For anyone living around the MD/DC/VA area, there is a video game convention running from Jan 3-6 in Alexandria Virginia called MAGfest, with two nights of video game music rock concerts, a game room, tournaments and panels. www.magfest.org
I've been going for the last 3 years, its a great time, and I've tried to mention it here whenever its coming up.
Heres what you may have missed
MAGfest 4 Mini Doc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBayoyzoOUU
Wave Theory playing Metroid 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhdAJoeyuWg
This Place is Haunted playing Castlevania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLRV16Apgfw
I wrote up more about it in a long post here
http://www.adventureofhyrule.com/game/?p=65