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MGL 29 - Timeout - EB Games Expo Sydney 2016


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While MGL 29 sings along nicely ... with plenty of competitive gaming and interesting tales to be told ... I thought I would hit the annual EB Games Expo in Sydney tonight.

And wanting to share all things gaming with you good folk out there, I took my iPhone and the trademark MGL attire to impress the locals and find out what is happening in the latest and greatest of the video gaming universe ...

 

First up ... banks just control our world don't they ... well here is a bank cashing in on the old gaming classics ... they are not the true arcade versions, but there was a lot of interest and people had a lot of fun ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1596_zpsjnem5l0v.jpg

 

Yes even a nurse turned up to play Tetris ... the high score is currently 127,652 ... and hey, that's our current Game 5! ... but wait, we are playing the hard version from Atari ... :stirthepot:

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1593_zps1q7pxnkt.jpg

 

Donkey Kong is everywhere ... jump man there is a fireball on your tail!

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1602_zpsnopswfld.jpg

 

Paper Mario ... a brilliant and creative game engine ... graphics are stunning too ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1617_zpscuikiynu.jpg

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1619_zps9qnwm8hs.jpg

 

Final Fantasy XV ... ha ha ... a very long way to go for them to catch up to MGL XXIX ... we're miles in front!

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1625_zpspdubb1gy.jpg

 

Tomb Raider and Kingdom Hearts ... you just gotta hand that player 10 out of 10 for the headphones on top of his cap, with beard and glasses ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1629_zpsbg6vorff.jpg

 

Dragonball and Tekken ... very popular fighting games ... loved the quirky cartoons with little Goku ... I'm just sayin'

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1632_zpspxmoiubq.jpg

 

Mafia 3? ... I don't recall Mafia 2 or the original at the movies ... but hey, there is a big queue of people so it must be OK!

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1639_zpsyuui40bl.jpg

 

The Nintendo stand is always a treat ... and now a new Mario Kart ... looks great and plays in concept much the same as the N64 version ... nice!

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1651_zpsvwgugioq.jpg

 

Rock Band 4 ... like the way one dude plays the guitar and another tries to sing a note ... reminds me of a Gun Smoke saying I put up a few weeks ago ...

"Any cowboy can carry a tune. The trouble comes when he tries to unload it." However this guy could sing good, so no tomatoes from the crowd ... :tomato

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1664_zpscstjoxgh.jpg

 

Found some awesome music ... and some awesome dancing ... turn up the volume as I videoed the action. What great family fun! ... yes I am the guy in the underwater suit that you can see on the sides jiving to the beat ... :020:

 

 

Star Wars is just everywhere ... you know back in 77, then in the arcades with vector graphics (the old "I've lost R2" when your shields are crap) ... the Force Awakens in 2015 with the same stuff from 77 ... and anyway ... there is a super PC in the TIE Advanced and it looks great ... so ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1676_zpscvjquw5u.jpg

 

I had to pop over and check out the regulation height of these stormtroopers. I remember Leia commenting on someone about to save her skin ... "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" ... well this dude is OK (the guy on the left that is!) ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1684_zpssdaiepgz.jpg

 

outrun86 has Qixels ... and this show has Pixel Pals ... one for Mario ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1687_zps4wkkdvk3.jpg

 

And one for Megaman ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1690_zpsfn5piaal.jpg

 

Lego is just everywhere and in everything ... blocks, blockbusters, Marvel, DC ... and it continues to grow ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1691_zpsj6ixhzjm.jpg

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1695_zpsft1uj19t.jpg

 

I was looking for some cheap brooms to clean up the floor and found these ridiculous prices. Better leave the floor dirty then ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1704_zpsriqiyeuz.jpg

 

And is this Harry Potter? ... no, but he still is a whiz at video games ... that's the smile and look of someone hitting a new PB ... or taking out a game in the MGL ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1707_zpsslumcqub.jpg

 

Ran in to these girls while I was looking for Miranda ... all three are legends ... they told me their names and they sound great too ... Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1719_zps5rbvgauo.jpg

 

"These aren't the droids we're looking for ... you can go about your business ... move along, move along ..."

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1725_zpstyjgcyh5.jpg

 

Can you believe it, somebody decides to park their truck in the gaming show ... what balls! ...

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1728_zpsz8uyx25l.jpg

 

And they have a very shiny grill with a very strange cat face ... Thundercats?

 

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Boy there are some very strange characters at these shows ... a zipper and a purse on legs! ... but hey, I've seen worse in the video games of the 80s!

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1737_zpsltgnrmjj.jpg

 

Found an old friend at the show. When I told him what games are up in the MGL, he just laughed his head off. He even tried to use the choke ... and it may have worked on some of our gamers!

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/IMG_1741_zpsd5xfqpg3.jpg

 

I apologise for the foggy photo, but I think the guy who took the shot was steaming ... who could blame him! Who doesn't like Mortal Kombat ... or Kitana?

Yes it was a good show with a good ending ... and if you ever get the chance to go ... then go!

 

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It's always good to have a bit of fun! ... no scratch that ... a lot of fun!

 

OOO

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Thanks for the coverage @OOO looks a great show!

 

Wow.... I would of fancied my chances at Bubble Bobble .....POP!

 

Qixels Mario and Megaman....Is this going to be a thing? Very nice indeed.

 

I also liked the Lego R2D2, mines currently assessing the gamesroom move around. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161001/79aba6ddae3f63fad48653c25d8cf81d.jpg

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Send me a ticket to Sydney and I'm there!

 

No problem ... here is your ticket ... they don't print the year on the boarding pass but this is for 28-Sep-2017, just in time for the next Expo.

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/MGLBoardingPass_zpssnb14nfi.png

 

As you live in Connecticut I thought the best place to board the flight was at JFK.

See you soon ... and bring your camera! ...

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Does the EB Games Expo ever come to Brisbane? Can't say I've heard of it if it does.

 

The first ever EB Games Expo was held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in 2011, where 14,278 people went to the event.

However from 2012 to 2015, the Expo was moved to Sydney, as part of a 3 year contract for the event organiser, and in 2013 they had 38,000 attend the event.

In 2016 it was in Sydney again, so if they had again 38,000 people like in 2013 (I would expect a lot more) x $39.95 for the base ticket price, that's 1.5181 million dollars in just base entry without merchandise sales.

The marketing of the EB Games brand and all of the game publishers would be greatly beneficial ... like ABC TV with Good Game ... just ask anyone in advertising ... :049:

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No problem ... here is your ticket ... they don't print the year on the boarding pass but this is for 28-Sep-2017, just in time for the next Expo.

 

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l500/sno-bee/MGLBoardingPass_zpssnb14nfi.png

 

As you live in Connecticut I thought the best place to board the flight was at JFK.

See you soon ... and bring your camera! ...

 

That's pretty awesome. I'll get my passport updated to reflect the name change!

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Aussie Arcade

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Don't rush into it.

Get @OOO to pick you up himself.

 

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Exquisite. I never knew @OOO ran an airline (and was a pilot for the same airline too). It's a wonder that he has time at all to coordinate MGLs. I'm still at a loss as to why he indicates that your images are "cheeky."

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Looks great, been wanting to get up there for it.

 

Was chatting to the local EB store manager and she was up there as EB send all there store managers to it, how awesome.

 

Oh like the Mafia 3 entrance, this game has been keeping me away form the mgl recently....

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