Part 1 - Arrival
During the Easter holiday, we travelled down to South Wales.
Our base for the week was the picturesque seaside town of Tenby.
I didn’t expect to overtake a Space Invader on the motorway! ‘Don’t be a Space Invader’ is a safety campaign launched to alert drivers to the risks of tailgating. I think they’ve missed a trick by not using Nancy of Chase H.Q. fame!
I was looking forward to visiting Caldey Island, located less than a mile off Tenby coast. The island is home to a group of Cistercian monks who farm the land and make cheese, chocolate and perfume. Unfortunately the island is only accessible by boat, and the boat trips didn’t start until the day after our holiday ended.
The caravan park we stayed at had a modern arcade. I always enjoy a few credits on Deadstorm Pirates and Jurassic Park Arcade with the kids, as well as Pac-Man Smash air hockey.
During our stay, this Gamestec playnation virtual reality machine was installed.
VR has been getting a larger presence at EAG over the last couple of years, and I was curious to give this a try. However I wasn’t very impressed.
1. It was three pounds per credit, so six pounds for me and my daughter to have a go, which lasted a few minutes.
2. I was expecting a game, but in fact it’s just a ride. The player selects a theme and you just move your head and look round and that’s it!
3. There is the hygiene issue. I didn’t mind playing it as it was brand new, having just been installed, but there really should be provisions to give the headset a clean before use.
4. I don’t tend to get motion sickness from games, but I felt a little disorientated at the end of this. Admittedly the numerous pints of Carling I’d had during the evening probably didn’t help!
I’d contacted a few Ops before the holiday and managed to get a couple of promising leads, but nothing was set in stone. It was very much a case of ‘give us a ring when you get here.’ They didn’t all come through, but I did manage to squeeze in a few small Raids.
jase382019-04-23 12:45:18
During the Easter holiday, we travelled down to South Wales.
Our base for the week was the picturesque seaside town of Tenby.
I didn’t expect to overtake a Space Invader on the motorway! ‘Don’t be a Space Invader’ is a safety campaign launched to alert drivers to the risks of tailgating. I think they’ve missed a trick by not using Nancy of Chase H.Q. fame!
I was looking forward to visiting Caldey Island, located less than a mile off Tenby coast. The island is home to a group of Cistercian monks who farm the land and make cheese, chocolate and perfume. Unfortunately the island is only accessible by boat, and the boat trips didn’t start until the day after our holiday ended.
The caravan park we stayed at had a modern arcade. I always enjoy a few credits on Deadstorm Pirates and Jurassic Park Arcade with the kids, as well as Pac-Man Smash air hockey.
During our stay, this Gamestec playnation virtual reality machine was installed.
VR has been getting a larger presence at EAG over the last couple of years, and I was curious to give this a try. However I wasn’t very impressed.
1. It was three pounds per credit, so six pounds for me and my daughter to have a go, which lasted a few minutes.
2. I was expecting a game, but in fact it’s just a ride. The player selects a theme and you just move your head and look round and that’s it!
3. There is the hygiene issue. I didn’t mind playing it as it was brand new, having just been installed, but there really should be provisions to give the headset a clean before use.
4. I don’t tend to get motion sickness from games, but I felt a little disorientated at the end of this. Admittedly the numerous pints of Carling I’d had during the evening probably didn’t help!
I’d contacted a few Ops before the holiday and managed to get a couple of promising leads, but nothing was set in stone. It was very much a case of ‘give us a ring when you get here.’ They didn’t all come through, but I did manage to squeeze in a few small Raids.
jase382019-04-23 12:45:18
