The 20×2 event features 20 people from all walks of life who have only 2 minutes to answer an extremely open-ended question. The ninth 20×2 event was held in Austin at SXSW this past Monday at The Parish Room. I still feel so fortunate and honored to be one of 20 presenters!

“What’s it gonna take?”

I gave a little intro before this video. I talked about how I was a very weak kid and got severely sick all the time. And when you’re a bedridden 6 year-old in the 1980’s, there was only one place you can find comfort, companionship, and answers to your life questions: The NES.

This was my first real video project!  I used NEStopia (free!), and Camtasia (free too!) to capture the footage.  I couldn’t get Fraps to work with emulators, so I used a free trial of Camtasia.  Thanks to Vinny Sciabica for his wonderful arrangement of the Mario star theme.

All in all, I had oodles of fun at the event.  Thanks to the good peeps at 20×2 and all the rockin’ people there.  Even Mark Zupan talked to me! Not too shabby, eh?