Last week I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity of attending Mix 08. I have listed a few highlights of the show for me. Hard Rock Keynote demo I along with several other colleagues had been working feverishly away on this demo for the past month and a bit. I got to work on several of the features which made up the demo including the content management system used to power the site as well as various UI elements. If you are one of the only people who has recently visited vertigo.com who hasn’t heard about the keynote leave this blog post now and go visit http://memo.hardrock.com Some of my favourite pieces of Memorabilia include: Bo Diddley - Tom Holmes custom guitar The keynote demo featured a Video of Bo Diddley, the live site does not as we do not have permission to use it. This image is actually 56 (not 57) separate images stitched into one big image. The zoom in to see the detail on this guitar. You can see thumbprints. The Clash - Stage-worn "prostitute" t-shirt, white pantsThe Clash are my favourite band and out of several pieces this was the only one that made it into the final collection The Sex Pistols - Handwritten list extolling virtues of Nancy SpungeonI am a Brit, say no more. Rock Band Contest I along with several other Vertigo folks made our own rock band featuring Scott on lead guitar, Alan on Bass, Chris I on Vocals and Myself on drums. We played Dani California by the chilli peppers and came a close 2nd. If there were points for style we would have definitely won. Getting to play rock stand up on a staged set was awesome. Dragon's Lair I have been working on a Silverlight version of Dragon's lair and have not been able to publically show it because we do not have the rights to the game. At mix I entered the Show Off contest and featured a quick video of Dragons lair which you can view here. I didn’t win but it was very rewarding to see this up on the big screen and listening to the audiences reaction. I will be working on a series of blogs soon to demonstrate how to create a laser disk game in Silverlight so watch this blog. Moon Patrol I like classic games and am in the process of building my 2nd MAME cabinet. One of my favourite games is Moon Patrol and I have demonstrated on our MAME machine at vertigo completing the game on one live. During a quick visit to an arcade in Vegas I found a Moon patrol machine. It was a bit battered looking and one of the horizontal scrolling panels was broke but it was still good to give it a go, it must be 20 years since I last played this in an arcade. After a few drinks and a bit of rust I managed to complete it on 2 credits. BTW – if I ever get round to it I will make a Silverlight clone of Moon Patrol J Cheers,Liam