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PAX 2006 Recap

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the even-that-was dept.

Above and beyond the announcement of their videogame last Friday, PAX apparently passed pleasantly for the PA fans who made it to Bellvue, WA this past weekend. Various news organs have a look at what transpired. eToyChest has a journal of each day, with firsthand accounts and lots of pictures. Gamasutra covers the Penny Arcade Scholarship announced at the event; $10k towards an education to get yourself into the games industry. Kotaku was there to liveblog the keynote, while Joystiq covers the making a comic panel. For wrap-up, we have an IGN report, and the ever exhaustive 1up minisite for everything you'd want to know.

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  1. Ok I Admit by neonprimetime · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I didn't read the article(s), but that is because there were 7 frickin' links!

    Don't you love it when people can get along though!

    Not only was it a celebration of the popular webcomic, which enjoys its rep of mercilessly skewering the gaming industry, but it also marked a convergence of interests: table-top gamers standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Nintendo fans hoping against hope that the Wii would be playable in some dark corner of the exhibition hall.

    1. Re:Ok I Admit by RiotNrrd · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Here ya go!

      It's small but it is about 30 mins after the doors opened. Please ignore the stuff in my teeth. I'll try to upload some more later.

      For pics, I got three:

      Tycho and Gabe
      One half of one of the LAN rooms at PAX
      Me + Frag Dolls

      The entire con was a blast. Jerry and Mike were EXTREMELY polite. They got mobbed everywhere that they went and they did everything that they could to try to spend a few minutes speaking with as many people as possible. The Enforcers were incredibly cool and very helpful. If you get the chance to go next year, DO IT.

  2. Pax 2006 by HeWhoRoams · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I was in attendence this year, it was a blast. You felt out of place if you didn't have a DS however, so friday night I got one from the local bestbuy. That place was a barren wasteland. Empty shelves, depleted stock, I got 1 of the 2 last DS's they had. The Tabletop room at the Red Lion was great, and it definitly benefitted from having it's own location. The smell... was not as bad as I was lead to believe, but not flowers by any means. Lots of free swag, demo's, contests, and raffles. Bawl's was everywhere... til they sold out, but Sno-bawl's was excellent! I took a few pictures, but haven't had a chance to digitize them and upload yet. Next year's bigger location in Seattle should make it an even bigger and more enjoyable event, and I highly recommend that video game inclined persons make it out at least once

  3. Better Blog than the one's posted: by ghaltmann · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://www.gamehelper.com/pax06/index.html has videos of not only gabe tycho and Khoo but of Gabe and tycho's WIVES... because we know you want to see that. Also there's an interesting video of the PAX line. I thought it was better. I also created it.