My Thoughts from Pax East 2010

[carbonfibah]

Ok, so to start of... pax was amazing! From meeting people to playing the new games, it was just an all around awesome experience. Pax is definitely a networking type of event and I was able to meet some really great people in the gaming industry.

As for games, well let me try and list off some of the ones I played....

Splinter Cell : Conviction

Split Second

Mafia 2

Breach

BFBC2 in 3D

Bioshock 2

Aliens vs Predator

Game Room Arcade

Other games that were also there that were awesome were....

Crackdown 2

Skate 3

Prince of Persia

RUSE

Red Dead Redemption

This is not a full list just some of the ones that stood out.

Being able to play some of these games when they haven't been released yet was so cool. Being able to talk to some of the devs, give some feedback, and even play with them. I really don't know what else to say other than everyone should try to make it to a video game convention at least once, it is an incredible experience if you are gamer like myself. Josh Olin, the community manager for Treyarch (JD2020) was there as well. Not to release any new CoD7 info, but to just enjoy the event. We spent most of the days together, mainly playing the Splinter Cell co-op, browsing some of the new games, and chatting with Industry folks. I would try to list everyone I met, but I am sure I would leave someone out as the list would be extensive. Anyway all I can say about CoD7 is that it will be AMAZING.

Now for the fun part, here are some pictures from the event. Captions are on top of image.

Frag Doll Cheri and myself chillin at the Splinter Cell booth

The sick Alienware computer that I played BFBC2 in 3D

Massive amounts of Alienware computers for BFBC2

The other 600 computers for l4d2, bfbc2, counterstrike and more....

Me and Major Nelson from Microsoft

The new Breach xbla game booth

JD2020 playing Splinter Cell

Me and Stephanie from SpawnKill.com

JD2020 and some other SpawnKill reps

JD2020, me and 402 (Treyarch CM, and Infinity Ward CM)

Robert Bowling, IW's CM

Some nerdy bar lol

JD2020

Cheri, myself and Melonie who are Frag Doll Cadettes at the Splinter Cell booth

JD2020 and myself tearing it up with some Splinter Cell co-op (played a good total of 3 hours )

Me and JD2020 from the Inside Xbox Pax video on your xbl dashboards

Jd2020, Bowski and myself

More pictures...

[PfcVerge]

DAMN! man that looks freakin awesome!

-All the new games you got to try.

-Getting pics with Rob & JD.

-playing SC: Convection.

You said you were playing it for 3h lol, well if I was there I probley been playing R.U.S.E for 3 hours! :lol:

[bowski477]

Pax east was simply amazing! I got to see/play some great games and meet some super cool people (see pic of me with carbon and JD2020).

On top of all the games I played and gaming celebrities I saw, I got to spend the weekend with thousands of people that love the same thing that I do. Sucked to have to go back to the real world that monday.

[EyesofRinnegan]

Is Pax another word for E3? because this is the 1st time i have herd it, some one give me a sit rep!

[cbranger]

That's pretty awesome Carbon.

I like picture of you and the Community Managers.

Oh and I was wondering... the Astro headsets you and JD were wearing... did you bring them or were you given them?

[Strwrsbob]

No, PAX is different from E3. there are tons of gaming conventions, PAX was new for the EAST this year. E3 is always in June. There is also leipzig, Tokyo game show, E for all, and other gaming confrences.

[carbonfibah]

Rinny Tin Tin, PAX stands for Penny Arcade Expo, its not E3, its much smaller, but same concept as it is a gaming convention.

Cbranger, the headsets we were using were Trittons, and every gaming station in the entire expo had them for each console/tv setup. However Josh being the celeb that he is got himself an Astro bag full of goodies including a headset from one of the Astro guys.

[cbranger]

Oh wow that's pretty awesome. I thought they were giving them away.