I expected it would be about gaming and comics, but really it ended up being about entertainment (lots of laughs) and community.
Friday 3/11
We arrived a little late at PAX and spent a lot of the initial time waiting in lines and trying to catch up to our schedule.
We got in to see the Blamimation panel with Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub. Loved it, very funny.
Later that night, we saw MC Frontalot at the concert. I think one of my favorite songs was "First World Problem". Only downside was that it was harder to hear the lyrics live, but still fun. He actually sounded more like MC Chris (who I'd love to see at PAX).
For Games: we played a game of Munchkin. During the game I was given a card that says "you are handsome" (with handsome written below a strikethough beautiful) with a link to this project on the back. We also played Zombie Dice on IPhone and ButtonMen both on IPhone and real dice. Also played Mario Kart on Nintendo DS. I got to see some of the DS culture, including Pokemon trading, and I doodled on Pictochat.
For Food: crappy Macro Vegetarian shanghai dumplings ($9 at convention). Later went to My Thai Vegan Cafe and had yummy coconut sweet potato soup, pineapple fried rice, and golden triangles (like samosas).
Saturday 3/12
We went to the Penny Arcade strip drawing where Mike and Jerry created the Ballin comic (about the Nintendo 3DS)
Went to geek parenting and game pitch panels. The pitch your game panel included Kris and was so funny (video on G4TV).
Saw Kris and Scott again at their late night panel with more laughs (straight dougin and #bottomlessfriendship)
For Games: played more Nintendo DS with download play Tetris, played Bulletstorm (Pic1, Pic2, Pic3) and BlackOps on the expo floor
For Food: Picked up 3 muffins (flat but thick like scones) at the Flour Bakery Cafe. Later went to a punk/hipster bar, Other Side Cafe, and had vegan BLT, guacamole and chips, and a strawberry/banana,OJ smoothie. Also picked up veggie udon noodles at the convention center ($10) and watched the rockband stage.
Sunday 3/13
We watched the Omegathon operation competition (players even had gloves and masks on).
Waited in more lines of course and saw the X-Play live show.
Stayed for the Penny Arcade Q&A with Mike and Jerry, leaving early to hop in the signing line. I had my badge and my "you are handsome" card (from Friday) signed.
We left a little early during the Omegathon finale.
For Games: Played centipede (Pic), burgertime, and chopper rescue at the classic arcade.
For Food: Had breakfast from the Flour Cafe again, fresh hot chocolate muffins with coffee+soymilk. Also had more from My Thai Vegan Cafe dinner right before we left including wontons, pad thai, and chocolate cake.
So it was a busy fun weekend with a few negatives. We had too many possible things on our schedule and spent a lot of time waiting in line for the events. There is so much to do there and I can imagine every person going to PAX would have a different story. Had about 4 hours sleep at nite. Hotel didn't have free internet. IPhone directions were aweful and ended up taking wrong turns. Parking was a pain but worked out in the end ($40 for weekend at convention, and we could have left the car there if the hotel shuttle was more available). There are classic/culture games at PAX that I have little/no experience in including DnD and Pokemon (I'm sure there are others, you could add Nintendo DS in general to the list). I never got to play the Last Night on Earth zombie board game I brought, hopefully next year will be more gaming.
Related to DnD, I recently watched the Wizards of the Coast PAX 2010 Dungeons & Dragons videos and also listened to almost all of series 1 podcasts (i'm hooked and was LOLing to it).
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