the badge is a straight up baremetal GBA emulator, with a ROM preloaded onto it containing a homebrew game set in the convention center.
i used the online rom flashing tool someone made to flash pokemon crystal onto a bunch of friends' badges, and loaded up a bunch of demoscene roms onto mine
bsides was a waste of money lol. def con was overall an overwhelming reminder of what the infosec world is like in the US outside of the bay (overwhelmingly white and also military) but i did also meet several really nice people who were neither of those things!
- a lot of cool ctfs i didnt have time to do
- the cult of the dead cow project veilid seems cool, i'll be watching to see how the implementation works out
- i met LaurieWired who was extremely nice and gave me a pokemon card of herself
- also i missed out on the queercon badge and i think the furs one (that shit is expensive!) but i went to some of the events and made a few friends
