Well, we’re here. At least I am. This is my first MAGfest, and while I’ve been trying to get out here for years, I’m just now getting around to it. Many OSV staffers regularly attend this fan-oriented 4-day gaming and music party, and I’m quickly starting to understand why.
While the New Year’s Eve party wasn’t a part of the official MAGFest schedule, it turned out that MAGFest was the only convention in town this year, so the “surprise announcement” was made earlier in December. I suppose MAGFest doesn’t officially start until January 1, so I still see the show as a bonus, and it was a truly awesome one at that (see the above photo where a fan joined virt on-stage for some fist pumping!). With a lineup including Brentafloss, Zen Albatross, Random Gibberish, Double Ice Backfire, virt, and Renard in that order, it was a great (and long) evening to ring in the New Year.
Find out our impressions of the first evening of festivities here at MAGFest VIII after the jump! (more…)
