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PAX East 2012 Thread
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AlphaTwo00
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Gotta agree with the comments about the convention location. As bad as Hynes was in the first year in Boston, it's close to everything else within the city, so doing things that's not costing $buttrape would have been nice ($9 for a burger, what the fuck was that?) Prime's venue location doesn't suffer from this issue either, with plenty of bars and food options outside as well.
I guess it's the sacrifice for a bigger and better venue.
I guess it's the sacrifice for a bigger and better venue.
All of PAX East already happened duder.
Coalition-PezRadar
Director of Community, The Coalition
Great to meet you! Glad you came by and talked for a bit. Also tell your friend sorry about getting distracted by that X-Play crew pushing us out of the statues way
ActStriker
Member
Yeah, the BCEC sucks for nearby bars/restaurants other than Whiskey Priest and the other (expensive) places on the Waterfront. Always better to just take the T or walk back towards South Station/Downtown/Chinatown, but annoying. They do run shuttles at various intervals during the lunch hours to Chinatown, the North End, and deeper into Southie to make it easier to get food.
My PAX highlight reel:
Friday:
-Showed up around 9AM and stood in the queue line; found AlphaTwo in the next row over
-Played Jet Set Radio HD (cool), Hell Yeah (awesome), Lollipop Chainsaw (great), Risen 2 (I picked up the demo in the middle of nowhere and had no idea what to do), Monaco (cool) Kid Icarus: Uprising (just for the shirt+AR cards)
-Caught up with a friend who works for WB, and ran into a couple friends from college
-Started drinking at Whiskey Priest around 3pm with PXG and wondermega
-Peaced out around 7PM and got my only real sleep of the weekend
Saturday:
-Went to the 3DS StreetPass Network panel that had some of the StreetPass Network guys, Jools from Renegade Kid, and some n-Space guys
-Played the rest of Square Enix's games at the booth to finish up their punchcard: Wakfu (meh), Theatrhythm (great), Sleeping Dogs (great), Quantum Conundrum (awesome), Heroes of Ruin (cool)
-GAF Meetup which was just plain awesome. Shoutout to PXG, AlphaTwo, Attackthebase, Arsenic Yellow, robertM, Hero, Charron, Lucario, shidoshi, Hazaro, and zmoney for showing up. The rest of you can read the drunken shenanigans in the last few pages. These meetups have to be a regular thing.
Sunday:
-Rolled in around 10:30 or so fighting off the hangover from Saturday night on the T that wouldn't stop shaking
-Played Dust (GOTS), Runner 2 (great), Guacamelee (awesome), Snapshot (cool), Crimson Dragon (cool), Mario Tennis Open (great), Sine Mora (cool)
-Chatted with Noogy a little bit after I played Dust before he got pulled away to talk to shidoshi.
Couple games I wish I played but didn't get the chance to were Steel Battalion, Dragon's Dogma, and Super Time Force.
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In all, great show, but the best part was definitely the GAF meetup. Shit was ridiculous.
My PAX highlight reel:
Friday:
-Showed up around 9AM and stood in the queue line; found AlphaTwo in the next row over
-Played Jet Set Radio HD (cool), Hell Yeah (awesome), Lollipop Chainsaw (great), Risen 2 (I picked up the demo in the middle of nowhere and had no idea what to do), Monaco (cool) Kid Icarus: Uprising (just for the shirt+AR cards)
-Caught up with a friend who works for WB, and ran into a couple friends from college
-Started drinking at Whiskey Priest around 3pm with PXG and wondermega
-Peaced out around 7PM and got my only real sleep of the weekend
Saturday:
-Went to the 3DS StreetPass Network panel that had some of the StreetPass Network guys, Jools from Renegade Kid, and some n-Space guys
-Played the rest of Square Enix's games at the booth to finish up their punchcard: Wakfu (meh), Theatrhythm (great), Sleeping Dogs (great), Quantum Conundrum (awesome), Heroes of Ruin (cool)
-GAF Meetup which was just plain awesome. Shoutout to PXG, AlphaTwo, Attackthebase, Arsenic Yellow, robertM, Hero, Charron, Lucario, shidoshi, Hazaro, and zmoney for showing up. The rest of you can read the drunken shenanigans in the last few pages. These meetups have to be a regular thing.
