Archive for March, 2010

Weekly Menu: 29 March – 2 April 2010

It is another off-week since PAX East was last week… but here is what’s up for the week. Breakfast Yogurt.  I’ve removed the breakfast burrito in place of yogurt and some nuts to reduce calorie count Lunches are a la carte [Yes again] but will probably be sandwiches, soup, salad, etc. with some type of [...]

PAX East – The Full Recap

Inc wall of text and I don’t want any TL;DR comments… In the real world, that was “incoming long write up and I don’t want anyone smart mouthing “too long, I didn’t want to read so I am going to summarize what I think” comments.” This was my first conference that involved gaming.  I’ve been [...]

PAX Day 3 (recap)

It will probably take me another day to recap what happened this entire weekend as it was just a blur… a blur of awesomeness!  Is that even a word?  If it isn’t it should be!  By now, a lot of people are either headed home or are back at work, still trying to live the [...]

Day 2 at PAX (recap)

2 days are down and we are on our final day here at PAX East.  Yesterday was one of the longest days.  Again, I was carrying a load of still 20+ pounds of equipment only this time, I’d rid myself of the netbook, some chargers and some other nonsense stuff.  And now today, I have [...]

Day 1 done at PAX (recap)

It has been less than 7 hours since PAX East day 1 ended, and although I didn’t stay until the end, I wanted to reflect on the first day of this highly anticipated video game conference.  With the masses of over 45,000 people in attendance, it was hard to navigate the hallways, moving from session [...]

Nvidia GTX480 in action

Click to Play This is the new Nvidia GTX480 in action at PAX East 2010 in Boston, MA.

Online Gaming Communities and real-life relationships [live blog]

This is a live blog… so please refresh often Think back to Nate’s Second life post about how online games can transcend into real life relationships… not just romantic, but friendships as well. Bringing gamers face to face (sfx360) Wombat – cheapassgamer.com:   you need to let people into your lives, especially when writing or gaming. [...]

It’s hard being a 1 man crew

As I wait here in the media room, I look around at a lot of people who represent different blogs and companies, trying to report what is going on in the video game world.  People have some high-end cameras, video cameras and a crew of 2, 3, or even 4 people.  But what if you [...]

PAX Photos

PAX Photos

Update: here is the slideshow! I’m here a bit early and I have a couple of pics of vendors setting up.  There are a lot of people down stairs waiting to get in!  It is going to be one looooong day!  Keep tuned to more pics.  I’ll be putting them up in Flickr as the [...]