In Real Life

If You Ever Wanted To Get Kicked Out Of PAX, Here’s How

Comedian Nathan Barnatt, in his performing persona of socially awkward Keith Apicary, was removed from PAX East this year after interrupting the Rooster Teeth panel with a stage-rushing, trouser-dropping incident.


May 11, 2012
News

International Dota 2 Championships To Be Held During PAX Prime, Says Valve

The International Dota 2 Championships will be held during this year’s Penny Arcade Expo, Aug 31 to Sept. 2, the organiser and Dota 2 publisher Valve just announced.


May 4, 2012
In Real Life

The Gamers We Can’t Spot A Mile Away

Boston is my birthplace and will always be my home, but I haven’t lived there since late 2005. So for three years and counting, when the time for PAX East comes I find myself sitting in an airport, abuzz with energy.


May 2, 2012
In Real Life

Around The Corner From PAX, May Day Rioters Are Smashing Windows

Protesters around the world are commemorating today’s May Day with rallies in support of workers and against the economic and political powers that be. Much of this has been peaceful or at least standard Occupy-style protest-and-arrest, but in Seattle, in the same downtown area where tens of thousands of gamers gather each year to attend the Penny Arcade Expo, anarchists are smashing windows.


April 18, 2012
In Real Life

The Katamari Prince Has A Solution For Long PAX Lines

Moments of grace are few and far between at a hectic conference like PAX East, but this photo of the Prince from Katamari Damacy surveying the queue-room is about as graceful as they come.


April 14, 2012
PlayStation

We Searched For A Single PlayStation Vita In A Room Full Of Handheld Gamers

Two days into my attendance of the PAX East gaming convention last weekend, I finally saw a PlayStation Vita.


April 11, 2012
In Real Life

This Homemade Hidden Blade From Assassin’s Creed Looks Really Dangerous

I found this guy on the show floor at PAX East, dressed up like Altair from Assassin’s Creed and boasting his very own homemade hidden blade. I shot this video of the weapon in action, then ran away as quickly as possible. You never know at these conference things.


April 10, 2012
Mobile

Book Two Of Dragon Fantasy Is Pure Super Nintendo RPG Nostalgia

Book One of Adam Rippon’s Dragon Fantasy was non-stop 8-bit nostalgia. Book Two doubles that.


News

All The Awesome Stuff We Saw At PAX East This Weekend

PAX East 2012 is no more. Legions of gamers have returned to their nests. Boston is finally at peace. But for three days, the US east coast morphed into a cosplay-stuffed playground for all things gaming, a wonderful wonderland of Mass Effect characters and developers who look like cats.


In Real Life

Penny Arcade Pranks ‘Ocean Marketing’ Nemesis

The founders of Penny Arcade pulled a fast one on one of their most notorious foes this weekend, hitting Paul “Ocean Marketing” Christoforo with a prank they say has been in the works for the past three weeks.