Capital Gaming Expo

April 1 & 2, 2017

In 2017, I co-founded the Capital Gaming Expo following the success of the Game and Art Expo I directed the year prior.

CGX 2017 was a two-day video game expo with artists, indie game developers, tabletop gaming, VR, tournaments and more. There was also an industry-focused video game conference in a conference room in the same venue.

Although the event was a hit with locals and viewed positively by many local game makers, it wasn't a financial success — and it ended up being the last expo I ran. CGX continued for a few more years under my former business partner.

Event poster by Kaylee Menard

Conference hall

Expo floor

Sweetheart Squad booth

Networking event

Photo with the Keep Talking team

Super Smash Bros. tournament

Pizza Titan Ultra

CGX Conference

Lanyards

The staff and conference lanyards for the event were designed by local artist Ian Anderson, laser cut by local maker Chris Ziraldo, and “inked” with silver Sharpie over many hours by me with the help of friends.

Controller Benches

As part of the event decor, I designed and built three game controller benches displayed around the venue. A few sold after the event.

Robots can go to hell.