Sunday:
-Rolled in around 10:30 or so fighting off the hangover from Saturday night on the T that wouldn't stop shaking
-Played Dust (GOTS), Runner 2 (great), Guacamelee (awesome), Snapshot (cool), Crimson Dragon (cool), Mario Tennis Open (great), Sine Mora (cool)
-Chatted with Noogy a little bit after I played Dust before he got pulled away to talk to shidoshi.
Couple games I wish I played but didn't get the chance to were Steel Battalion, Dragon's Dogma, and Super Time Force.
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In all, great show, but the best part was definitely the GAF meetup. Shit was ridiculous.
mercenar1e
Member
for you guys that had a chance to try Risen 2.. how is it?
AlphaTwo00
Member
PAX is always about choices. You can dedicate yourself on one thing and spend the entire 3 days there. You can dedicate your entire time over in just the board game area, and it would be just as interesting and different of an experience. I swear one day I'd do a show where I'd do nothing but just panels for an entire 3 day event.
Great to meet you! Glad you came by and talked for a bit. Also tell your friend sorry about getting distracted by that X-Play crew pushing us out of the statues way
Haha it's all good, wasn't your fault. They were so pushy, kind of wish they would fade to obscurity faster.
Went to the panel and my friend actually got that hard trivia question wrong, haha. Totally wanted to stay after the panel to talk to you and the rest of Gearbox but you guys were getting swarmed by fans and we had a 7 hour drive ahead of us. Totally was the panel of the show for my group. That same friend recorded the whole panel on his iPad except for the new Aliens trailer since you guys asked us not to. Randy seems like a lot of fun and it seemed to me that he was just as excited to show us the game as the 800 or so people filling the room, if not even more. Seems like a real fun place to work. Is Dallas weather nice?
AlphaTwo00
Member
Oh, and before I forget: fess up, who did the mohawk to get that free copy of Farcry 3?
Attackthebase
Member
We need those other pictures in this thread. So many good/hazy memories from the Gaf meetup. I'm just saying, a Seattle PAX Prime Gaf meetup is a must.
AlphaTwo00
Member
Wait, we did do one for Prime last year! But yes. PAX Meetup. Let's do this shit again.
who's who?
Pollux
Member
Someone needs to put up the bar pics...arsenic yellow I'm looking at you...since I'm not in that photo.
For a capacity of 70k, I'd say a ten minute walk to a public transport hub is just fine.
Arsenic Yellow
Member
here are some images from saturday:
Me at the aliens booth attempting to pose
RobertM punching sonic's emeralds, either that or flexing
a few of us at the bar after dinner (robertM was taking the photos). We were plastered...
Jesus, none of these pictures are flattering..
Me at the aliens booth attempting to pose
RobertM punching sonic's emeralds, either that or flexing
a few of us at the bar after dinner (robertM was taking the photos). We were plastered...
Jesus, none of these pictures are flattering..
ActStriker
Member
Arsenic Yellow
Member
More gaffers should've showed up! I really enjoyed looking like an idiot with our irish jig dances I met some really nice ladies from scotland in the bathroom, they kept saying how adorable my southern accent was :| I didnt think it was that noticeable.
Edit: Also, I'll make a thread about a gaf boston meetup in a few weeks. I'll probably pm you guys what nights are best for ya'll
I met some really nice ladies from scotland in the bathroom, they kept saying how adorable my southern accent was :| I didnt think it was that noticeable.Edit: Also, I'll make a thread about a gaf boston meetup in a few weeks. I'll probably pm you guys what nights are best for ya'll
Disagree completely. Although, you may not be very familar with Boston. There are more than a dozen resturants and bars well within walking distance.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Come on. Don't act like the waterfront isn't a barren wasteland
AlphaTwo00
Member
For me to get a decent lunch at a decent price, I'd have to walk 10+ minutes away from the con, which means that in the middle of the day, I'd lose 30+ minutes just for lunch.
