Long-time friends and family of Game On! might recall having taken an evening in April of ’09 to go see singer, songwriter, and all-around phenomenal performer Jason Webley at The Mercury Cafe.

Well folks, he’s coming back to town, and we’d like to do the EXACT SAME THING.

Now there was a bit of discussion as to whether or not we were willing to close the store for a few hours, especially since the show will this time fall on a Saturday instead of a Tuesday. Our business is far more significant and regular now than it was back in those early months, and we’re more hesitant to close up during “peak” hours, so a determination had to be made.

We choose to go.

For some, this might mean several hours of inconvenience in the form of not being able to play some of dem vidja-games. For us, it means NOT having to split up our staff and community so that only SOME can go see this wonderful man perform, while others cannot. We’d much rather be together.

Above all, we like to consider ourselves purveyors of community, and gaming is but our medium of choice. More than the games themselves, it’s having all of you sitting and playing and shouting in the same room that really gets us off (eww). It’s seeing people befriend one another and develop bonds, whether in game or socially as well.

This is no different.

You see, we WANT you to come with us! We want you to join us for these precious few hours, and enjoy sing-a-longs, and wild dancing, and great music, and killer storytelling (and perhaps even some alcohol, yes)! We want to bring with us a group of twenty- NAY thirty, or even FORTY individuals to the show, to demonstrate our love and camaraderie both for one another and for Mr. Jason Webley.

In return, we believe you’ll find great value in the excursion. We believe you’ll have yourselves one hell of a time, one hell of a hangout, and one hell of a night to remember. And if that’s not enough for you, then we’ve also got one hell of a little incentive going..

Upon return to the store, anybody that came with us to the show gets any one drink, any one candy, and unlimited play for the remainder of the evening at a cost of only $10. Now that may not sound like much, but prepare yourself for the thunder:

We will not be ending the night at 4:00 a.m.

Say what?!

That’s right, for this super special occasion, we will be offering a special lock-in special because of how special all you handsome little specials are. That “unlimited” time will last for as long as you can keep your eyes open, even if it goes well into Sunday morning.

Speaking of Sunday, once we do eventually close from our Saturday show night sleepover, we’ll remain closed until Monday.

Sorry Sunday-goers! We recommend you come with us on Saturday!

So, to recap:

Jason Webley @ The Mercury Cafe ($10)
Saturday September 4th, 8:00 p.m. (opening bands) / ~9:30 (Jason Webley)
2199 California St.
Denver, CO

Game On! – Store Hours
Saturday September 4th: 10:00 a.m. – ~8:00 p.m. / ~12:00 p.m. – Unknown (like, forever)
Special deal for Jason Webley attendants: $10 unlimited time (+ free drink & candy) upon return

Now, I haven’t yet really given you any reason to love Jason Webley. For that, I’m going to have to ask you to visit our Facebook group, whereupon we’ll be regularly posting videos of the good sir over the next few days, just to whet your appetite.

Also, there’s a Facebook event page for the show.

Thank you for reading this needlessly long post, and we hope to see you there!

Love always,
Game On!

-Jason Webley Testimonials-

“jason webley is amazing and magical touched my girlfriend and i deeply, great 2nd or 3rd date show with a special someone, <3”
-Mindless Moonchild

“Jason Webley is awesomazing”
-A gay firefighter (no joke)

“Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
-Jason Webley

Just a friedly reminder that a.) we’re still alive and kicking, and b.) that Friday Night Frag Fest is coming up. Check them out at at http://www.fnff.net/. This year, it’s happening June 25th through 27th at the National Western Complex.

I’ve also heard it told that they might be dropping by this Saturday, so you might make your way over to check them out.

So we’ve got a bit of welcome and pleasant news to report.

Those of you that regularly frequent our LAN center and ALSO use a microphone for either Ventrillo (or team chat, what have you) might be aware of the fact that several of the rear audio/mic ports on our machines are rather finicky. Some seem to have an intermittent short, while one is presumably picking up some random frequency, constantly broadcasting static over the mic whether or not a microphone is even plugged in!

Sadly, this issue wasn’t one of our highest priorities as not that many of our patrons regularly even use the microphones, and the resolution would involve spending some cash we could sooner put into some other projects we’d like to work on.

Thus swooped in Friday Night Frag Fest to the rescue!

Yesterday afternoon, two of the fragfellows dropped by with a pleasant surprise: sixteen (16) 6-channel PCI sound cards! Now, these certainly aren’t top of the line pieces of hardware – much to our appreciation, as we certainly don’t want anybody spending gazillions of dollars on lil’ old us – but they’re certainly on par (if not better) than our onboard sound, and there can be no disagreement that the friendly donation of sixteen sound cards is ABSOLUTELY an upgrade over onboard sound that ISN’T EVEN WORKING RIGHT.

So, when all is said and done, these guys single-handedly eliminated one of our more annoying and pervasive tech issues. Please, feel free to visit their site for more information about their LAN event, follow them on Twitter, or add yourself to their Facebook group. They’re among the store’s oldest friends and continue to support us.

Plus, you know, they’re throwing that LAN in June! Who wouldn’t want to keep up with that?

(Cowabunga.)

As a thank you to everybody who helped us out with the Borderlands promotional contest, we’ll be having the oft-mentioned, previously-unscheduled pizza party on next Thursday evening (January 14th). As promised, the pizza will be free and we’re even going to have a LAN special for the night, whereupon you get a free third hour with a two hour purchase.

Considering the recent mood of the LAN, the likely swing of the room will see League of Legends play, though perhaps some Team Fortress 2 or Left 4 Dead 2 as well. Just the same, you watched our video, so come hang out with us next Thursday and enjoy some pizza.

I’m also strongly considering having a short Spaced marathon, in honour of because I feel like it. But, we’ll just see what folks wanna’ do.

Recommended show up time is sometime shortly after six to cast a topping vote, as I’m shooting for the pizza to have been ordered and arrived by seven.

Later!

Happy holidays to all of our customers, however you may celebrate this time of year.

Game On! will close around 6 PM on Thursday December 24th so that we can all take a well-deserved break. We may re-open again Friday December 25th at 6PM but that is still under debate. We’ll tweet the results sometime before then so be on the lookout if that’s something you’re interested in.

In addition, we will be going as late as people want to stay on New Year’s Eve (December 31st) and opening again at around 6 PM on January 1st.

As always I would like to thank all the people who play in our LAN not just for hanging out but for being awesome company. Now that we’ve gotten to know some of you, it would feel lonely without.

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