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Sometimes we jet off to PAX. Other times, we stumble across town and to a Funde Razor bar event. Heck, we might just go trolling in a local game store and take pictures. Anyway, if it happens somewhere away from home, and it involves the Game Grump Grump Staff, then that technically counts as an event! If we think it’s interesting enough to be worth your time, Dear Readers, you’ll find it here.
GameX!
Welcome back after a long summer! I attended the GameX Games and Media Expo this past Saturday, and it was pretty great. A quick look of what was going on: In one area there were games from all eras on … Continue reading
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Tagged convention, dante's inferno, GameX, pinball, the escapist, yahtzee, zero punctuation
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Funde Razor 2008 Feature
The fourth, and best, New York Child’s Play Funde Razor raised over $3000 this year. New venue, excellent crowd, and top-notch logistics. The Pour House in the East Village, its new home, is much better suited to the tournament task … Continue reading
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Tagged child's play, funde razor, Rock Band 2, the pour house
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Funde Razor 2008 – Quick Pics
By far, by very far, the best New York Child’s Play Funde Razor ever. New venue, excellent crowd, and top-notch logistics. This year’s venue was The Pour House in the East Village, and while I will always love Barcade, the … Continue reading
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Tagged child's play, funde razor, Lego, Rock Band, the pour house
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PAX Wrapup
Bus, plane, plane, train, train, train, home. I spent most of PAX Sunday on the show floor, collecting on the swag due to me. Bottle openers, chocolate coins, Pac-man Bouncy-balls, Naruto figurines, Magic Cards, and a very tiny surf board. … Continue reading
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Tagged ghostbusters, guitar hero, Left 4 Dead, Minibosses, Omegathon, PAX 08, penny arcade, Rock Band, Seattle
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PAX Saturday Evening
More notes from the field: My Giant deck wasn’t as good as all that, but I did win that one game against that one guy. That’s enough for me. I just saw Nerdcore Rising, the documentary about MC Frontalot and … Continue reading
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Tagged Guitar Hero II, MC Frontalot, Minibosses, Nerdcore Rising, PAX 08, penny arcade, Seattle
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PAX Saturday Morning
So I lied, it was way easier than I thought to get into the concerts last night. One Ups, Freezepop and Jonathan Coulton, the last two doing double encores. Got bits and pieces of video footage from each concert, including … Continue reading
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Tagged Fluxx, Freeze Pop, Jonathan Coulton, One Ups, PAX 08, penny arcade, Seattle
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PAX Friday
Reporting from the Cyber Dogs in Seattle, while waiting for my Red Hot Bayou to be served up, I bring you Game Grump’s Friday coverage of PAX 2008! First things first, I’ve never traveled this far on my own. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Ken Levine, PAX 08, penny arcade, Rooster Teeth, Seattle
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Setting World Records at Barcade
‘I am the current world record holder for time on the first five levels of ms pacman.’ – TXT message from ‘LB Dan’ April 10, 7:55pm. It was a night for World Records at Barcade. Game Grump was headed there … Continue reading
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Tagged barcade, brooklyn, Guinness World Record, Ms. Pac-man
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Dan Sets the World Record
Last night, at 8:32 pm, Game Grump’s very own Dan Dujnic set the Guinness World Speed Record on the first five boards of Ms. Pac-Man. His winning time was 2:05:80, beating out the runner-up by less than one second. There … Continue reading
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Tagged barcade, brooklyn, Guinness World Record, Ms. Pac-man
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Funde Razor NYC Pictures
Barcade is an easy favorite for old-time video game enthusiasts. The occasion on this December night was Funde Razor 2007, the second annual Guitar Hero video game rockout for the eminent video game charity, Child’s Play.
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Tagged barcade, brooklyn, child's play, companion cube, feature, funde razor, guitar hero
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