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Mon, 17/11/2008 - 12:52
Blade
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Game On Outing

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Game On has come to Brisbane! Now it's time to go check out this wonderful exhibition in Sunny Queensland. Usually tickets are $18 for Adults, but because we're stronger in numbers the State Library have agreed to let us in at a smashing $12 an Adult!

To get in on this deal you need to signup here by Friday the 21st of Nov and LanSmash will pre-pay your ticket.

  • Date: Sunday 23rd of November
  • Time: 1PM
  • Cost: $12 per Adult
  • Location: The Knowledge Walk, State Library of Queensland, Southbank

Lunch?

For those interested in Lunch, Amici's is a fantastic Italian restaurant around 15 minutes walk away from the Library.

About Game On

Get ready to play your way through the history of videogames at the international blockbuster exhibition Game On.

This action-packed celebration of videogames culture has thrilled more than one million players of all ages around the world. This summer it’s here at the State Library of Queensland from

Game On tracks the development of videogames from the earliest computer games to arcade-era hits and the very latest from today’s billion-dollar industry. With more than 100 playable games, as well as rarely seen consoles, controllers and collectables, this is a showcase of games history like no other.

Exhibition organised by Barbican Art Gallery, London. The Barbican Centre is provided by the City of London Corporation.

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Sun, 23/11/2008 - 09:29
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See you there

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Sat, 29/11/2008 - 18:31
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How'd this go?

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Fri, 05/12/2008 - 08:52
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I'm keen to go to this after the school season has finished, if anyone else is ins.

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Fri, 05/12/2008 - 09:12
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I'm keen to go still at some point.

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Fri, 05/12/2008 - 11:47
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GameON was fun!

We ended up having 9 LS gamers show up so I roped in a few strangers to get the $12 entry fee instead of $18 which was nice.

Myself, Jump, Sensator, Webberist, Tmd02, Belthor, Aeonyx, were the people's name that I remembered. Sorry to the new smasher's, I can't remember your aliases but I'll catch up with you guys at SantaSmash!

Downstairs was my favourite section with retro gaming arcade and console machines. Some of the machines weren't functioning which was a pity, but considering their over 30 years old it's understandable.

I've never played Tron before in an arcade, and after playing it at Game On I can see how awesome this game really was. Very disco lights.

Upstairs was mostly 90's+ gaming consoles with a handful of new machines. An awesome battle mech simulator from japan was there, which is a controller that plugs into an original Xbox. It was so complicated, the best thing I could do with it was eject from the cabin. I was able to get into 5th gear eventually in one mech.

Probably the most unique thing I saw was a teenage girl trying to play DooM for the first time on a PC. It was just strange, as there were no instructions she had to figure out the keys herself, and seeing her reaction when an Demon comes charging to her was hilarious.

Photo's weren't allowed, which wouldn't have mattered since I didn't have a camera, but I was able to take a quick pic of Sensator smashing Space Invaders.

Oh and playing Galaga was awesome as always...

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