Last night I went to the 5th Annual Johnny Ramone Tribute at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.  It was a fun night full of The Ramones, Night of the Living Dead, and Resident Evil.

NVIDIA was at the event showing off their impressive 3D Vision stereoscopic technology using Resident Evil 5.  RE5 looks absolutely stunning in 3D.  I kept hearing the word "awesome" said over and over by visiters trying it out. 

I was able to grab the very busy Linda Ramone (Johnny's wife) for a photo at the booth.  Linda and the Johnny Ramone Army are responsible for throwing the event every year to raise money for prostate cancer research.

Linda Ramone digging RE5 3D

Graveyard cat also digging RE5 3D

Once it got dark (and spooky), everyone gathered on the grass in front of the huge movie screen. We were treated to rare footage of a New Year's Eve 1977 Ramones concert.  After the short concert ended, actress Rose McGowan came out and introduced us all to the world premiere of Night of the Living Dead in 3D.  Right before the movie started, a 3D trailer for RE5 played.  It looked like there were a lot of RE fans in the audience, since there was a good amount of applause for the trailer.

Night of the Living Dead looked great in 3D. 

It was a cold, rockin', scary, and fun night!

Be sure to check out the blogs of WickedElement and TongariDan for their report of the event.  Click here to see more pictures in my gallery.

While in Vegas this year for Evo, my friends and I took a ten minute drive off the strip down to the wonderful Pinball Hall of Fame.  This place is a pinball fan's dream come true.  On the floor are hundreds of classic and modern pinball machines.  They have some incredibly rare machines that you've most likely never even heard of before.  The Pinball Hall of Fame collects pinball machines and restores them to 'like new' condition.  It's a not-for-profit corporation, where excess revenues go to charity.  Everything on the floor is playable.  I was told that they'll soon be moving to a bigger location right on the strip, where they'll have enough extra floor room for several hundred more machines!

Two Street Fighter II pinball machines were present on the floor, one in beautiful working condition and the other being repaired right in the front.

If you're ever in Vegas, I highly recommend spending a couple of hours and rolls of quarters here.  Check out my gallery for more photos.

My favorite pinball machine has always been The Addams Family.  What's yours?