MAGFest!

I (Diana) spent New Year's 2010 in Alexandria, VA for MAGfest, a yearly convention for fans of video games, especially video game music. People from across the country and world go to this to see the finest in video game music bands, panel discussions and other events.

There were a bunch of cool old arcade game cabinets in the main area. I tried my hand at Tetris and Donkey Kong.

(This was New Year's Eve so many of the gaming aficionados were dressed up!)

Check out some of the neat game art/crafts that vendors had for sale there:

There were concerts every night by chiptune artists and video game cover bands. Here's a picture I took of one of my favorites, the OneUps, who do jazzy covers of video game songs:

This guy, known as Dauragon, performed original chiptunes via a sequencer on his Gameboy.

All in all, it was an awesome time and I can't wait to go back next time I can afford it!