Abridged Series creator Martin "LittleKuriboh" Billany (http://www.yugiohtheabridgedseries.com/)

The challenge corner details have also been announced. The way it works is that if you can complete the tasks in nes/snes/gen games, you get prizes and shit. Start practicing!
http://courtwright.org/m8challenges/

You can pre-register, plus get a $99/night hotel room through the website: http://magfest.org/

What would you guys say to a little ffshrine meetup? This might be a perfect opportunity for everyone to rock out to game music with each other like never before.

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Hey NickTheNewbie, (Jakesnke17-#ocremix)

Yeah, definitely going…glad to see that someone advertised it here. 😀

Updated the OP with some more info!

Got a couple more bands announced, plus there’ll be a few parties after the main concerts on saturday/sunday nights.

Holy shiiiiiiiiiit huge updates. The OneUps , other bands, and sid fucking meier!

I am super excited about this, but I am not sure if I will be able to go.

somehow, if i can procure the funds, for the hotel and transport, i will be there in a second.

Highly doubtful I can go… I’m just wondering how’s the weather going to be like.

Highly doubtful I can go… I’m just wondering how’s the weather going to be like.

Though winters in the DC area are usually cold as balls, they always do a super good job of keeping up the roads. You’re in maryland, so you can’t be that far. Stop by for a day!

So, big news regarding the new years eve party! The original people who we had to share the hotel with on new years eve (the ones who we shared it with last year when they had a james bond themed party) have BAILED. In their honor, we are taking over the entire god damn hotel and throwing our own bond party. GOLDENEYE 64 STYLE.

After 11pm tonight, there are no guarantees that the pre reg system will still be online, so if you want to save 5 bucks off admission, do it asap! You can still get a full 4 day pass for 45 at the door, or a single day pass for 25. http://magfest.org/prereg