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I have a similar adapter and it works fine with a single 32GB card. I may upgrade to 64GB at some point but not right now. I can't see why it can't do 128 or higher.

Talked to Matt again at another small con in town and he wants to try a live LP using Godzilla: Save the Earth (Xbox) for next year. I have some mixed feelings about that since I've never done one and I don't know how well one can be done in an hour. Also I don't know if PAX would be interested in it although I should look through the panel listings of the previous events to know for sure. I will at least submit the Godzilla in Gaming panel again as a backup plan. PAX knows that it was a success and that gives us a better than average chance of doing it again. Good thing the submission window doesn't open for another six months so I have plenty of time to think things through.

For the price it is something I may get. However, I should point out that an internal mod may be the absolute best way to get the best video. The reason, based on my personal hacking experience on the console, is that the raw digital video signals, prior to being processed into the analog video signals through the main video chip, and regardless of game, are always going to be a minimum of 480p. This is odd because certain games, like Hitman 2, only do 480i so that's a head scratcher to me. So, to me, tapping into those signals is going to get the best results and, if done right, you can still use the original AV port for the other signals (actually you need to use it anyway because it sets the video chip and if you leave it open the console probably won't run). As for Enter the Matrix, that glitch is probably the game because it had to be rushed out to make a specific deadline to coincide with the release of The Matrix Reloaded because it explained certain things that happens in the movie and was meant to be played shortly after you saw it. It also included some teaser footage of The Matrix Revolutions which was another reason to release it at a specific timeframe. A nice experiment but the game was a disappointment.

My feeling is that Nolan will eventually receive this award - but not this year - probably next year. This will give plenty of time for his defenders to have their say and put his past and present conduct in proper context. Hopefully, by then things will have quieted down a bit, for the snowflakes to be melted away, and for Wu to be discredited enough to render her irrelevant. And if any leftover snowflakes try to put a damper on things GDC should have enough proper information on Nolan to tell them to go fuck off.

My entire imgur album from PAX South is up and here is a sampling:

These are some of Matt's pictures as I haven't uploaded mine yet:

Today was the big day. The room we were in is one of the smaller rooms but no means small. As the both of us sat there on the stage waiting for the door to open we were wondering how many would show up. We ended up with somewhere between 85 to 90% full. We were stunned. Didn't realize how many G-Fans would be at the con. I got things started and Matt would chime in and play off of me and vice versa. We managed to get to the last game just before time ran out. At the end we were given a rousing ovation by the crowd. Amazing. Went much better than I imagined.

One more week.....

PAX South schedule is now up. Saturday at 4:00 is where we're at.

I finally put up my pictures up at imgur but here are a few of them if you don't want to travel:

I just put my pictures from the event on FaceBook but I need to put them on my account at imgur before posting them here. In the meantime, a local film crew did work for the event and released their film today. You can catch fleeting glimpses of me but I'm in there.

Just be careful not to get eaten by a Grue.....

Got word from PAX South tonight. Finally, after three tries, the Godzilla in gaming panel is on! It will be on January 13th at 4:00 PM at the Bobcat Theater. Now things get interesting.

Amiga CD32.

The event went pretty well and I got a couple of pictures of myself with Nolan. He also came in with the express purpose of shoeshaming everybody - he wore bright red shoes with LED lighted soles. Everybody also liked the consoles and setups - winners of the contests got a flat screen TV. After everything was said and done I was invited to dinner at a restaurant near Trinity University which I happily accepted. Glad I went. Not only was the food taken care of, meaning free dinner, I also got to sit just a few feet away from two of the three founders of RackSpace, Nolan Bushnell, and the Mayor of San Antonio. All in all, a pretty good night. I have plenty of pictures but I will need to go through them first.

As I mentioned there is going to be gaming contests held before the main program. Each of the four consoles will use one game for them with volunteers keeping track of the scores. And the games are: On the Atari 2600 it will be Space Invaders. On the Atari 5200 it will be Pac-Man. The console itself has been modified to get rid of needing to use the special switchbox. The controller used will be an arcade stick (built into an old ColecoVision case) with a Wico Command Center keypad module and all attached to a Redemption 5200 adapter. On the Atari 7800 it will be Asteroids. The controller used will be the Mini 7800 controller used for the early Atari Flashback consoles but re-wired so it can be used on the 7800 itself. On the Jaguar it will be Tempest 2000. The controller used will be a rotary controller I built years ago and with a second joypad for bonus stages and high-score entry.

On November 9 there will be a rally by a local group called Tech Bloc that will be held at RackSpace here in San Antonio featuring Atari founder Nolan Bushnell (this page goes into more detail about the event and how much to attend). If you're local this would be where the old Windsor Park Mall used to be (I-35 and Walzem). Prior to the main program there will be the pre-party with gaming contests and cosplay. The contests will be done using the four main Atari consoles: 2600, 5200, 7800, and Jaguar. All consoles, controllers (including homebrew), games, and other stuff that have been accumulated over the years (including the Lynx) are being provided by me for the event. I'm hoping that some of the local AA'ers will come by and partake in the festivities. Feel free to ask me questions if you're interested.

Yeah, you're going to need to do a FMCB card with OPS2L before you can use hard drives. Apparently there is a way to install FMCB onto the hard drive and use in in conjunction with the HDD OS that came with Final Fantasy XI. However, that OS was only designed to use 40GB drives. But, at last check, it was patched to use up to 128GB drives which is good enough for a small collection. When they finally manage to patch it to use 2TB drives then I will play with it and eliminate the need for a card.

Have you made up a Free McBoot card with Open PS2 Loader installed? You'll need that first before you can do hard driving on the PS2. Also, how big is your HDD?

Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality.

San Japan X is now complete. As for my panel I only had one person show up, similar to what happened to me at RTX. But he stayed the whole way through, asked good questions, and talked outside afterwards. But, you know what? That's okay. That was better than having no one show up or have a room full of disinterested people. So, no complaints there. Besides, I can now say that I have done panels at three major cons in the South Texas region. As for the con itself, there was a very good turnout despite the recent hurricane and gas shortage crisis. Being that this is a major anime con (in addition to gaming) there is a whole lot more cosplay - about three quarters of everybody I saw were doing some form of it.

Day one of San Japan is done and I got my panelist ribbon and instructions on what to do tomorrow since I will need to set up before the con opens.

There's also the new and much larger convention space too and I hope they open up more of the new rooms this go round.