Wednesday, September 15, 2010

PAX: Prelude

For years, there has been an event that I have been dying to attend, but for one reason or another, have never been able to.  This year was different.  This year, my friend Jason and I were determined to make it.  This year we made our way to the gaming nerd's Mecca.  This year...we went to PAX.

For those that don't already know, PAX is the Penny Arcade Expo.  And if you don't know what that means, well I have no idea what you're doing on a site about video games.  Unless you're a friend of mine who just wants to check out what I've been writing.  So for you, Penny Arcade is one of the most popular and successful webcomics in the world.  They are so successful, that they've managed to create their own convention to celebrate gaming and get hundreds of thousands of people to attend.  These two guys, Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins (or Gabe and Tycho, respectively), along with their company, decided to create the kind of convention that they themselves would like to attend.  There are tabletop games, board games, and video games, panels from people in all those industries, as well as from some noted webcomic creators.  Also, concerts, cosplayers, stage drama (seriously), etc.  This isn't just a video game convention.  It's a nerd convention.  And dang it, I love it.

So on this trip, I took some pictures and video and thought I'd post them up here.  But looking over the videos, some of them (most of them) make absolutely NO sense without some context to explain them.  So over the next few weeks (as I am notoriously lazy in updating this blog), I'll be filling you in on what went down at PAX, travelogue style.  And to give you a taste of what's to come, check out the video below (From what I can tell, the side of the video may get cut off.  If that happens, just click on the video once it starts playing, and it will take you to the YouTube page):