It’s that time of year again! Retro Game and Computing Night 2013 is upon us. We are allowing all games and systems released pre-2000.

There will be all kinds of systems and games, SNES, SEGA, NES, GameBoy, Atari, as well as Amigas and other computers.  We may even have a LAN setup for old school games like Duke Nukem 3D and Starcraft.  We will also have the grill going.  Feel free to bring your own systems and/or games and food to share.

Please come join us, play some games, meet new people and see our new space.  Also, remember your donations will help us continue to do events like these.

July 6, 2013 6pm-2am
414 Stevens Ave.
Huntsville, AL 35801

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It’s that time of year again! Retro Game and Computing Night 2011 is upon us. We have raised the games and system limits up a bit this year. We are allowing all games and systems released pre-2000.  Though that isn’t entirely true, Duke Nukem Forever has been grandfathered in for obvious reasons.

There will be all kinds of systems and games, SNES, SEGA, NES, GameBoy, Atari, as well as Amigas and other computers.  We may even have a LAN setup for old school games like Duke Nukem 3D and Starcraft.  We will also have the grill going and a keg chilling.  Feel free to bring your own systems and/or games and food to share.

Please come join us, play some games, meet new people and see our new space.  Also, remember your donations will help us continue to do events like these.

July 2, 2010 6pm-2am
414 Stevens Ave.
Huntsville, AL 35801

Get to know your town a little better – join us for our Scavenger Hunt!  This is the first trial of a community-wide scavenger hunt game brought to you by some members of Makers Local 256.

The Tasks: Find an object from our hints, take a picture of it, and post the picture in a twitter Direct Message to @HSVsh, like so: d HSVsh [some words maybe?] [twitpic URL]

The Objects: Objects in and around Huntsville.  Different every week, for four weeks.

The Hints: Every Friday, a hard one.  Every Monday, an easier one.  Every Wednesday, an even easier one.  Posted at 12 pm noon from the @HSVsh twitter account.

The Points: Until the 2nd clue is posted = 5 points.  Until the 3rd clue is posted = 3 points.  After the 3rd clue until the next object = 1 point.

The Goal: Highest score after 4 rounds (weeks) gets a $50 gift card.  In the case of a tie, a tie breaker round will be held.  First to tweet the right answer, wins.

The Tools: A twitter account and camera or camera phone.  Follow @HSVsh .


The game starts Friday March 5, 2010!



Makers learning DnDOn Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010, Makers Local 256 hosted a “DnD 101” class.  The class gave the attendees exposure to what goes into creating a game, the tools available for creating characters, and an overview on what’s involved in making an environment that is fun for creative minds.

Succeeding in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign requires a collaborative approach from the players, a key mentality used in both game play and group projects.