Pin A-Go-Go

photo by me

This weekend marked the return of Pin-A-Go-Go, a large Pinball demo show here in Dixon.



Fun weekend!

This is Spartan 117

Forgot to share this last year. In March of 2016, I got to meet the man himself, the voice of one of my favorite video game characters (Master Chief), Steve Downes.



I also photographed him.



He absolutely loved this photo, writing back to me on twitter: "Thanks Nicolas. Even my wife likes it! U do good work under less than ideal conditions!"

That absolutely rocked my world!

Definitely a highlight of my career!

Me in video games

Anbody who knows me knows that I've been playing games since the age of 2, in 1986, since the days of the NES. Some of my personal favorite games involve the ability to customize your character, and I get a particular joy from games that I can make my character look very much like me.
Here I am in a virtual southern California, in "Grand Theft Auto 5"



and here I am more recently in "Star Wars The Old Republic"



Even my Xbox live avatar looks like me



it's great to be able to lose yourself in a virtual world, especially if YOUR particular personal world is getting you down. Makes for a nice escape

What I've seen in Los Santos thus far...

I love video games that give you the ability to photograph the virtual world created by developers. Here is what I've seen in "Grand Theft Auto 5" so far

If I were part of the Starfox team...

...I might look something this



special thanks to SpiraxDracoWolf for this piece of art, as she gave life to my idea of a Starfox character.

Video game truck

This was pretty cool to see in Vacaville, CA the other evening, promoting "The Crew"