Visiting the 2024 Midwest Gaming Classic - A Retro Gamer's Paradise!
25I have always wanted to go to a gaming convention and I discovered through YouTube the Midwest Gaming Classic, which I attended this past weekend on April 5th and 6th 2024. The convention is a massive event held every year at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Baird Center in Downtown Milwaukee. There are 1,000+ retro gaming consoles, pinball machines, and arcade cabinets. Also, live events like retro gaming music cover bands, wrestling, a massive vendor hallf, workshops and talks, a portable console modders room, board games, and much more. I really had a blast and tried to share as much as I could of the convention.
I took the Illinois Zephyr Amtrak from Galesburg, Illinois to Chicago then the Hiawatha up to Milwaukee Intermodal downtown and stayed at the Hilton Fairfield Inn a block from the convention center. I cover my train travel in the video as well which was a lot of fun as I'm sort of a mild rail nut.
There's a lot covered in the video, especially the game center and the vendor hall. I was there on the preview night as well as Day 1. I did a little bit of game trading and shopping and played a lot of pinball which I show in the video.
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