Many a year ago, Erik and I had a little tradition. We didn’t really have a name for it. It was just a night of gaming. Each week we would go over to my house or his and do some gaming till the wee hours of the morning. From these gaming nights came the inspiration for Substance TV.
Since he moved out of town, those days are in the past, but from time to time we’ve managed to take a trip to one or the other’s respective town of residence (I know, that was such a smancy fancy way of saying it). Interestingly enough, we’ve never recorded our gaming nights.
On the weekend of August 7th, I took the four hour drive from Wichita, KS to Springfield, MO to visit my good friend, and co-creator of Substance TV, Erik Neal. The whole weekend we played every video game from old to new. It came to our minds that we should record our killin’ for posterity’s sake. The following video is a collection of the best clips from our night of gaming. Footage is from Street Fighter Zero 3, Urban Reign, Mario Kart Double Dash, Soul Calibur IV, and Bionic Commando. Enjoy! Maybe someday, when and if Erik moves back into town, these gaming nights will be a bit more frequent.
Good stuff. This is what gaming with a buddy is about, not like kids these days who are accustomed to online play.
Sometimes I, too, join a buddy for some gaming bliss which we like to simply call “The Gathering”. We’ve played from StarFox 64 and Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 to Smash Bros Brawl and BlazBlue.
There’s just something about hanging out with friend(s) playing video games. No matter how good online gets, playing games with a person in real life.
Though the older I get, the less and less I get a chance to do that. But times like these make me try even more to get together with friends and remember why we loved games as a kid.
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Cook London Broil …
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