Austin, TX

It seems that this is the weekend to embarrass yourself and if you play video games as poorly as I do here is your first opportunity:

Classic Game Fest: Tetris Tournament
When: Friday, July 25 2008, 8:00pm
Where: Game Over Videogames, 911 W Anderson Ln
$$$: Free

The game tournaments will start at sundown (approximately 8:30pm) and run until 10:30pm. Following each game tournament will be a special screening of a videogame-related movie fitting the theme for the night. The movies will immediately follow the tournaments and run until around midnight.

Air Guitar Championships
When: Friday, July 26 2008, 9pm-12mid.
Where: Stubb’s, 801 Red River, 480-8341
$$$:$12-15

Anyone can rock with a guitar, but try it with nothing but air and see how good you look.

Mortified Austin
When: Saturday, July 26 2008, 8:00pm
Where: United States Art Authority, 2906 Fruth St
Cost: $12.00-15.00

The project began in the late 1990s when founder Dave Nadelberg unearthed a notably awkward love letter and began sharing with friends. Formalizing as Mortified in 2002 with co-producer Neil Katcher, the project has since sifted through thousands of volumes of otherwise forgotten notebooks, photos, and envelopes in an effort crack the lid off our cultural shoebox and expose our inner geek. Participants include a wide range of people, from professional performers (comics, celebrities, singers) to total amateurs (architects, ad execs, salesmen) all in the noble pursuit of self-degradation. Personal redemption through public humiliation. There are a million stories buried in the pages of people’s lives. Mortified’s mission is to simply help people find them.

Share the shame.

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