If you're too lazy to walk, yes. That sums up the entire city as well.
Anyone else catch the Uncharted panel on Friday? Thought it was easily the most interesting one I saw all weekend. And with the Gearbox panel being the most fun they worked as two great bookends to a great weekend.
Trying to think up callsigns or character names to submit with my easter egg!
Trying to think up callsigns or character names to submit with my easter egg!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr7slZFX2j4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7NcHrczRIE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Q_ckLj898
Leaked Hitman footage
Its the two different playthroughs mentioned earlier.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7NcHrczRIE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Q_ckLj898
Leaked Hitman footage
Its the two different playthroughs mentioned earlier.
AlphaTwo00
Member
Finally starting to unpack, may have some pics (and I definitely need to upload that Suda 51 + horse head pic at some point)
Quick rundown of what I saw:
Rock Band Blitz - More that willing to saw the game that I came back to over and over, but I went through more in detail in the Blitz thread.
Nintendo Booth - Spiriti Camera is cool, if not a bit too needy with the whole book as an requirement to play; Kid Icarus was clearly their big push, and while it's probably a good thing, it's just really weird to see Nintendo push already existing games as their entire booth. (Although having an entire table for just downloadable games like Freakyforms/Pushmo/Rolling Western was pretty good)
Trials Evolution - I think I know what I was getting with that, and it doesn't disappoint.
Steel Battalion - I've kinda hinted at the idea that it's worst of what I've seen. Now, that may be harsh, but I only do it because of love. I wonder if it's the sensitivity because of the playspace, or other fine-tuning issues, but maybe there's hope for it.
The rest of MS Booth - Kinect, Kinect, Kinect, Kinect, Minecraft... I didn't see Dust (always managed to have a line when I walked by), but it does look interesting from far away.
Borderlands 2 - Felt great to play. Want to see more (my demo on day 3 was cut down to 15 minutes, and it felt like we're playing something truncated), and it's not the most ideal way of how I would play the game (2 players, with not much mic communication).
Bastion - They had their first prototype there as playable form, and it's absolutely amazing a)how much was done within a month, and b)how much of the game is still recognizable
Max Payne 3 - Bullet time feels just right, along with the movement and the presentation. I'm still not entirely sold on this "not quite comic noir" styling yet, and I'm definitely having reservations now with using right stick as precision aiming when my entire Max Payne history has been always about precise mouse aim control.
Spec Ops: The Line - Quite possibly the surprise of the show for me. I've never really given the game much of a chance, but it's much better than I've expected, and the squad command in a shooter, while not the most complex and deepest out there, is still a breath of fresh air. I hope this game finds it's niche out there, because I'm not sure if getting everything just right is good enough anymore.
Dyad, They Bleed Pixels - I've played these before in prior events in Toronto, and it's really nice to see things coming along. I didn't have any hands on time with Dyad this time, but it was interesting watching people play. The game is hard to explain to people, but there's a magical point where whoever is playing just suddenly get it. The Bleed Pixels, on the other hand, is a much easier to explain preposition (2d pixel art style beat em up game, but with combat and platform focus) and scratches a particular gaming itch I had right now.
Monaco - 4 player stealth game sounds like a disaster in the making (in all the right ways), and it was a riot as we tried to execute a heist, fail miserably, and everyone ran for cover like a benny hill chase.
Edit: Oh yes. ALL THE STREETPASS. So many 3DS, and EVERYONE was on Find Mii. I ended up clearing all the puzzles, and cleared 2 full loops of Find Mii 2.
Quick rundown of what I saw:
Rock Band Blitz - More that willing to saw the game that I came back to over and over, but I went through more in detail in the Blitz thread.
