@blacklabeldomm: Thanks a lot dude, I was super happy about it all, I will continue posting more pictures of me and the people I met/ things I saw at PAX, I hope you will check back to see the rest!
Although I'm fond of the Giant Bomb crew and some other people in the games industry, I most definitely don't idolize them. They're good at what they do, and therefor they've got my wholehearted appreciation.
I wish I had the courage to go up to the GB crew and have a conversation. I have this thing where I always feel that everybody else's time is more valuable than mine, so I don't want to impose. I had opportunities to talk to the GB crew, to Notch, Jerry, Mike, Khoo, various game developers, and musicians, and ended up veering off in the opposite direction because I didn't want to be "that guy," stopping people while they were on their way to getting a sandwich or something. I had MULTIPLE times to talk to Jonathan Coulton, but chose not to because the dude just looked tired and I didn't want to pester him.
@Vegeta187x: gahhh. If I ever got to go to any type of event like PAX and getting the opportunity to meet anybody that I recognized from the games industry I would get to nervous to speak to them for the same reasons. So annoying.
Cool pictures, thanks for uploading! Â Must ask, was it awkward at all at first going up and talking to them? And you say you were able to talk to them 1-on-1 in some instances for upwards of 20 minutes, I would of thought they'd have people coming up to them all the time so this wouldn't of been possible? Â Just interested because I, like a couple of other guys in this thread, probably couldn't work-up the courage to talk to them. I'm a confident enough guy and all, I just feel like I wouldn't want to intrude on them with my bullshit :)
Cool stuff. Meeting people is always really fun. I got the privilege to chat with Stig Asmussen at the E3 prior to God of War III's release and it was very eye-opening (plus, he was a really nice guy).
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