I am sure you know about Starland. But there are a cpuple others listed from best to okay

PowerGamerII
6711 Ritchie Highway #259
Glen Burnie, MD

GameBox
3289 Donnell Dr District Heights, MD 20747
(301) 735-2888


Pandora's Cube
8145 Baltimore Avenue
College Park, MD
(301) 474-9711

Originally Posted by Grave_Addiction I'm going to both events. It'll be my first video game expo/conventions, so I'm pretty excited to finally get to one. Btw, do any of you guys know of any good retro/indie video game stores in the area? I live on Ft. Meade, which is kinda in between D.C. and Baltimore, and I haven't been able to find anything good.

http://www.estarland.com/index.asp?page=StoreLocations

Edit: damn, someone in before me.

I'll be at MAGFest, tho I don't know how much I will actually be there since I'm driving in.

Originally Posted by Grave_Addiction Btw, do any of you guys know of any good retro/indie video game stores in the area? I live on Ft. Meade, which is kinda in between D.C. and Baltimore, and I haven't been able to find anything good.

I want to say eStarland in Fairfax, VA, but that's about an hour drive from Ft. Meade. Small store and pretty much same stock as their website, but they've got games for current gen as well as lots of retro system games. Worth checking out if you're ever in the area though.

Edit: Aaron owned me

Thanks for the info, guys. I went to Power Gamer II, and they had some very reasonably priced Dreamcast stuff. Used DCs were $30, and controllers and VMUs were $5 each. The games, however, were overpriced, in my opinion. Most DC games ranged from $15-$30 each, but they did have some pretty cool import titles and some games still in shrink wrap.

Also, what days are you guys going to MAGFest? I think I may go Saturday, and I thought it'd be fun to meet up with some fellow CAGs.

NP. The entire GameEnthus crew, Donnie and I am sure several others will be there from Fri to Sun. I will be posting my itinerary(subject to change) later today. The schedule can be found here.

If anyone out there needs a bed for Magfest, I got a room at the Hampton Inn across the street from the Convention Center for friday and saturday nights. It's stated as having 2 beds and a pullout sofa. BigRob and myself have the 2 beds, so if you:

1) are someone I have met in person before

2) are comfortable on a pullout sofabed

3) are able to chip in a little

...then please PM/email/call/text me and we'll work something out. Hope to see you all there!

MjC

Ind1fference's MAGfest Itinerary


Friday
12-1pm Diversity in Games
1-2pm Jon St. John speaks (voice of Duke Nukem)
2-3pm Blue Core Studios(indie video game movies like Mega Man)
3:30-4:30 Happy Video Game Nerd(HVGC) Q&A
4:30-5:30 Zen & Art of video game reviews
6-7 History of Optimus Prime
7-? Eat, console/arcade play, sleep


Saturday
Eat, free play
11-12pm Grant Kirkhope Q&A (Rare composer, Goldeneye Banjo etc)
1:30-2:30 DarkSydePhil Panel on making a living playing games
2:30-4pm Art of Video Games Smithsonian Panel
or
3-4pm MAGfest Origins
4:30-5:30 Destruction Live
6-7 AVGN
7-12am Free
12-1am The Famicon(Family) Feud


Sunday
Eat, free play
12:30-1:30 Video Games Shouldn't Suck
3-4 Closing Ceremony

I'm still debating on whether or not to go. I have a bunch of obligations through the weekend, but there are large chunks of time where I could theoretically go to the National Harbor. Would it be worth going for a few hours Friday night, Sunday afternoon, and possibly Saturday morning/late night?

Originally Posted by The Great BM I'm still debating on whether or not to go. I have a bunch of obligations through the weekend, but there are large chunks of time where I could theoretically go to the National Harbor. Would it be worth going for a few hours Friday night, Sunday afternoon, and possibly Saturday morning/late night?

Check the schedule http://magfestubersystem.com/magfest/schedule/ and see what interests you most. That should help you make up your mind.

MjC

I like how the History of Optimus Prime really seems to come out of nowhere

I'm really debating whether I want to come on Friday or save my time off and go to work. Really, the only thing that interests me is the Jon St John talk. It also sucks that there are no panels after 6. It doesn't help that I don't know the band schedule.

You aren't making very strong argument for why you should go LOL

Originally Posted by coolsteel You aren't making very strong argument for why you should go LOL

No I'm not, which is why I'm fishing for reasons why I should.

Skip it , spend that 40 dollars that would have gone to a one day badge and buy some Duke Nukem games

Originally Posted by coolsteel Skip it , spend that 40 dollars that would have gone to a one day badge and buy some Duke Nukem games

That money is already spent. I prereged for the weekend, mainly because I want to see Nobuo Uematsu on Saturday. It is really the only reason why I prereged.

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Not interested in playing old arcade games at all?

Originally Posted by coolsteel Not interested in playing old arcade games at all?

Not sure I'll get two days worth of enjoyment out of old arcade games. As I said, I'll be there most of the day on Saturday.

If I were in your shoes I would go Friday mostly hitting panels and videos then leave around 6. Leave Saturday for gaming, panels and music.

Originally Posted by coolsteel I like how the History of Optimus Prime really seems to come out of nowhere

I'm happy to see it, and I'm excited for the Transformers: The Movie (1986) at 8pm tonight!

MjC

Family is still in town and I have to hold money back for shoulder surgery, so it's a no go on MAGFest again (well, late Saturday/Sunday is a BIG maybe, so we'll see). Hoping to still do Katsucon though.