That was quite a blast! Met a few folks, played a few multiplayer games, got a few signatures, talked with Tom, and managed to give away a few of my sticker sheets! Something that I was amazed by upon entering this arcade is the Super Nintendo Arcade Machine that includes my favorite game of all time, Super Mario World!

Controlling this game was rather awkward, but I got the hang of it upon my second playthrough. Initially, I played it like a keyboard which was definitely not fun in hindsight. I played a few other cabinets, but I did not have much of a connection with those games compared to this one.

My most memorable moment was playing GameCube games with three other guys: Double Dash, Melee, and finally WarioWare. It was fun, but I wished the input responses wasn’t so delayed: it was most notable in Melee. The audacity of those three trying to gang-up on my poor Yoshi with their Game & Watches, those paleophobic bastards!

Forgive me for not remembering your names, I was trying so hard to get my awkward ass to get in on a few conversations that I keep forgetting to look at the name of who I was talking to. I definitely remember that one guy who wore a kid’s outfit with overalls and a propeller beanie: carrying around those giant lollipops that I once tried before and find them nasty.

Will I ever join another meetup? Not until my work actually gains enough traction that it can pay for my trips. The whole trip was real expensive for just the one day and I was only there at the meet-up for about six hours before it got dark. Was there long enough for the group photo shoot, fortunately! Thanks, @BrandyBuizel, for setting up this gathering and I hope one day, I’ll see you guys again soon!