This past weekend, I donned my flesh suit and attended the GEEX show. So what did this humble robot think? Well… it was not that great. But let’s be fair, there were a couple of high points at the show, such as:

Neumont University was in attendance, impressive because of being the only actual college there with a course directly related to Video Game design, plus a robotics course. Pleasant to talk to, they made me aware of an open tech demo, TechTopia, the eight and ninth of August at 10701 S. River Front Parkway. They’ll be running workshops for game design and flash-based projects, and handing out Scholarships! I’m almost tempted myself…

I wanna point out one SLCC organization that had no booth, but captured my tiny black pixel heart; The SLCC Video Game Club. Open to students and non-students alike, they gather to talk about games, and LAN, especially during the summer at the Redwood SLCC campus. A gaming club is really too cool not to notice, and I will be slipping back on my flesh-suit and heading to a meeting or two.

Those two are really the only good things. I had high hopes for GEEX, really, I did. All it was for the most part was a over-glorified LAN party. The closest thing to an actual gaming booth was Game Crazy. Did no one bother to see if the Big Three (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo) would attend? Where were game developers? I bet if they had been there, the few cosplayers wouldn’t have felt so out of place. Poor guys… I bet they worked hard on their costumes for what they THOUGHT would be a gaming convention.

All in all, if they do it again, do it right. Make it a mini E3 or something. Also, I’m sad I missed the Geek Show Podcast, but I showed too late. Probably the only decent humans out there.

Stay tuned for picture updates once I find the photos.