Initial response was slow Saturday morning for Game On Expo at Wilson Park Recreation Center, but picked up in the afternoon, said Miranda Maloy, program coordinator for Temple Parks and Recreation.
This was the departmentâs second year to have the expo, with role playing demonstrations, character building classes, video game tournaments, a costume contest and more. Outdoor activities included a huge cushioned wrecking ball and a renaissance game called âKubb.â
âWeâre happy with as many people as have come and weâre having fun,â she said.
Heather Tobias of Killeen sat in the corner of the game room, wearing a blue wig and the mask of Sal Fisher from the video game âSallyface.â She carried a ghost catcher made by her daughter, Audrey.
Super MadNES is a Los Angeles, CA based tribute to retro videogames and traditional 80s heavy metal music, creating riff-oriented guitar and synth arrangements to classic NES, SNES, and arcade soundtracks.
Since 2016, the band has released three full-length albums, built a strong following, toured throughout several states in the US, received press praise by major music magazines and newspapers such as Decibel Magazine, Los Angeles Daily News, OC Weekly, Orange County Register, and performed at major gaming events such as Anime Expo, BitGen Gamer Fest, MAGwest, Retro City Festival, Replay FX, California Extreme, Game On Expo, and Arcade Expo, to name a few.