All that fun at Fusion has reaffirmed my desire to put on my own gaming event next year, so striking while the iron is hot I've created a survey to help me get an idea what people would like to see/do at such an event. If you live in the UK and would potentially be interested, please take the survey at the following URL:

http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=ILML_846580fc

Update 12/08 - The survey is now closed but you can read the results here:

http://www.byte-back.info/surveyresults.html

Thanks to the 70 people that took the time to respond. I'm not looking for a venue to host the event next year - more info when I have it!

Last weekend around 150 gaming fans converged on Leamington Rugby Club for Fusion 08, a two-day celebration of gaming old and new. I attended on Saturday with my good mates Rob and Rich and we provided a selection of machines for the masses to play on, including Rob's Bartop MAME cabinet, my Neo Geo AES and PC-Engine and all the kit required to play 10-player Saturn Bomberman.

It truly was a great day out and I met up with lots of friendly and like-minded people that show just how strong the retro community is. Personal highlights were my first ever go on Rock Band, where my vocal performance on the Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly" earned me a 100% rating, and showing off some of my old Shoot Em Up Construction Kit games to Andrew Fisher (Retro Gamer contributor and C64 guru) who was quite impressed with some of my 18 year old work!

Here's some photos from the event...

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