MAGFest 9 photojournal and cosplay gallery – the best festival West Coast gamers never heard of

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If you weren't there, here's what you missed - if you were there, here's what you saw

And now for… the rest (because if it was all cosplayers, it would be a costume show and not a music and gaming festival.


Above: One of the vendors sold authentic L4D “Peels”. Ah, dialect humor, will you never come off as not racist?

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Above: You might not know him, but you love him. This is Danny Baranowski, amazing composer of the awesome Super Meat Boy soundtrack


Above: This meager shot barely scratches the surface of the breadth of games on display. Don’t just stare at Centipede, Mr. Dressy Pants! Play it


Above: One of the arcade cabinets got covered in signatures, as per MAGFest tradition


Above: And the LAN room returned as well, for guests who brought their own rigs


Above: Larry Oji, from OverClocked ReMix, and contributor for GR’s Game music of the day


Above: Musician and Remixer Danimal Cannon performed in multiple bands this year, including Armcannon


Above: Andrew (a.k.a. Zircon) and Jillian Aversa, two widely renowned game music composers and performers - that’s Jimmy Hinson, one of the composers for Mass Effect 2, providing the photobomb back there


Above: Brendan Becker, creator and undisputed “king” of MAGFest, wondering why his picture is last even though he put the whole damn thing together

January 25, 2011


Over 60 photos in our stunning collection of hot cosplay couture


Find out how costume play grew into one of the most diverse subcultures in Japan


Jillian Aversa of OC ReMix waxes poetic on Super Metroid’s awesome tunes