I will let you in on a secret. The Amber family is full of gaming geeks.
Even Lily likes to get in on the action.
When we were first dating, many moons ago, and even to this day we like to spend some time playing video games.
Recently, we have enjoyed going back to the games of our youth and have purchased original Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo systems to play some of these games.
We usually visit a local game store in our area (we try to buy local when we can) but we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to attend the Pittsburgh Retro Gaming Convention that was held this past weekend at the Ace Hotel in Pittsburgh.
The place was packed and featured all kinds of video games and systems that you could ask for. There were even some tabletop games if that was more your speed.
But, for us it was all about the video games and we each were looking for a particular game that day. Kev wanted Genesis’ “Echo the Dolphin” and I was looking for either “Donkey Kong Country” or “Donkey Kong Country 2.”
I am happy to say that we found both of the games we were looking for and then some.
Lily purchased a few Disney Infinity princesses (Jasmine, Anna and Elsa). She likes to play with them as figures and we like to use them with our Infinity game. We also picked up a couple of Nintendo DS games for her. We thought that she might like to use my old DS to take on road trips and our eventual cruse this fall.
Keep an eye on this blog for future reviews and a haul of the games we purchased.
We had a wonderful time at the convention that was held at an interesting location.
After the convention we decided to head to South Hills Village so I could return a swimsuit that didn’t fit right.
We also ate at one of our favorite restaurants BRGR that is located in the Galleria. Since Kev and I are vegetarians we really appreciate that they have a great non-meat burger as well as tasty salads.
Lily likes their chicken fingers a lot, so it is big hit with all of us.
We have also become obsessed with Spongebob Squarepants, especially Plankton.
I would say that it was a pretty successful day out on the town. Everyone really enjoyed themselves and I can’t wait to attend next year’s convention.
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