Video Game Live '08

I, along with a ragtag bunch of Con-goers, attended the Video Game Live free concert on at the crowded Dudas Square on Saturday. Honestly, I would still go if it isn't free, because these guys at VGL really know how to put on a show. At one point, they brought this 16 year old on stage and challenged him to beat the first level of Space Invaders in two minutes. Easy, right? Then, the host put the kid in a black t-shirt with the green tank on its back, and had him sidled back and forth across the stage to control the in-game tank. The kid didn't win anything in the end, since the T-shirt control was ridiculously hard to use, and it had trouble tracking the nimble 16 year old. During which, I was wishing for the kid to trip on a cable and launch himself into the orchestra, and when he got back up, his head would be buried shoulder-deep in a tuba! That would be so fucked up and I feel it would please the audience.

Although that never came to past, I was still very pleased with the live version of the various MGS themes. GREAT SUCCESS!!