Great to meet up again with
'Camp Chode' & his son, and meeting Mr
bloodhokuto for the first time. It was a nice afternoon that started off in the pub with some drinks and chatting, before venturing in to HoG - having never been there before, I didn't know what to expect, but by all accounts it was a nice busy afternoon, filled with gamers, cosplayers, and crazy teenage girls running around hiding under chairs!
Enjoyed some close games of Hyper, 3rd Strike, Alpha and Ultra on the Versus City's and Vewlix, mixed in with some Donkey Kong and Ghosts & Goblins. Really wanted to play some Metal Slug, but there was someone on it every time I walked past!
Finished the visit off with some SNES MarioKart action on a nice 100"+ projector, with aforementioned crazy teenagers running around, hiding, and generally adding to the difficulty by standing in front of the screen chatting! Definitely the closest I've come to the cool ambiance and atmosphere that was the Troc
As mentioned above, I believe that there will be another visit on the 31st Jan by at least three of us, so hopefully see some more people there, especially anyone who fancies some SF action
