Believe it or not, I am still in the process of restoring my home office after the flooding we experienced back in October. There are still many things I can’t find, which seems ridiculous. In a few cases I’ve found things that were broken due to all the shuffling. One of those things was my trusty VCR.
Unlike a lot… read entire post
Category Archives: Games and Technology
Boatfest 2023 Recap
Last weekend I attended the second annual Boatfest gathering, which again took place in Hurricane, West Virginia. Despite its name, the event has nothing to do with boats — it’s a gathering of retrocomputing and retrogaming enthusiasts named after the organizer, John “Boat of Car” Shawler.
Boatfest is difficult to summarize because it’s different things to different people. Some people… read entire post
An Up-Down Experience at the Up-Down Arcade
Last weekend my buddy Jeff and I visited Oklahoma City’s Up-Down Arcade. Up-Down is a barcade (21 to enter) with a full bar, a kitchen that sells pizza by the slice, and sixty(ish) arcade games. Jeff and I were hanging out in arcades together years before either of us were old enough to drive, and nearly 40 years later we’re… read entire post
Boatfest 2022
I met John “Boatofcar” Shawler online twenty years ago on the Digital Press forums. Although “Boat” is nearly a decade younger than I am, the two of us share a a common love of old computers, games, and arcade machines. Boat has been a fan and supporter of my podcasts from the very beginning, and several years ago he, along… read entire post