Slog - Comments on Penny Arcade Expo: Friday Coverage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around To those who saw babble about PAX and wondered what the hell was going on, my apologies. A quick primer: I'm a newcomer 'round these parts by way of Line Out, a former music editor at New Times Village Voice Media's Dallas Observer who moved here only a couple of months ago. My initial post about the Penny Arcade Expo , Seattle's gaming expo with over 30,000 attendants, will explain more. My on-site coverage continues below, as well as on continuously updated posts tomorrow and Sunday. 11:59 p.m.: Shortly after 7 p.m., the main hall of the Expo, the one... Copyright 2008 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:58:35 -0800 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:28:14 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by jzilla oh shit i need to see ALLLLLL these photos please!!! more PAX coverage! awesome!

]]> jzilla http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790452 Tech Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:57:08 -0800 Comment by Jessica Penny Arcade FTW!

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790460 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790460 Tech Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:05:47 -0800 Comment by Fnarf How does that guy use the controller, when one of his hands is inside it? I'm calling that kettle black.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790502 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790502 Tech Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:44:03 -0800 Comment by Bill Odd...no wedding band on his left hand?...
Ladies?

]]> Bill http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790508 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790508 Tech Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:50:12 -0800 Comment by Katelyn FTW. lol. omg. This is my second favorite event of the year so far... second only to the Cheese Festival.

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790689 Tech Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:03:25 -0800 Comment by Beth "as are the Lord of the Rings Online booth and the World of Warcraft Card Game playing tables—yes, you can now take your relationship-ruining addiction offline."

...we have to talk.

]]> Beth http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790706 Tech Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:02:52 -0800 Comment by The CHZA I LIEV IN COLUMBUS OH LOL WUT

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790722 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790722 Tech Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:22:23 -0800 Comment by Dod I was wondering what was going on there. I was watching people walk down Pike while I was heading up the road on the bus. I figured it had to be some kind of gaming convention, but then I couldn't figure out what all the guitar shirts were about. (Never seen Guitar Hero, only heard about it. I do not game.) Looked like a bunch of 17-26 yr old men in oversized t-shirts and ill-fitting pants with the occasional woman or 45+ yr old "comic book guy" man in the mix. It made for some pretty awesome people watching as the bus crawled up the hill.

It wasn't quite as good as the day I decided to walk home through Freeway Park during the Manga/Anime convention as they were taking professional pictures of costumes in the park. That was an incredible thrill.

]]> Dod http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790726 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790726 Tech Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:14:55 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Just got back. They close the expo center early. Tomorrow's schedule is just as gay (and how!). It closes at 6:00PM.

FYI to all: They have Gears of War on PC. It is fucking amazing.

Oh, and Haze.

Table tops are fun to watch with Lay's and Coke. PAX is missing out by not serving me alcohol.

There aren't many hot men there.

PS3, of course, is sucking balls.

Word.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790729 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790729 Tech Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:46:36 -0800 Comment by Darcy Goodness. Gabe, Tycho, and Wil... all in one place.

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790735 Tech Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:41:26 -0800 Comment by Joh I just got back. It was a little hassle finding a place to sneak off downtown to smoke a bowl, but otherwise the people were mostly laid back.

We played a game where you scored points for pointing out each of the following:

1: A man in a kilt.

2: A man who is "So fucking bald that he should cut off his poor excuse for a ponytail"

3: Someone in birkinstocks or sandals with socks.

I was smoked by my buddy with a final first day score of 9 to 6.

Tomorrow we are going to drink gin and send pictures of wieners to people over pictochat.

]]> Joh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790754 Tech Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:50:36 -0800 Comment by Juris @9: I know! Not only on PC, but with NEW MAPS! I wasted so much time there.

@11: Dude, you say 'wieners over pictochat' like it hasn't been done yet.

I have slept about four hours and am ready to go back I think.

]]> Juris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790775 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790775 Tech Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:51:52 -0800 Comment by leukothea Hey, what's wrong with talking about my 12th level mage??

]]> leukothea http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790777 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790777 Tech Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:20:15 -0800 Comment by Joh @ 12 nothing wrong with sticking to what you know works!

]]> Joh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790779 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790779 Tech Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:48:59 -0800 Comment by Josh Erika Jonah Dan\'s Fan Yesterday The Stranger\'s Dan Savage wrote \"I hate ...cripples on buses.\" Dan\'s sloggites thought it was amusing. More thoughtful people would think geeeez, What an asshole!
And I\'d post a link here to Dan\'s \"Say Yes To War\" article Oct. 2002 for you folks to read but the Stranger web master has blocked it. Hmmmmmmm why don\'t they want you to see it?

]]> Josh Erika Jonah Dan\'s Fan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790804 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790804 Tech Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:04:09 -0800 Comment by K You forgot to mention that all the "antisocial" people in the "lab" (pc free play area) were, you know, playing games *with other people*.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/paxglove_is_all_around#c790805 Tech Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:28:14 -0800