The Convention Fans Blog/Alltern8 team rolled back into Philly late last night, after enjoying the final day of PAX East 2010. We’re all pretty tired, and two of us are sick, but the general consensus seems to be that it was all worth it.
Day three of PAX started pretty early. Us members of the press had been invited to a Media Only Q&A with Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins (“Tycho”) and Mike Krahulik (“Gabe”). It was originally scheduled for 9 am, but when we arrived at 8:30 to line up, …

Well, day two of PAX is over for us, and we’ve retreated back to the hotel to get packed up and play a little Magic the Gathering. Day two was pretty action packed, and we’re totally beat.
The morning started out with the team splitting ways. Zack and Dan headed to the Chip Tunes panel, while I chatted with the good folks at Fallen Earth. I got a private demo and some great info on the game, which you’ll get a full report on later this week. The boys said their …

It’s relatively early on Day 2 of PAX East here in Boston, and I wanted to go ahead and jot down some initial thoughts about our Day 1 experience. Please forgive the typos. I’m writing this quickly before starting a myriad of meetings with game developers this morning, and I won’t have time to do as careful of a check as usual.
First off, the drive in from Philly wasn’t too bad, aside from a briefly harrowing moment in NYC when we got a bit turned around. We got into the …

The Convention Fans Blog/Alltern8.com team is off to Boston very early tomorrow morning for Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East! PAX East is March 26-28th in Boston, Massachusetts at the Hynes Convention Center.
Although we previously posted a tentative schedule, we’ve since realized that it was a bit too ambitious. We’ve scaled down the number of panels we’re attending, and included our meetings with the various game companies that have invited us to their booths to check out their latest games, and even interview …

PAX East is quickly approaching! The Convention Fans Blog/Alltern8.com team is busy preparing. This is our first Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), since we’re east coasters who never managed to make it out to Seattle for the original convention.
PAX East is March 26-28th in Boston, Massachusetts at the Hynes Convention Center. And guess what? My wish came true, and Wil Wheaton is indeed going to be there giving the keynote address!
Below is our current (and tentative) schedule for PAX East.
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