RETRO GAME CON 2024: BRINGING RETRO UPSTATE Since 2013, RetroGameCon has been bringing retro gaming–and gaming in general–to the Upstate New York Area. Last weekend, I had the privilege of attending the event at the Oncenter in Syracuse. As a resident of Rochester, it is rare that major conventions come close enough for me to be able to make the trip out, let alone for a whole weekend. Even though I was only able to go for one of the three days (the event started on Friday and went through the weekend), it was an incredible experience.   We walked into the convention center and we were instantly transported into another world filled with people in some of the coolest cosplays I have seen. Pokemon, Halo, Baldur’s Gate, and many I didn’t recognize from games I hadn’t heard of. Not only was everyone wonderfully dressed up, but the attendees and the staff were some of the nicest people I have met in a long time. I went as the hapless skier from Ski-Free and it was such a pleasure nerdin