Carter and I went to the Penny Arcade Expo yesterday. It was pretty great. The entire convention center was used for it. We got to play a Naruto game that isn’t coming out for a few months. There were booths from Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, Pink Godzilla, UbiSoft, etc, etc, etc… Pretty Awesome.
We watched the guys who developed Stranglehold give a talk about working on the game. They showed how some of it was developed, talked about the environment, blah blah blah…
We went to the concert at the end of the night and got to see Jonathan Coulton, DJ Frontalot, and the Minibosses. Of the 3 I really liked Coulton the best. He did his version of “Baby Got Back” that was awesome… Instead of Bic lighters the floor of the convention center turned into a sea of DS’s. Carter’s fav was the Minibosses, who play instrumental video game covers at 11.
Before walking into the concert we were walking by Wil Wheaton’s booth and there was no line. For pretty much the entire day there was a MASSIVE line to see him. We walked up and were told by security he was leaving. He came over and said it was ok, which is pretty cool considering he had been manning that booth for hours. Anyway, Wil Wheaton, definitely NOT a dick.
So far this year Carter and I have gone to the Emerald City Comic Con, Sakura-Con, San Diego Comic Con and now PAX07. Going to all of these definitely makes me realize what a nerd I am not. The majority of the people who attend these things seem to take their nerd-cred pretty seriously and I just can’t seem to hang at the end of the day.
http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com
http://www.jonathancoulton.com
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