PAX has quickly grown into a phenomenon within the gaming community. It has overtaken E3 as the place to be for gamers, while keeping that indie spirit, usually reserved for much smaller shows. It allows gamers to meet other gamers that they have only talked to online. It allows regular gamers to bump elbows with the rest of the gaming community, while also allowing everyone the chance to play the latest and greatest video games coming out this year.
Beyond all that, there are a few simple truths to be taken away from this year’s PAX. Let’s take a look at a few of these, after the jump.
Here’s the top ten things I learned at PAX.
10. Tycho and Gabe aren’t really cartoons. They’re actually super rich nerds, thanks to you.
9. If you don’t want to wait in obnoxiously long lines to play games, head over to the Nintendo booth.
8. Seattle is a great city, especially if you like clouds, North Face gear and beards.
7. Duct Tape is the cosplayer’s costume material of choice. Naturally…
6. PAX attendees are dangerous, just ask Morgan Webb and Adam Sessler’s police escort. (Was that really necessary?)
5. People don’t pack clothing when going to Seattle. They get their wardrobe from the showroom floor.
4. Sleeping in public is OK, as long as you’re on a Sumo Lounge bean bag chair.
3. If you lit a match inside the showroom floor at PAX, the whole place would blow up, from all of the gassy mo-fo’s walking around.
2. People will do anything, I mean anything, for a free t-shirt.
1. Axe body spray did not sponsor PAX, but they should have.
That’s it. Thanks to everybody I met in Seattle. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, that is, until next year!
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12 responses so far ↓
1 Kilzombie // Sep 5, 2008 at 2:57 pm
lol @ number 1
2 youstolemykill // Sep 5, 2008 at 4:32 pm
LOL, at xplay`s police escort. No body cares about G4 anymore
3 SAGExSDX // Sep 5, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I laughed at #5 because i told my GF that that was what i was going to do for next year
4 PMS Harlequin // Sep 5, 2008 at 5:35 pm
All true!
5 Sean "Rothbart" Workman // Sep 5, 2008 at 6:14 pm
I love the version that went out on the feed that said “I was a once in a lifetime opportunity”… that’s funny Lono!
6 Archivist // Sep 6, 2008 at 9:27 am
I’m not sure if that makes me WANT to go to PAX, or NOT go…
7 Glitch // Sep 6, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I really don’t understand your hate for Gabe and Tycho, they do a lot of good things with their success
8 Rocketman // Sep 6, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Very good, very good
9 ManOfPopsicle // Sep 6, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Those are all true. Very nice article
10 Lono // Sep 7, 2008 at 12:06 am
@Glitch: It’s not hate, it’s the truth… See title above.
11 Nori // Sep 7, 2008 at 1:17 pm
The smell was AWFUL! Especially that hall with tables by the subway *gag*.
Hey I gave you FUDGE and a TEE, but wheres my cute SG tee, Doc hmmm?
~kMOMj
(leaving this comment was extremely difficult…good thing I have several e-mails!)
12 DeviousOne // Sep 9, 2008 at 4:30 am
Er. How are they super rich nerds? Most of the moeny that is made at PAX goes right back into making the next years PAX.
Learn to back up statements with facts.
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