Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for more than nine years at the Austin American-Statesman and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity, MSNBC.com's books section and The Almost Late Show with Bobby Bones. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.
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By Geoff West
| Friday, March 13, 2009, 08:39 PM
It’s cold, rainy. The economy’s in the tank. Who’s up for video games?
The third annual Screenburn Arcade kicked off this afternoon inside Exhibit Hall 2 at the Austin Convention Center. The showcase is part of Screenburn, the video-game branch of SXSW Interactive, and a nice prep for next week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
The video-game smorgasbord is free and open to the public, with more than 30,000 square feet set aside for visitors to browse, play and compete in the latest and greatest in video gaming. Last year, the Arcade drew more than 7,500 people.
“3-D Guitar Hero” was an early hit, as well as the collection of vintage games from the ‘70’s, ‘80’s and ’90s courtesy of Mountain Dew.
We’ll spotlight more inside the Arcade throughout the weekend. The exhibit will be open tomorrow and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.
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