PAX 09 Day 3 (Part 2)
Closing time on the 6th annual festival of geekdom that even the organizers wouldn’t think would last one year
Tags: Penny Arcade Expo 2009 Categories: Blog, Monk's Blog
Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on Sep 10th, 2009
You know what sucks? Standing in line at PAX and waiting 20 minutes to play a game in order to preview it only to find out that it is due to be released in less than a week. This happened several times, and the final straw was Bethesda’s Wet. Having missed E3 this year I really was out of the loop as far as what games are coming when. I saw this game as playable in Bethesda’s booth and was intrigued by the gameplay – completely over the top like a Quentin Tarrantino film, reminiscent of Total Overdose from a couple of years previous (I even thought this might be a sequel for the first minute or so. The game looks to be great fun, and I’m sorry I hadn’t been able to see it before.
The last day of the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo was a bit of a mixed bag, comparatively. More standing in line for things, a few more appointments, and then the day was over before I knew it.
I left PAX with a good feeling this year, which I hadn’t the year before. Part of this was due to the way the convention center was laid out, such as having the Penny Arcade merchandise booth outside of the exhibition hall. Traditionally that booth has always had such a huge line that it blocked massive amounts of traffic, and this simple move allowed things to move much more smoothly as far as the crowds were concerned.
My only regret this year was not getting to check out more of the tabletop gaming. One game from Privateer Press looked like a lot of fun – Monsterocalypse. It is one of those collectable miniatures style of games, but the theme here is the Japanese style of big rubber suited monsters and heroes. If I had a massive amount of money to buy a complete set (as well as somebody to play the game with) I would be tempted to pick it up.
One of these years at PAX I’m going to get into a D&D game. Dungeons & Dragons was how I was first introduced to gaming, back when there were red and blue box sets (which I still have somewhere downstairs) and it is the game that is still very close to my heart.
PAX East was announced, and I’m not sure I’m going to be able to attend. It’s over a weekend in March that I may just not be able to leave home what with school schedules for both my wife (who is getting her degree for teaching) and my kids. I hope it’s a success. This year’s was less crowded, but that may have been a logistical illusion than an actual reflection on attendance. It was easy to get from place to place, and the feel this year was more jovial and celebratory. Maybe it was my own mood, but PAX this year was fun, and I look forward to more.
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