The expo hall closed at 6 pm Saturday which was a bit of a bummer and closed things out early-ish for us. But I think that was okay; playing Rock Band 2 until five in the morning made it really difficult to wake up properly. We saw quite a few more utilikilts, including one we named Fedora the Explora.

Most of the games had pretty solid lines so it was another day of just watching other people play. There are a lot of games coming out that make me feel like a Wii would be a solid investment. Epic Mickey, for example, looks pretty interesting. Best description I overheard: “It’s like Mario Janitor except you’re painting stuff instead of hosing it down.” And then there’s Donkey Kong Country, which I’m pretty sure consumed a couple years in middle school, and looks like a lot of fun what with nunchuks and bananas and such.

And with that an entire weekend where downtown Seattle is descended upon by hordes of nerds, geeks, gamers, and dudes in utilikilts. Every year some friends and I check it out, and it’s become a great brodeo weekend event. I like to think of it as equal parts checking out games before they come out and a scared straight program to keep me from diving headlong into gamer dork oblivion.

I’ll try to post a trip report as I partake; in the meantime you can track our ultilikilt utilicount. Next year I want to make utilikilt bingo.