Play Expo Blackpool – 2022!

Play Expo Blackpool – 2022!

Play Expo is back -in Blackpool- for 2022 and I will be there both days. These past few years for Covid have been tough for events and Play Expo is no stranger to it. With their being postponements for their events over the shutdown period as there were for many other events. Back at the ..

A New Post?!

A New Post?!

It’s been a while since I have posted anything to my site and there are many reasons which I won’t go into here. I am trying to get back into the groove of doing posts and hopefully some videos of retro gaming over the coming weeks/months. This post is just me wanting to let you ..

Play Expo Blackpool – New date same venue!

Play Expo Blackpool – New date same venue!

Play Expo Blackpool is back once again for another year of retro gaming goodness. With a slightly amended date (to make the events more evenly spaced throughout the year) it takes place once again at the Norbreck Exhibition Centre on Blackpool’s coast on the 10-11 of February. Although the original, it is now the little brother to the Play Expo held in Manchester ..

DavePlays @ Play Expo 2017

DavePlays @ Play Expo 2017

Manchester Event City once again played host the north’s largest gaming convention just over a week ago. The Play Expo brought the biggest and best that gaming has to offer, with both retro and current gen gaming showcased throughout the vast halls. With hundreds of games on tap available and ready to play. This meant ..

Play Blackpool – 2017

Play Blackpool – 2017

Just over a week ago it was time for my annual pilgrimage to Play Blackpool. Here is a short write up about it and why I should never take actual physical money to these events…. Play Blackpool is the original, but smaller, Play event hosted each year by Replay Events. This year it was moved ..

Play Expo – Blackpool

Play Expo – Blackpool

Play Expo Blackpool. The original Play Expo, is back for it’s sixth year! In July. A return of retro and modern gaming goodness housed in the Norcalympia Exhibition Centre in Blackpool. A host of guests are still to be announced, but Games World’s Big Boy Barry will at the event over the whole of the weekend, he ..

Dave Plays at Play Expo 2016

Dave Plays at Play Expo 2016

It’s back baby! Well the wonderful Play Expo has been and gone and in those early words I think I have set the tone for the rest of this write up about one of the UK’s largest gaming events held in Manchester. This was I believe my fourth time attending Play Expo, having attended all ..

Play Expo returns to Manchester for 2016

Play Expo returns to Manchester for 2016

It seems like this time of year there is an event on almost every month. In a few short weeks Play Expo will be once again gracing the halls of Manchester EventCity. This, the events 5th year, takes on a bigger focus for Twitch and YouTube personalities, with a number in attendance at this years ..

Play Expo 2015

Play Expo 2015

Another year another Play Expo and another trek to Event City in Manchester for a weekend of gaming and buying of geeky things. Play Expo for those who have lived under a rock the past few years, started out as a small convention for retro gamers looking to have a chance to play classic games ..

King Con and The Play Expo

King Con and The Play Expo

King Con – 11th October 2015 In just over two weeks time, the mighty King Con will be bringing geeky goodness to Durham for the second time. It was my good friends over at www.teambanana.co.uk that made me aware of this event and they have invited me up to take a look. King Con 2015 looks ..

It’s back! Hopefully bigger and even better

It’s back! Hopefully bigger and even better

That’s right, the Play Expo is back for another year at EventCity in Manchester on October 10th and 11th. What is the north’s biggest gaming expo, is expected to be even bigger and better this year as the new introductions from last years event get expanded even further. I will be heading down once again to ..

Dave and Dan @ Play Blackpool

Dave and Dan @ Play Blackpool

Sunday just gone, myself and Dan LV from @CCLComputers made the trek westwards towards Blackpool for the now annual Play Blackpool retro gaming event hosted by http://www.replayevents.com. The event itself is like a mini version of the more expansive and also annual Play Expo held in Manchester. Which you can read about my experience of last years ..