Sunday, May 22, 2011

A Season of Nerd

This is a late post on geeking it up with my kids. I previously posted on taking my daughter to W00tstock in NYC, and in return I took my son to PAX East in Boston this year.

PAX East

PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) is perhaps the most fan based gaming exposition in the country. It is run the way gamers would enjoy, the unoficial motto is "Don't be a Dick" the security is all volunteer force of "enforcers" cookies are sold to benefit Childs Play and concerts are held on the first two nights.

Welcome to PAX from Eugenio Monasterio on Vimeo.


We cruised through the exhibitor section,

cosplay

and my son liked this the most so we spent a lot of time playing prerelease games.

Portal 2 preview

3d games, kinect games, etc. I had planned on attending more of the talks and sessions but the boy was having too much fun, so I hung with him.

Pikachu


3DS Preview

We did have great food though we managed our time between the conference and great food. We ate at the Legal Test food Kitchen, which is a test restaurant for Legal Sea Food.

oysters

(During happy hour oysters are a dollar),

beer on the table

The Barking Crab great seafood, although a very crowded touristy place.

barking crab

barking crab beer

In the evenings concerts dominated the expo.

concerts

But on the first night, The Omeganauts dominated the scene with a live giant Jenga competition.

PAX Jenga 1 from Eugenio Monasterio on Vimeo.


PAX Jenga 2 from Eugenio Monasterio on Vimeo.


PAX Jenga 3 from Eugenio Monasterio on Vimeo.


PAX Jenga 4 from Eugenio Monasterio on Vimeo.


PAX Jenga 5 from Eugenio Monasterio on Vimeo.


PAX Jenga 6 from Eugenio Monasterio on Vimeo.


PAX Jenga 7 from Eugenio Monasterio on Vimeo.


That was followed by a concert, so we never made it back to the hotel till very late. The next morning

Early Day 2

we rallied

Day 2 PAX

multiplayer DS

we chilled in the sumo lounge

sumo lounge

and hung out at the Harpoon brewery

Harpoon brewery

Tremendous collection of beer cans... billy beer

Beers

old school ">Schafer


Generic beer

generic

We played some old school arcade games

game it

The concerts where awesome, but our favorite was Jonathan Coulton

Mr Fancy Pants from Eugenio Monasterio on Vimeo.


I am glad to be shopping here with you + Mandelbrot Set from Eugenio Monasterio on Vimeo.


Go check out his songs at JonathanCoulton.com
We had a great time, check out PAX with your kids.

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