Slog - Comments on PAX Americana http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana Crowds of over-bearing geeks stared at their Nintendo DS' as they wrapped around the corner of Meydenbauer Center in downtown Bellevue. These long lines are an anomaly for a city whose pastimes include picking up a Starbucks latte at the drive-thru while on the way to pick up the kids from soccer practice in their polished Hummer. They all waited on a warm summer day to enter Penny Arcade Expo, otherwise known as PAX06. Starting on Friday, Augest 25th gamers flew, drove, and walked to one of North America's largest electronic consumer shows to stay the weekend, invading upscale... Copyright 2007 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:41:52 -0800 Sat, 09 Sep 2006 05:36:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by charles This would not have a happy ending. So Ender decided he'd rather not be the unhappiest at the end.

]]> charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453739 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453739 News Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:39:04 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Man, I could have used that skateboard today. Oh well. I'm looking forward to the Wii, and as everyone knows, Seattle is Nintendo USA headquarters ...

Anyone want to be my friend for Animal Crossing on the Wii? If so, try a shout out to w NOSPAMWEARECELTS affleck HYPHEN asch AT q west DOT net ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453743 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453743 News Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:51:58 -0800 Comment by Lark Hawk The music was a lot of fun. There were 3 bands that played video game music in very different styles -

The NESkimos (who hail from Alaska and incorporate the official name of the original Nintendo - Nintnedo Entertainment System or NES - into their name) played metal versions of songs, including the theme from Ledgend of Zelda.

The Minibosses play a kind of jazz fusion/progressive rock noodling thing with the Castlevania Theme.

The Videogame Pianist was impressive and leaned heavily on the music of the Final Fantasy games.

The rappers were geeky white boys who rap about playing ping pong and doing web design. It reminded me of the days of the Fat Boys, when rappers rapped about hamburgers and tennis shoes, instead of ho's and benjamins.

]]> Lark Hawk http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453750 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453750 News Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:59:13 -0800 Comment by christopher hong Last month's Arthur Magazine had a great article about virtual protests, focusing on Dead In Iraq, where an artist logged on to the game America's Army, manually types "the name, age, service branch and date of death of each service person who has died to date in Iraq."

]]> christopher hong http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453775 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453775 News Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:20:33 -0800 Comment by Josh Next year, PAX is supposed to be at the downtown Seattle convention center. Nerddom ahoy.

]]> Josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453861 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453861 News Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:51:21 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Alright! Downtown!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453959 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c453959 News Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:57:00 -0800 Comment by donte Nice meeting you there Brandon. Next year's edition is going to be insane at the convention center. I'm curious how much larger it will be.

]]> donte http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c454720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c454720 News Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:30:29 -0800 Comment by cardgames cardgames cardgames

]]> cardgames http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c459730 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/pax_americana#c459730 News Sat, 09 Sep 2006 05:36:32 -0800