Last night, Leah, Jack, Andy and I went to Otronicon, "Orlando's Ultimate Video Game Experience", held for 10 days at the Orlando Science Center.
It was Gamer Heaven. Wall-to-wall games, live competition, simulation demos, digital art gallery... but we all agreed that the most fun was Videotopia's Classic Arcade Games. It was very educational for the kids to see firsthand how their parents lived through the pioneer days. Pac-Man, Centipede, Tron, Space Invaders, even Pong! They did love playing the game that spawned the great Mario... Donkey Kong! They had a display showing the history of video games, complete with actual game systems.
The kids were very impressed when I pointed out Colecovision,
the game we had as kids, and Intellevision, the game my cousins had. Of course, Atari was the most popular, but we Terry's never bowed to peer pressure... our games were way better graphically, plus, you could actually play Atari games on the Colecovision... but I digress...
So, we did have fun, and look forward to the weekend, when cousin Adam will be competing for big bucks on the
IMAX screen!
favorite ship. (Check it out here: thenina.com) It is spending this 
week in port in Sanford, and is open to the public for tours. It was pretty neat to see the how the Europeans made their way across the Atlantic to the "New" World during the Age of Discovery. Looks like it was certainly a rough ride!
We got out the Brio tracks for Will after he inherited a load of the trains (thanks, CJ & Aaron!)... he had a great time driving his train cars around the track Jack built for him. Then, he said, "Tracks? We don't need no stinkin' tracks!" (or something like that) and demolished it. 
It was Gamer Heaven. Wall-to-wall games, live competition, simulation demos, digital art gallery... but we all agreed that the most fun was Videotopia's Classic Arcade Games. It was very educational for the kids to see firsthand how their parents lived through the pioneer days. Pac-Man, Centipede, Tron, Space Invaders, even Pong! They did love playing the game that spawned the great Mario... Donkey Kong! They had a display showing the history of video games, complete with actual game systems.
the game we had as kids, and Intellevision, the game my cousins had. Of course, Atari was the most popular, but we Terry's never bowed to peer pressure... our games were way better graphically, plus, you could actually play Atari games on the Colecovision... but I digress...
IMAX screen!
#10. They keep us up-to-date with the latest hairstyles.