Nintendo Booth - Spiriti Camera is cool, if not a bit too needy with the whole book as an requirement to play; Kid Icarus was clearly their big push, and while it's probably a good thing, it's just really weird to see Nintendo push already existing games as their entire booth. (Although having an entire table for just downloadable games like Freakyforms/Pushmo/Rolling Western was pretty good)
Trials Evolution - I think I know what I was getting with that, and it doesn't disappoint.
Steel Battalion - I've kinda hinted at the idea that it's worst of what I've seen. Now, that may be harsh, but I only do it because of love. I wonder if it's the sensitivity because of the playspace, or other fine-tuning issues, but maybe there's hope for it.
The rest of MS Booth - Kinect, Kinect, Kinect, Kinect, Minecraft... I didn't see Dust (always managed to have a line when I walked by), but it does look interesting from far away.
Borderlands 2 - Felt great to play. Want to see more (my demo on day 3 was cut down to 15 minutes, and it felt like we're playing something truncated), and it's not the most ideal way of how I would play the game (2 players, with not much mic communication).
Bastion - They had their first prototype there as playable form, and it's absolutely amazing a)how much was done within a month, and b)how much of the game is still recognizable
Max Payne 3 - Bullet time feels just right, along with the movement and the presentation. I'm still not entirely sold on this "not quite comic noir" styling yet, and I'm definitely having reservations now with using right stick as precision aiming when my entire Max Payne history has been always about precise mouse aim control.
Spec Ops: The Line - Quite possibly the surprise of the show for me. I've never really given the game much of a chance, but it's much better than I've expected, and the squad command in a shooter, while not the most complex and deepest out there, is still a breath of fresh air. I hope this game finds it's niche out there, because I'm not sure if getting everything just right is good enough anymore.
Dyad, They Bleed Pixels - I've played these before in prior events in Toronto, and it's really nice to see things coming along. I didn't have any hands on time with Dyad this time, but it was interesting watching people play. The game is hard to explain to people, but there's a magical point where whoever is playing just suddenly get it. The Bleed Pixels, on the other hand, is a much easier to explain preposition (2d pixel art style beat em up game, but with combat and platform focus) and scratches a particular gaming itch I had right now.
Monaco - 4 player stealth game sounds like a disaster in the making (in all the right ways), and it was a riot as we tried to execute a heist, fail miserably, and everyone ran for cover like a benny hill chase.
Edit: Oh yes. ALL THE STREETPASS. So many 3DS, and EVERYONE was on Find Mii. I ended up clearing all the puzzles, and cleared 2 full loops of Find Mii 2.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Spec Ops or GRFS?
AlphaTwo00
Member
I didn't bother lining up for GRFS, so I'm more than willing to say I may not have the best observation, but GRFS looks like Ghost Recon turned Gears. Ironically, I think Ghost Recon Online looked like a better throwback to what Ghost Recon is as a team based squad shooter.
Pollux
Member
Jesus, none of these pictures are flattering..
Left to Right: RobertM, Arsenic Yellow, zmoney, ActStriker, Attackthebase, AlphaTwo, PXG
Pretty cool, nice to see Gaffers meeting face to face.
AlphaTwo00
Member
Last observation of the night: I think one thing that most people have overlooked is the number of absences this year, Valve, THQ, Sony, EA (ignoring Old Republic), and Bethesda.
Sorry to end on a bummer note.
Sorry to end on a bummer note.
Loot me and ArsenicYellow have gathered (not including the posters)
I really liked the Mega64 hoodie Arsenic bought me, I got it signed by all of the guys. Nice bunch of folks. Thank you my love
It was a pleasure meeting up with gaffers after PAX. My voice was going by the end of the day and i cant hear anything when theres loud music (attention problems dont help either ), but I had an awesome time and love to do another meetup again.
