PAX 2008-Wil Wheaton, where art thou???

[Eradicator30]

Actually Wil Wheaton does have a panel this year, but I'm probably going to be too busy playing Left 4 Dead or Fallout 3 or The Conduit to check that out. Anyways this beyond kickass event starts Tomorrow at 2, so I won't be around that much Fri-Sunday, but I'll try and post tons of pics ASAP after the event. Just figured I'd post this thread up now so I don't plague PYP with the tons of pics I'll be taking.

[Eradicator30]

Quick pdf links:

Schedule (http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/PAX_2008_Schedule.pdf)

Event Descriptions (http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/PAX_2008_Descriptions.pdf)

Exhibit Hall (http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/pax08_exhibithall.pdf)

[Mr. Brown]

could you give me a quick break down Pennyarcade is blocked at work here.

[Eradicator30]

Basically 30,000+ gaming nerds cram the Seattle Convention center for a huge gaming event featuring various panel discussions and more importantly, demos of all the big fall/early 09 games and lots of free swag!

[Mr. Brown]

What big titles are gonna be on display?

[Eradicator30]

Horribly amateur vid I took last year of Gabe playing Rock Band:

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[Eradicator30]

Seriously way too many too list but aside from the ones I already mentioned-Spore, Dead Space, Sonic Chronicles, Spore just to name a few.

[ShitBreak]

Erad, you gonna be there?

I know Rock Band 2 has said they will announce 20 tracks that will ba available at launch for free. Looking forward to those...

[Mr. Brown]

I don't know about dead space. It had my attention a while ago, but now i need to see something big or i'm gonna just make it a borrow/rental

[Eradicator30]

All three days. In fact I got today off to rest up (and get any supplies I need like say a spare camera battery) and monday to recover from everything as well. Closest thing I get to a real vacation this year.

[Eradicator30]

The Schwag of PAX08 (http://kotaku.com/5043188/the-schwag-of-pax08)
http://kotaku.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/08/pax_consoles.jpg The schwag of Penny Arcade Expo includes an eclectic mix of PAX-themed giveaways and buyables. My favorite among the offerings though are these three PAX-wrapped consoles.
A blue, black and grey PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 will go to the winner and runner-up of this year's Omegathon, with the winner also landing themselves a trip to the Tokyo Game Show.
If you're hitting the show and not one of the lucky few selected to compete in the Omegathon you can still get your hands on some PAX-themed goodies.
http://kotaku.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/08/pax_mouse.jpg
Among the stuff you can buy is a DeathAdder mouse from Razer with a PAX logo slapped on it. Only 400 of these were made and they'll set you back $60. A Collectors Edition copy of On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode One, which comes with a shirt, a keyring and a die, will also be on sale at the show.
http://kotaku.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/08/rspd_special.jpg



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[Eradicator30]

Schedule at the MS Booth, I'll see what else I can find:

The schedule of demos being given at our booth are as follows:

Friday
2:00 PM Gears of War 2
3:00 PM Project Origin
4:00 PM Gears of War 2
5:00 PM Popfly
6:00 PM Project Origin
Saturday
10:00 AM Halo Wars
10:30 AM New Xbox Experience
11:30 AM Popfly
12:00 PM Gears of War 2
1:00 PM Gears of War 2 Signing Session
2:00 PM Gears of War 2
3:00 PM Project Origin
3:30 PM New Xbox Experience
4:30 PM TBA
Sunday
10:00 AM Halo Wars
10:30 AM New Xbox Experience
11:30 AM Popfly
12:00 PM Gears of War 2
1:00 PM Gears of War 2 Signing Session
2:00 PM Gears of War 2
3:00 PM Project Origin
3:30 PM New Xbox Experience
4:30 PM TBA


-I'm pretty sure the "new xbox experience" is the project Bungie was supposed to announce at E3

[ShitBreak]

All three days. In fact I got today off to rest up (and get any supplies I need like say a spare camera battery) and monday to recover from everything as well. Closest thing I get to a real vacation this year.

BRING ME SOMETHING BACK!!!

[Eradicator30]

Ok, called it an early day because I'm going to an early breakfast thrown the nice people at the playstation blog, in the process of uploading pics now. The crowd was huge, so I only played a few games today, mainly Resistance 2, which blows massive chunks.

[Eradicator30]

OK some highlights:

-Crazy shirts:

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Morgan Webb interviewing one of the GOW2 Devs:

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Booth Babes (though for some I use that term loosely):

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Geoff Knightley from Gametrailers TV on Spike & The Bonus Round on Gametrailers.com:

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Awesome cake:

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Me & Felicia Day (From The Guild & Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog)

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And other assorted nerdiness:

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[Le Goat]

I lol'd at creepiness...

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[Eradicator30]

Ok, I thought it was just me getting a really creepy vibe off the guy...

[Le Goat]

No no, I meant you creeping him out. He's clearly scared you're going to rip is pants off and suck him off in a DBZ costume

[Eradicator30]

Somebody got a decent vid up of Jonathon Coulton & Felicia Day performing "Still Alive"

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[Eradicator30]

I basically collapsed soon as I got home yesterday, so I'm putting up day two pics just now:

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[Le Goat]

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God fucking damn it newfags





also, where are the pics of the nerd orgy?

[Le Goat]

So wtf was Bungies big announcement? I've heard ZERO news from this event.

[Eradicator30]

Yeah, there was no announcement. The new Xbox experience was just them showing off how gay live will be when they add avatars. All Bungie had on display was Halo Wars, and it wasn't playable.

[Le Goat]

Well its nice to know they've failed twice now