Ricky Jay

Nothing to do with nothing, except I love Ricky Jay and this is a damned fine card trick.

Yes, that's an Atari 520

Or in that ballpark. What you can't tell from this shot is that there
are about twenty more if these, and they're networked together for a
game called Midi-Maze. It's essentially a 3-D maze (looks much like
old maze screensaver from Windows 95 days) in which you are a colored
smiley ball, shooting at other colored smiley balls. Yes, very old
school deathmatching.

Main room

Here's a picture if the main room. Compared to pictures from GenCon,
not much. After all, it really is just a gathering of 200-300 people
with an interest in gaming over a weekend in Minneapolis. But taken on
it's own, Con of the North is at it's heart an event hosted by a
couple of local people, which originated as a gathering of friends,
and has now grown into a yearly, well organized event. And in fact,
even now with entry fees, t-shirts, programs and reserved hotel space,
it's hard to remember that it is still run only by a couple and some
of their friends. Buy it Is and Thanks to all.

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