I really liked the Mega64 hoodie Arsenic bought me, I got it signed by all of the guys. Nice bunch of folks. Thank you my love
It was a pleasure meeting up with gaffers after PAX. My voice was going by the end of the day and i cant hear anything when theres loud music (attention problems dont help either
), but I had an awesome time and love to do another meetup again.Attackthebase
Member
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
So of the "big" guys there, Sega, Square, Ubi, MS, WB, 2K, 3DS, who had the best show overall?
Arsenic Yellow
Member
Loot me and ArsenicYellow have gathered (not including the posters)
I really liked the Mega64 hoodie Arsenic bought me, I got it signed by all of the guys. Nice bunch of folks. Thank you my love
It was a pleasure meeting up with gaffers after PAX. My voice was going by the end of the day and i cant hear anything when theres loud music (attention problems dont help either
loved my signed sword and sorcery lp. Can't wait to download the album tonight
. After talking to craig adams for a while, i will say im not the biggest fan of him and thats being polite. Capy on the other hand was completely awesome, wish i had gotten him to sign the album maybe some day. The tactics ogre tarot cards were surprisingly nice, though you had to play through all of their subpar games to get it (RobertM and I just split the 6 games between us). The only game I enjoyed from them was sleeping dogs.
You should've cropped some of those pictures, makes me look like a total slob. Plus, now they see the mattress on the floor...
Could exhibitors get in there? Was it open to all?
I hung around late one of the days, just for food.
I'll post up what little stuff I got (Don't like pointless swag I won't use)
Had a great time, played some great games, talked and met up with people, and hopefully made some good impressions on the people I talked to. Got a few cards at least.
creid
Member
It's 15 minutes away.
I just want to say how awesome this experience seems be.
I never went to any PAX or anything similar since I'm far away and I love to see the Swag people got from there. Guess I love those things! Maybe because I'm in Marketing, I don't know. Shame that I would never going to be able to join any GAFfers at PAX or E3 or anything... Seems a lot interesting to meet some gaming folks there.
I'm happy cause I got some 360 Gears of War 3 Swag some time ago from the very kind a Master Ninja but aside from that I'm never going to join the fun. =/
I never went to any PAX or anything similar since I'm far away and I love to see the Swag people got from there. Guess I love those things! Maybe because I'm in Marketing, I don't know. Shame that I would never going to be able to join any GAFfers at PAX or E3 or anything... Seems a lot interesting to meet some gaming folks there.
I'm happy cause I got some 360 Gears of War 3 Swag some time ago from the very kind a Master Ninja but aside from that I'm never going to join the fun. =/
Yeah, I'm not going to take anyone seriously when they complain about food. Bring a lunch or skip the meal of you are that worried.
- There is a food court inside the building serving a variety of meals.
- There are smaller vendors inside the building.
- There are about three resturants attached to the building itself.
- There are bars and resturants all within walking distance. Jerry Remy's, Legal, McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, Whiskey Priest, Drink, Lucky's, Cosi, and many more.
- There is a shuttle bus, COMPLEMENTARY. Will bring you to at least three various locations, all serving food.
- Cabs are very cheap. Plenty of them around.
- There is a food court inside the building serving a variety of meals.
- There are smaller vendors inside the building.
- There are about three resturants attached to the building itself.
- There are bars and resturants all within walking distance. Jerry Remy's, Legal, McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, Whiskey Priest, Drink, Lucky's, Cosi, and many more.
- There is a shuttle bus, COMPLEMENTARY. Will bring you to at least three various locations, all serving food.
- Cabs are very cheap. Plenty of them around.
@22m58s Mike Capps giving me a T-Shirt at the Epic Panel http://youtu.be/cY6ae0nZ_ws
@31m10s Mike Capps personally asking me for a question during the Epic Panel http://youtu.be/cY6ae0nZ_ws
@31m10s Mike Capps personally asking me for a question during the Epic Panel http://youtu.be/cY6ae0nZ_ws
If you want to spend an extra $4 or $3.40(if you get a Charlie Card) you could have gotten anywhere in the city using the T. This counts round trip since its $2 or $1.70 to get into the T
DJ Lushious
Member
Were you and me in the same Boston?!