PAX 08: Interview With Nerdcore Rising’s Negin Farsad
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Nerdcore Rising, an indie documentary following nerdcore’s MC Frontalot on tour as he journeys to PAX, first caught my eye when it gained some recognition on the web after its world premiere at the SxSW Film Festival. Being both a film and nerdcore enthusiast, I was ready to fight for dibs on it at PAX [...]
PAX 08: In Pictures
Friday, September 5th, 2008Sarah just posted a great reflection of her PAX experience over on Gamervision which inspired me to post some of our extra pics from the trip.
Here’s some shots that Paige caught of Sarah and I putting our rock skills to the test with Guitar Hero: World Tour. One of the station attendants volunteered to be [...]
PAX 08: Penny Arcade Cake!
Thursday, September 4th, 2008What would PAX be without at least one geek cake? Luckily this year we all had Precipice of Darkness to celebrate by feasting our eyes (sadly, not our mouthes) on this creation from Layers Of Illusions. While the cake seemed to be holding tight Friday through Saturday, I’m not sure what it’s status was by [...]
PAX 08: Hands-On LittleBigPlanet
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008If I have bragging rights over anything from PAX it’d be that I got to get my greedy little hands on LittleBigPlanet, a feat I am very proud of. Once again, I took advantage of my media badge and the press preview to get some insight here, and waited patiently behind an already proceeding demo. [...]
PAX 08: Hands-On Nintendo Booth
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008While at PAX, I had a chance to check out some of the upcoming Nintendo titles including Animal Crossing, Rhythm Heaven, and the ever so misunderstood, Wii Music. Since Nintendo’s keynote at E3, a bad taste had been left in my mouth by the name I had always loyally stood by. I’m happy to say, [...]
PAX 08: Hands-On Rock Band 2
Saturday, August 30th, 2008I was pretty fortunate to get my hands on some big titles, including, but not limited to, Rock Band 2 during the press preview. My first stop happened to be a short musical career with my partner in crime Sarah as we tackled both Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2, back to back. [...]
PAX 08 – The Pink Godzilla Booth
Saturday, August 30th, 2008One booth that was hard to miss considering it was pink and fluffy, was the Pink Godzilla booth. Decked out with classic games, keychains and mini pink godzillas to hug, it takes someone with a strong will (or no money) to walk away from them empty handed.
Their awesome signs didn’t help either.
That reminds me, I [...]
PAX 08 – Ninja Town Ninjas
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Apart from Jerry and Mike/Gabe and Tycho, these two from Ninja Town may be my two favorite people at PAX. When they’re not busy huddling around/hugging/party boy-ing innocent convention goers, they’re generally fighting each other. I probably saw them 50 times yesterday, and they made me laugh every single time.
PAX 08 – Timmy’s Precipice Of Darkness Costume Wins!
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Of course we think Timmy looks great, but apparently he’s also very nimble. As I’ve reported before, the Hotheads booth was holding a costume contest for those Precipice Of Darkness fans that wanted to reflect their love for the game in dress. On all 3 days of PAX, the first 3 costumed fans to the [...]
PAX 08 – Day 2 – Lobby
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Freezepop live last night.
Back in the lobby of the hotel since I have a gap to get some writing done. In need of a health boost so I opted out on eating Subway and am sticking with some delicious fresh fruit. That should balance out the DayQuil. Timmy and I had a late night last [...]
PAX 08 – Day 1 – Brawndo Sampling
Friday, August 29th, 2008Today I got a chance to sample Brawndo, the “Thirst Eliminator” that replaced water in the film Idiocracy. Basically, I didn’t expect anything delicious to come out of those ridiculously large cans, and who would have guessed it, I was right!
The classy sip.
The swish test.
The folks at Brawndo were not allowed to serve the [...]
PAX 08 – Day 1 – Lobby
Friday, August 29th, 2008We’re slowly getting ourselves together here. I came downstairs from one of the most comfortable beds that could ever be granted to my tired self, to have a morning bite and sip with Sarah and Coop. They were pretty smooth to snag a spot next to one of the few Microsoft Surfaces in the lobby. [...]
Nerdcore Rising
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Here’s both the promotional PAX video and the trailer for Nerdcore Rising, which I will be attending the west coast premiere of at PAX this weekend. Head on over to the film’s official site for more info and some awesome merch. Support indie films (especially the nerdy ones) and spread the word!
PAX 08 – What’s In Store…
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008I am so excited to report that I will be joining the GV crew to Seattle for this year’s Penny Arcade Expo. We will be en route early tomorrow morning and I’ve got almost all of my ducks in a row. This year’s PAX has a lot to offer and you can be sure to [...]