I didn’t know they Ghostbusters would be showing in theaters till it was trending on twitter last week. Tonight I went and caught on of my all time favorite movies at the Regal. Met a fan there too, he was dressed up! It was a blast and I hope they keep re-releasing movies like this. Second chance to see these when I couldn’t as a kid.

LANs…they are dying slowly. At least around here, they are totally gone for the most part. To those that don’t know, I used to run LAN Parties for over 10 years. Started with Lynchburg Area Gamers (LAG) and absorbed StarCityLAN (SCL). Both located in SW and Central Virginia.

It has been over 2 years since I decided to close them both down. At the time, LAN Parties took a turn where more and more wanted $$$ for winning and more wanted to become PRO making events become too serious. I never liked this and did not change it. I know this is what affected the turn outs some but the internet had a big part too.

Looking back, the only thing I miss is the socializing. Organizing the events and what not was a pain in the ass. It was more and more difficult to find affordable places for roughly 30 people. PC gaming also took a back seat to console gaming. So everything was going against LAN Parties. I thought I should keep it going to try and keep people happy but in the end, I was miserable. Attempts were made to have other run the show, but in reality, it never really happen with one exception. People didn’t take organizing seriously and didn’t want to take the hit if the event did not break even.

I get teased and asked often to have LAN Parties at least in my house again, it is NOT going to happen. I love just having my PC in one place. I love not having to clean up after people because these things started in a basement and grew. I have since bought my own house…yeah…still never going to happen.

That is the main problem I have with the inquiries and even people bitching about me ending the LAN Parties was that ANYONE can have these and ANYONE can run them. Then why did I always get stuck doing this? I wanted to go to LANs to just play too! Geez…

So yeah, two years…I don’t miss the events one bit. I miss some of the people that I don’t get to see often, but if me or they wanted to keep up with each other, we still do. I still game with people…ONLINE and ON SKYPE! Still a lot of fun to game with friends.

LAN Parties are pretty much history these days. I still don’t have any desire to go to LANs or host them.

If you want to check out the past LANs that I was involved with, check out my Facebook page OR head over to LAGSCL.com.

8 years since the Columbia disaster…

25 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded during launch. It is one of my childhood memories that I remember vividly. Sitting at home in front of the TV watching the news coverage…and watching President Reagan’s speech to the nation…

Sad that this year will end the Space Shuttle missions and I do think that it is time to move forward. But remembering the saracfices of the entire program at NASA from Apollo, Challenger, and Columbia…it really was worth it to all mankind.

Wiebe! Wiebe! Wiebe! We…be…We…Ch…n… Chien? CHIEN! CHEIN! CHEIN!

At least it isn’t Billy Mitchell! Seems according to the article that Chien, Wiebe, and Mitchell will be going head to head at a competition this year in public. Awesome!

Thanks Smitty!

Hopefully one day I can do this in my home. Every Trekker’s dream is to be that much closer to the Star Trek universe. This guy is making it happen in his own home!

I will be headed on a 12 hour road trip to spend a couple of days in St. Louis for GAMEapalooze at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL). This will take place November 1st starting at 7PM. Main reason I am going is to show support and witness in person the 300th episode of The Video Games Show with Rich and Kraft!

I plan on posting pics and video from my trip! Come on out to the PARTY!

Time to post something about Halloween. I have nothing…..

So enjoy these Halloween light displays! Just as cool as the Christmas ones!

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