OEGE - April 11th in Oklahoma City

[delf]

I'll be sure to add this to my calendar. I heard that it was a letdown last year, due to circumstances beyond OEGE's control (can't recall the details). Hopfully, this year, will be a success!

Hope to see you guys there!

[Steve W]

I heard that it was a letdown last year, due to circumstances beyond OEGE's control (can't recall the details).

Well, telling the public about the event seemed beyond their control, apparently. Calling vendors up and reminding them to show up must have been beyond their control, also. Putting up a single sign to let people know where the hell the show is supposed to be held was also obviously beyond their control too.

Last year, it was just a group of us sitting around at empty vendor tables chewing the fat. Four vendors showed up; Vintage Stock, Phosphor Dot Fossils, a board game seller, and a manga/action figure seller. So we hung out with Earl at the PDF table. Out of sheer sadness I eventually bought some 3DO games from the meager selection of stuff Vintage Stock brought with them. I doubt the board game or action figure vendors made a dime there. But we all did get a lot of free Monster energy drinks out of the deal. Flack got two cases!

Last year had to be a serious learning experience for them, so I'm hoping this year it'll turn out much better. Since there's not much of a chance of it turning out worse. They'll at least try a little harder to get the public notified, and maybe they'll get in a fifth vendor! Whooo hooo! We're having fun now!

I'm hoping we can talk some folks into bringing some arcade cabs to the show, maybe get 98PaceCar to set up a game console retrospective/museum. One reason I'd like to go to these types of events is to see something that I've never seen or played before. And maybe have the opportunity to buy some stuff that I don't have in my collection. Neither of those happened at last year's show. So I'm hoping it'll be this year that they get their act together.

[delf]

I hope it turns out better this year. We don't get these kind of things in the OKC area that often. Now OVGE in Tulsa last year was AWESOME. Jesse hardesty did an excellent job organizing that show.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

One thing that does look hopeful this year is that there seems to be more of a departmental effort behind it at the school. I'm really intrigued by the idea of a show like this having the backing of a college - that has some interesting possibilities. If they can make good on getting the "legends of the industry" to show up that they talk about in their promo blurb, that'd be cool. There ARE legends of the industry in the southern midwest - the Fat Man, Richard Garriott, Larry Dixon (artist for most of the Wing Commander games and many others) - you just have to know where/how to find them, and be able to put on a good PR face to get them to show up.

Anyway, I'm hoping that the school/class being behind this show bodes well. In his defense, Drew Stone did as good a job as one guy, who's also staring down the barrel of a bunch of finals at semester's end, could hope to do. With some more shoulders to carry the load and get the word out, OEGE could really be a unique show, something different from and complementary to OVGE.

[Funk Buddy]

I'd like to go, but I'm going to be in Tulsa the 3-5 and no way I'd be able to come back for the show.

[dstone]

Hi, All,

I just wanted to take a moment to let you all know that the Oklahoma Electronic Game Expo is returning for 2009 on April 11th at Oklahoma City Community College. Vendor/Exhibitor registration packets have started making their way out. If you have not yet received a packet and would like to have a booth, be a guest speaker, or donate something, you can fill out the paperwork online or contact me via PM so I can get a packet sent to you promptly.

We have a wonderful lineup of guest speakers from a variety of backgrounds:

Designer's Panel
Len Bogner - UCO
Neal Hettinger- Century Martialarts
Jeff Price - OCU
Sarah Sears - S Designs Inc
Lindsey La Valle - PDC Productions
Toney Antonelli - OETA

Game Pipelines
P.L. Studios

Collecting Classic Arcade Games
Rob O'Hara - Author and Collector

Making Flash Games
Akram Taghavi-Burris - Oklahoma Adobe Users Group, OCCC Professor

This year will also feature a game tournament sponsored by HxC Lan Center. Tournament games include Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Mario Kart, Soul Calibur 4, Street Fighter 4, and Guitar Hero (game list subject to change, any changes will be promptly notated here).

I will update this post with a list of vendors/exhibitors as they start coming in.

For more information, please visit our website at http://oege.catblog.occc.edu/wordpress


Thank you all for your support and hope to see you there!