News

PAX East Is Staying In Boston For The Next 11 Years

The annual gaming convention has committed to a new contract with the Massachusetts city that keeps it in Red Sox land through 2023. Unless it decides to bail and sign with the Yankees.


December 14, 2011
In Real Life

From Portal To Smash Brothers The Video Game Music Choir Does Not Disappoint

The Video Game Music Choir is a Boston based group that exclusively sings video game music . With arrangements from Portal, Uncharted, and Sonic Adventure 2, they have a little bit of something for everybody.


December 22, 2010
In Real Life

An Expensive Way To Keep Your Sprained Ankle Elevated

Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo recovers from a sprained ankle with his new video game, a full-sized H2Overdrive arcade cabinet. As seen on Rondo’s Twitter page.


September 29, 2010
News

Registration Opens For PAX East 2011

With the Penny Arcade Expo’s habit of selling out far in advance, fans eager to attend next year’s PAX East should probably register as soon as humanly possible.


July 8, 2010
News

Penny Arcade Expo East Inks Deal For Three Years In Boston

The organisers of Penny Arcade Expo have signed a three-year agreement with the Massachusetts Convention Centre to bring PAX East back to Boston for at least three more years, the Boston Herald reports.


April 19, 2010
In Real Life

Lost Planet 2, Chillin’ On A Street Corner

E.D.N. III is thawing out in Lost Planet 2, and so are the game’s cases, encased in ice blocks on Massachusetts Ave. in Boston. As seen by Kotaku reader Edward D.


February 20, 2010
News

Venture Capital Backs Off, And Boston Development Suffers

Venture capital investments in U.S. video game efforts dropped by more than $US60 million from 2008 to 2009, of particular concern to developers in strong but outlying areas such as Boston.


December 22, 2009
In Real Life

Mum Calls 911 When Kid Won’t Stop Playing Console

In Chicago last month, a kid called 911 when the ‘rents took away his Xbox 360. Saturday in a Boston suburb a mum dialled the law when her son wouldn’t stop playing. Oh yeah, Grand Theft Auto’s involved here, too.


October 21, 2009
News

PAX East Tickets Go On Sale

Are you an East Coast gamer tired of watching the West Coast gamers having all the fun? Registration has opened for PAX East, the more sensible version of Penny Arcade’s celebration of games and gaming.


March 15, 2009
News

Boston Mayor Now Hearts Gaming Biz Dollars

Boston Mayor Tom Menino has transmogrified from a do-it-for-the-children pol backing unconstitutional laws against video games to a guy touting that industry’s heft in his city and its backyard.