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If there’s one thing Wil Wheaton knows how to do, it’s get a reaction from a crowd. Whether he’s inciting the ire of millions as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek or kicking off PAX 07 with his keynote speech, he never fails to make an impression. He makes his way onto the stage with dramatic musical accompaniment, citing the above line to an adoring crowd. After railing through every gamer cliche’ that one could imagine and dropping a few f-bombs along the way, he begins recounting his days as a young nerd playing video games in the local arcade. He compares his generation’s love of the old arcade to this generations attachment to World of Warcraft and Xbox Live. These, he says, are the arcades of today. The crowd is in the palm of his hand as he moves on from arcade classics to home consoles, hitting every classic title along the way and filling everyone’s heads with nostalgic memories of the golden age of gaming.
The U.S. Army is marching on Seattle. Multiple units will be converging on the Washington State Convention $ Trade Centre to deliver their payload of interactive America’s Army game experiences to this weekend’s Penny Arcade Expo. The event will see the first ever hands-on demo of America’s Army: True Soldiers for the Xbox 360, which promises a true infantry experience that focuses on the Army’s core values of teamwork, leadership, respect for life and property and the riles of engagement. Pretty sure that means no chainsaw weapon *pouts*. Visitors will also be able to participate in the Virtual Army Experience, which features a shooting mission on a fake Humvee with weapons fitted with lasers and recoil. Someone will likely lose an eye. Finally SGT Tommy Rieman will be on hand to discuss the Real Heroes program and autograph action figures for the Real Heroes line of action figures, due out in September at Toys R’ Us. Video games and action figures? Can an animated series be far behind? Find out this weekend at PAX!
