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New T-Shirt and Card Holder Designs Added

It has been a busy couple of months. We got deep into design mode and have brought new additions to our t-shirt and card holders ranges.

Earlier on in the year, navigating a giant furniture store evoked memories of Doom, complete with gloomy corridors and shuffling demons. We eventually made it to the exit and hence the IDKFA t-shirt was born. And, as fans of Starcraft we couldn’t resist creating the Micro Marines t-shirt in anticipation of the new Heart of the Swarm expansion. Our last two t-shirts were inspired by notorious graffiti artist (or vandal) Banksy. Whether you love him or hate him, the work of this mystery artist is both eye catching and thought provoking. We love him, so we created our own take on his masterpieces with added video game flavour. Read more

Gamerdisco X Random

Gamerdisco X Random

Gaming night organisers Gamerdisco announces their next awesome event:

GAMERDISCO and VIRTUAL BOY PROMOTIONS are excited to bring you the most unique night of 2013, when acclaimed US Nerdcore rapper RANDOM (a.k.a Mega Ran) drops into London as part of his Spring 2013 UK tour, supported by Cambridge’s nerd-rap hero MC I Pod.

On 28th April the Random/MC I Pod tour rolls into The Book Club in Shoreditch, and we’re celebrating with a huge blowout gig and clubnight! Alongside live sets from Random and MC I Pod, we will be running Gamerdisco’s legendary gaming clubnight, featuring the best old-skool games on a big screen to play with your mates, alongside DJ’s, competitions, tournaments, and retro consoles.

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REVIVAL 2013

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Revival Retro Events announced Revival 2013 a few months back and as the event draws near they have revealed their ‘mostly finalised’ floor plan. The event focuses on retro gaming and will host a large selection of arcade machines, consoles and computers. Traders, signings and talks from veteran of the gaming industry round off what is set to be a fantastic weekend. Retro GT will be in attendance and we hope to bring some new designs to shows off.

Revival takes place in Wolverhampton on the weekend of 18 – 19 May. Tickets are available at: www.revivalretroevents.com and they also have a dedicated Facebook page.

Revision Easterparty – Saturday night and into Sunday

Having been put out of my misery about the bands who would be playing at Silicon Dreams (in which regular readers will know I have an interest…) I was able to concentrate on the rest of the event.

A DJ set by Hoffman is always a high point of any party – as a professional, he only plays the very best parties! – and seeing as he’s a scener too, he’s a popular man. My husband knows both him and his wife, SaVannaH, so this was a particular treat. I’ve seen several Hoffman concerts on the stream before but never managed to meet him until this party.

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Silicon Dreams update – musicians confirmed

Last month I blogged about the upcoming Silicon Dreams and Vintage Computer Festival event scheduled for early July. Today came the eagerly awaited announcement about the musical component of that event.

Earlier today, Silicon Dreams’ Facebook and Twitter feeds carried the news of which musicians will be headlining this event.

I’m pleased to be able to share with you that the evening’s entertainment will be An Evening with Martin Ware. Martin was the founder of Heaven 17 and you can expect some of their music to have an airing during the course of the evening too.

In the grand tradition of this festival giving two-for-one value for money, there will also be a performance by Northern Kind. Martin will kick off with a question and answer session, then Northern Kind will perform a preview of their latest album, before Martin returns to close the evening.

More details available in the press release linked above.

Revision Easterparty – Friday part 2 and Saturday daytime

*Blocks out the whatever-it-is cheap schlock-cop-TV garbage the still-drunken scroller group are watching and attempts to concentrate on the Pink Floyd-ish melodies floating up from the front of the hall.*

The rest of Friday evening was pleasurably occupied by a rerun of previous demos and competitions and a DJ-set from Alkana, which was melodic and earwormingly hummable without being too loud. The scroller group concentrated on getting severely drunk and quit trying to play their stuff louder than everything else once the volume of the main speakers was uprated to ‘deafening’.

The night shuttle was a welcome way to get home and several hours of sleep followed.

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Revision Easterparty – Friday part 1

OK, we’re in. E-Werk, Saarbrücken, otherwise known as a music and gathering venue of some repute. Metallica have played here, so I hear. The place is full of nooks and crannies and has loads of character.

Machines are now set up (two laptops, two Ataris) and in full working mode. Greetings are being exchanged and new friends made. Writing from now on this weekend will be carried out to a background of bleeps, whistles and pings, electronic music and, frankly, sometimes irritating tape loops. A scroller on a machine behind me is playing something which sounds like a bad accordion hoedown and recapping the news since the last Revision party.

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Blogger at large – Revision retroparty, Saarbrücken

A drive of twelve hours, across five countries, with road signs in at least six languages. A Eurotunnel crossing, a fast food meal and too little tea, but we’re here.

The intrepid party including your blogger at large has fetched up in Saarbrücken to attend the Revision Easter demoparty and digital arts gathering in the E-Werk building.

The hotel receptionist switches fluently from German to French to English according to the needs of her clientele and is unfailingly polite in all three languages. The predominant language of staff and guests is German, the cleaning staff appear to converse in French and everyone has at least a few words of English.

The hotel is clean and warm, the beds comfortable and the twin duvets presently rather inviting! So, upon finishing my latest glass of wine, I shall be removing myself in the general direction of that destination.

Another World 20th Anniversary Edition giveaway!

An Amiga Classic in HD

We have 5 copies of this remastered Amiga classic to give away.

It’s Competition time!

The Amiga classic Another World has been released for Windows (PC) on the Knowhow app store. This 20th Anniversary Edition has been updated with touch functionality, HD graphics and remastered sound while keeping an alternative retro mode intact with original graphics. Another World was considered to be one of the greatest games on the Amiga and it was ported to other home systems including the Megadrive and SNES. Don’t take our word for it, speak to anyone who played the original and they will tell you that it was a cinematic masterpiece.

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