Nobuo Uematsu and his band Earthbound Papas to appear live at MAGFest 2012

Brian Ambrozy 4 Nov, 2011 at 2:22pm ET Article published in Gaming

Since we’re on the topic of gaming conventions, let’s talk about MAGFest for a moment, and their kind-of-a-big-deal headliner band. MAGFest is having their 10th annual video gaming and music convention in Maryland this year and they announced today that the famous composer of the Final Fantasy soundtrack, Nobuo Uematsu, will be performing along with his band Earthbound Papas.

The press release:

WASHINGTON, DC — NOVEMBER 4, 2011 — MAGFest, The Music And Gaming Festival, is proud to announce Nobuo Uematsu and EARTHBOUND PAPAS as guests at the next upcoming MAGFest, January 5-8, 2012, in National Harbor, MD. Nobuo Uematsu is best known for being the primary composer for the Final Fantasy series of video games. Uematsu’s band, EARTHBOUND PAPAS, will be performing new originals as well as arrangements of Uematsu classics in their second American performance to date. EARTHBOUND PAPAS features a line up of talented musicians, many of which are former members of Uematsu’s previous band, The Black Mages.

In addition to Nobuo Uematsu and EARTHBOUND PAPAS, MAGFest attendees can expect to see a huge lineup of guests and bands.

Musical performer lineup:
Earthbound Papas
ARMCANNON
Bit Brigade
Descendants of Erdrick
The Megas
Metroid Metal
The OneUps
Random Encounter
Temp Sound Solutions
This Place Is Haunted
X-Hunters
Year 200X
(DJs and chiptune artists to be announced later)

Notable guests:
Nobuo Uematsu (Composer, Final Fantasy series)
Grant Kirkhope (Composer, Goldeneye 64, Perfect Dark and Banjo series)
Ellen McLain (Voice of GLaDOS, Portal)
John Lowrie (Voice of sniper, Team Fortress 2)
Jon St. John (Voice of Duke Nukem)
Hey Ash Whatcha Playin? (Web video series)
Loading Ready Run (Web video series)
Extra Credits (Web video series)
Angry Video Game Nerd (Web video series)
Arin “Egoraptor” Hanson (Web video creator)

As you can see, MAGFest is bringing quite a lineup for gamers and fans of gaming culture. You can register for MAGFest and get more info at their official website. MAGFest runs January 5th-8th, 2012.

Comments

3 Nov 2011 ~ 2:12pm Nick-The-Newbie Hello! My name's Nick and I'm on staff with MAGFest. I saw you guys had linked to us, so I thought I'd drop in and say hi. Let me know if you have any questions about the event and I'll be glad to answer them.
3 Nov 2011 ~ 2:38pm primesuspect Hi Nick! Thanks for stopping by!
3 Nov 2011 ~ 3:05pm Nick-The-Newbie

primesuspect wrote:

Hi Nick! Thanks for stopping by!

My pleasure! I'm at your service. We'll have a major announcement tomorrow at noon, so keep an eye out for that on our website, or I can post it here to save you the trouble.
4 Nov 2011 ~ 12:44pm Nick-The-Newbie

Nick The Newbie wrote:

My pleasure! I'm at your service. We'll have a major announcement tomorrow at noon, so keep an eye out for that on our website, or I can post it here to save you the trouble.

Big news! Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu and his band EARTHBOUND PAPAS (featuring several former Black Mages members) have been announced as headlining guests at the event. More details on the website: http://magfest.org
4 Nov 2011 ~ 2:06pm Annes

Nick The Newbie wrote:

Big news! Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu and his band EARTHBOUND PAPAS (featuring several former Black Mages members) have been announced as headlining guests at the event. More details on the website: http://magfest.org

That's awesome! I definitely think Pragtastic and I will be hitting up MAGFest this year. It just seems so rad. Are we allowed to/encouraged to bring our own games and recruit players there?
4 Nov 2011 ~ 2:22pm primesuspect Nobuo Uematsu and his band Earthbound Papas to appear live at MAGFest 2012
4 Nov 2011 ~ 3:23pm Nick-The-Newbie

Annes wrote:

That's awesome! I definitely think Pragtastic and I will be hitting up MAGFest this year. It just seems so rad. Are we allowed to/encouraged to bring our own games and recruit players there?

Oh yeah, absolutely. We have a ton of our own games to play, but you are beyond encouraged to bring anything you have that you'd like to show off and do any kind of recruitment what you want. We're a community event, so you can even come have a meetup/party/whatever you want.
6 Nov 2011 ~ 4:54pm drasnor Props for Descendants of Erdrick! You stole my heart when you covered Maniac Mansion at Halloween last year. I wish I could've made the gig this year.
6 Nov 2011 ~ 7:44pm Annes

drasnor wrote:

Props for Descendants of Erdrick! You stole my heart when you covered Maniac Mansion at Halloween last year. I wish I could've made the gig this year.

Sounds like high time for a visit to DC the first weekend of the new year!
7 Nov 2011 ~ 1:30am Marcus Taylor My brother is the bassist of Descendants of Erdrick, and I am super excited to hear that Nobuo himself would be there playing as well! I won't expect that he'll be watching my brother's band play, BUT, if he does... oh man... what pressure! :P

I really hope the show goes well for everybody though!
14 Dec 2011 ~ 9:22am Nick-The-Newbie Just one final reminder, and I'll be out of your guys' hair forever. This event is coming up January 5-8, 2012, and pre-registration ends december 16 at 11:59pm USA eastern time. Full-weekend and One-day tickets will be available at the door, but will be more expensive than if you pre-registered.
14 Dec 2011 ~ 12:16pm primesuspect Awww we don't need you to be out of our hair forever. Stick around, we're pretty cool
14 Dec 2011 ~ 12:36pm Nick-The-Newbie Well.... IF YOU INSIST.