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Fun Stuff => CLIKC => Topic started by: JD on 04 Sep 2009, 23:46

Title: PAX:09
Post by: JD on 04 Sep 2009, 23:46

You can watch day one here (http://ufragtv.com/recorded/video/22515)

What are you looking forward to?

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: est on 05 Sep 2009, 00:43

I didn't realise there was anything to look forward to if you weren't going.

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: kemon on 05 Sep 2009, 02:11

just got home from pax.  list of cool shit is way too long.  must sleep for day 2.

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: JD on 05 Sep 2009, 10:50

I disagree with you est

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: Bastardous Bassist on 05 Sep 2009, 10:56

So, you think that he totally realizes that there is something to look forward to?

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: JD on 05 Sep 2009, 14:51

I think you can look forward to PAX without being there.

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: est on 05 Sep 2009, 18:50

How so?  I mean, I would love to be there to see some of the panels and see what an Anamanaguchi live show looks like, but what is there to look forward to for people who aren't attending?

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: JD on 05 Sep 2009, 19:25

I look forward to the vidjea games. Specifically the stuff on Secret World at the moment.

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: Johnny C on 06 Sep 2009, 01:54

From a corporate perspective, PAX probably serves a similar purpose to E3 and TGS and stuff; that is, it's a place to do marketing. The difference is that it's marketing that caters to a slightly more specific audience - PA readers - and allows members of the general public to get hands-on time with upcoming games. A lot of publishers in attendance are choosing to reveal details about games and stuff at PAX if I'm not mistaken!

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: Melodic on 06 Sep 2009, 04:01

Quote from: Johnny C on 06 Sep 2009, 01:54

The difference is that it's marketing that caters to a slightly more specific audience - gamers - and allows members of the general public to get hands-on time with upcoming games.

Fix'd that for ya. PAX has become what E3 was until someone cut the Expo's balls off.

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: Boro_Bandito on 06 Sep 2009, 07:46

Yeah but E3 is already being somewhat ramped up again, isn't it?

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: Storm Rider on 06 Sep 2009, 12:29

E3 is still a press-specific event, though. They've increased the scale of it from what it was cut down to after the organizers had gotten fed up with people sneaking in and shit, but PAX is still the only game-specific convention in America that's open to the public (barring company-specific stuff like Blizzcon). And like Johnny said, publishers are actually taking this show seriously and showing new details about games at the show. I know No More Heroes 2 is playable for the first time on the show floor (which makes me super jealous), and Valve is showing off one of the new Left 4 Dead 2 campaigns along with some of the new special Infected.

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: Johnny C on 06 Sep 2009, 13:52

Quote from: est on 05 Sep 2009, 00:43

I didn't realise there was anything to look forward to if you weren't going.

looks like there's plenty to look forward to, gramps

Title: Re: PAX:09
Post by: Yayniall on 06 Sep 2009, 16:05

Zimmerframe hero.