Halloween 2017

What do you get when you take a 5.1 Outdoor movie experience, add in 98 glow ice cubes, 120 glow sticks, a makeshift haunted house, a table full of tasty treats and enough sugar to induce a diabetic coma?    Halloween 2017 at our house. :)

Here's a clip from our Nest cams from the block party & awkwardly appropriate halloween-era music track that captures the meta-narrative and sea of neighbors & friends that came out to enjoy some Arcade and Pinball fun.

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Halloween Party 2016

A quick clip showing some of the awesome level of activity from our Halloween block party / outdoor movie.

Full clip of some of the video feeds from the gameroom during the party. 

I've gotten a little tongue-in-cheek heat from friends in this hobby about scaling back on pinball in our gameroom but watching these clips reinforced to me that I made the right call. Moving away from 'how many more pins can I fit in this room?' and towards, "how can we make this space fun and inviting for a variety of arcade-nostalgia seekers" paid off in a big way!  

For Halloween 2016 we had a great turnout for an outdoor halloween movie and some arcade goodness. :)

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We watched Hocus Pocus on the outdoor screen. There is something just fun and magical about outdoor movies in the cooler fall evenings!

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A certain dark-side force user got to stop in for some pinball action to many of our Star-Wars themed guests' excitement!

Halloween Block Party 2015

We've always really enjoyed Halloween, such a great holiday for kids (of all ages). :)

Halloween, 80's movies and music and arcades naturally gel with one another. A good trip down nostalgia lane! For our Halloween party this year, we turned it into more of a block party. We had 45+ guests over for an outdoor showing of Ghostbusters. It was a pot luck with a ton of great food and friends.

This feed is from one of the Nest cams in our walk-out basement.

Some Arcade Playtime

For our third meetup of Gulf Coast Arcade and Pinball Enthusiasts, I hosted 33 people for an arcade party. First time we've had more gamers than games! - Everyone seemed to have a great time, I know I was happy to see the hard work in my game room get some good use!

Always like to see the games getting played!   Camera was doing some sort of weirdness.  Not sure what was up with it. (occasional jello-effect, rolling shutter)