At PAX East, geek hero Wil Wheaton decided to check which generations the thousands of people attending his keynote were from by testing some gaming one-liners. People roared for each one. More »
Following up on his memorable keynote speech at PAX 2007, actor, writer and starship sidekick turned planar traveller Wil Wheaton will deliver the keynote at the inaugural PAX East in March. More »
“My name is Wil Wheaton and Jack Thompson can suck my balls.”
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. More »
