Giant Bomb @ PAX East 2011!

The Giant Bomb team will finally be shattering its pants-optional-weather policy and making its full-fledged East Coast debut later this week at the Penny Arcade Expo East 2011, which is being hosted at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in beautiful, freezing-ass Boston. We'll be scouring the show floor all three days of the Exposition, checking out games and interviewing all of the most luminous of industry luminaries. 

More than anything, though, we're coming to PAX East to interact with you, the glorious and kind Giant Bomb users who keep our egos fed, our bar stocked, and our lights on. So if you see us in the wild during PAX East, and we don't appear to be in the middle of Official Serious Video Games Business, please, feel free to walk right up to us and say hi! We'll be more than happy to shake hands, bump fists, take pictures, sign stuff, kiss babies, receive deep-tissue back massages, whatever! 

If you'd rather not just leave it to random chance, though, we've got some scheduled activities as well. Mere hours after we touch down at Boston Logan International Airport this Thursday night, we'll be fairly-yet-harshly-and-also-probably-drunkenly judging the mock-rock performances at Harmonix's Rock Band Night at the Brattle Theater. I feel a bit like a jerk mentioning this at all, as this event is already totally sold out, but hey, if anyone asks, that's where we'll be.

To be fair, PAX East itself is also fully sold out, though if you're one of the seventy-odd-thousand lucky ticket-holders, we encourage you to come bear witness to the Giant Bombcast Live! which will be popping off at 9:30PM on Friday night in the Manticore Theater. This probably sounds more than a little cocky, but if our past PAX Prime panel experience is any indication, there's a decent chance we'll fill the room, so it's probably a good idea to line up early for choice seating. 

And as if watching us fill time for an hour-plus in an oversized auditorium weren't incentive enough to come experience the Giant Bombcast Live!, we'll also be announcing the details of our Saturday Night Giant Bomb Meet-Up that night. We're taking over a to-be-revealed Boston bar for the evening, where, in addition to the regular Giant Bomb on-camera knuckleheads, you'll also have a chance to sip suds alongside Giant Bomb favorites like Dave "EnemyKite" Snider, Phil "Wafflestomp" Reno, Kat "TurboToaster" Smith, and Matthew "Make Yourself Useful And Go Get Me A Sandwich, Bodega" Kessler. (EDIT: Please note that this will be a 21+ function. Sorry youngsters!)

So! In summary:

• Thursday Night - Rock Band Night at the Brattle Theater (SOLD OUT!) 
• Friday Night - Giant Bombcast Live! in the Manticore Theater at PAX East (also TOTALLY SOLD OUT!) 
• Saturday Night - Giant Bomb Meet-Up (LOCATION TO BE REVEALED!) 

Even if you won't be attending PAX East, we'll be documenting as much of our Bostonian shenanigans as possible for later consumption. Seriously, you guys, we could not be more excited for PAX East. PAX is one of our absolute favorite events of the year, and we cannot wait to see how the East Coast does it. We hope to see you there!