Our weekends are usually reserved for the couch and Netflix, I know, we live dangerously. Occasionally though we do put on pants and socialize with friends.
This past Saturday we visited my good friend Amanda, she was having a "we just installed a huge screen and projector in our garage" party. Basically we just geeked out for several hours playing Mario Kart while wolfing down burgers and sipping spiked lemonade. Amanda and I have been friends for nearly 15 years so a get together like this is the norm. Her husband is quite the video game enthusiast so he and his friends are always having some sort of gaming thing going, whether it's parting out their computers, building computers, Magic tournaments, or PAX East (Penny Arcade Expo, look it up!). This projector set-up is a project the two of them did together, it's a huge sheet of drywall with a special coating applied to it called 'silver screen,' this allows you to project images onto it and have it look nearly as clean as a huge TV. From the picture alone you can hardly tell it's not a flat-screen!
Give it a chance, with enough boozy lemonade anyone would find playing Mario Party on a projector a great time. Did I mention they moved their entire couch into the garage for this? They actually sacrificed their living quarters in favor of a gaming-cave. Again, not unusual for them. I will miss fire pits and gaming nights at the Smith residence for sure! Amanda will just need to make special parties for us when we come back to visit *insert maniacal laughter here*.
