Hurray I finally brought myself to write this and apologies for the delay. I, like many others, have been sick this week and I just haven't wanted to deal with writing. But now I am, so here it is!
Saturday was the busiest and most exhausting of the three days of PAX by far, many many exciting things happened, so let's get started!
Awesome Intel Prize!
During PAX Intel had a contest going on where if their group wandering around saw people wearing their button they would give out prize cards which could be redeemed at the booth for various things like T-shirts and hats and bags as well as i7 processors and laptops. Anyway, friends and I had some of these cards so we decided to turn them in. I won two hats, one of which I gave to Tanuki as a present (you're welcome buddy). One friend won a couple t shirts and a hat. What did our friend win? A fucking core i7 extreme, valued at $990. Quite a way to start the day, eh?
Drew and Brad meeting
After the shock and excitement of scoring such a sweet prize from Intel was over with Matt (Tanuki) and I noticed that Brad and Drew were doing an interview for a new 2d game similar to Braid called the adventure of something Longbottoms, apologies for butchering the actual title. Anyway, we shook hands with Drew and Brad and chatted a bit about the game, was cool to get some opinions from them right away. I tried not to bother them for too long as they seemed like they needed to run around to other interviews. Besides, I knew that I would see them at the Giantbomb panel later that night.
Penny Arcade Make-a-Strip
This is easily one of the funnest panels to attend while at PAX. Basically it is exactly like their Q&A panels, only Tycho writes up a comic really quick and Gabe spends the
For those of you unfamiliar, Idle Thumbs is a video game podcast hosted by Chris Remo from gamasutra, Nick Breckon from Shacknews and Jake Rodkin from Telltale that primarily focuses on PC games. They've only been around for about a year, but it's a quite entertaining listen and worth checking out. Anyway, they organized a meet up for it's listeners for Saturday afternoon. My friend, as well as Idle Thumbs, were only expecting about 12 people to show up, turns out there were roughly 40 people who gathered for this thing. What was funny is that we all gathered around the Kinko's because that's where Jake was printing out a bunch of stuff to give away to all of
Giantbomb Panel
Now, because they have all three parts of their panel uploaded, I won't spend too much time talking about what actually went on. I do need to thank Tanuki a whole bunch for saving a spot in line so we could get great seats for it, thanks a lot buddy. The panel, as many of you presumably saw, was entertaining to say the least. Watching a half bearded individual scarf down NOS noodles is really something indescribable.
After the panel, Tanuki and I wanted to get a chance to chat a bit with the guys about various stuff. But, before we did that I wanted to make sure I did something that I told Tanuki I would do weeks prior to PAX which was to hug Vinny. Which is exactly what I did, as well as give Brad a bit of encouragement for doing the panel in front of hundreds of people despite anxiety issues. Brad also signed my PAX pass, which I'm kind of questioning why I asked him to but I suppose it is cool nonetheless.
Once everyone was moved outside of the theatre I introduced myself and spoke a bit with Rich Gallup, then I spoke a ton with Drew about PAX in general and what games he was most interested in. Drew is a cool guy to talk to, this was his first PAX as part of the press, last year he went as just a civilian so it was interesting to listen to the different perspectives from each year. We also discussed Dave's facial hair after seeing half beard, and what exactly he was thinking when he had his bushy half chops. Drew if you're out there, I would be happy to play ODST with you when it comes out.
Now I also got a bunch of hilarious photos of Vinny and Ryan, starting with them doing their Peter Molyneux impressions. WARNING: Barrage of pictures incoming
Then I also had Ryan and Vinny "come up with whatever you want" for a couple pictures, here is what happened as a result.
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