Well, I've been back from PAX for a few days, and I'm in grips of some primordial beast of a plague which I am choosing to directly blame on Wil Wheaton, but I think I will take a moment to try and describe some of the experience I enjoyed there.
First of all, this was my first time at PAX, or any convention in general. I was floored by the sheer volume of humans present. (I hear it topped 55,000) While I was taken aback at first, the friendliness of nearly everyone I met made what could have been a very overwhelming experience into a warm shared one instead. I often chatted with strangers in lines I waited in and it was really fun being able to talk about things like Stallman without having to explain what I was saying. (Or add some hypertext, for that matter)
There's so much that I did it's hard to sum it all up, here are some highlights:
Watching the Penny Arcade Q&A and Make a Strip panels, and meeting Mike and Jerry.
Buying a book from Wil Wheaton and getting to talk to him.
Meeting Jonathan Coulton and getting the Thing A Week series.
Chatting with Shawn from Mega 64.
Watching Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik, Scott Kurtz and Wil Wheaton play a game of the 4th edition.
Being in the front row at the Jonathan Coulton/ Freeze Pops concert
Getting a Red vs Blue shirt from Gus
There are so many other things- panels I attended, Ken Levine's keynote, chatting with the guys making the new Strong Bad game, playing Afro Samurai etc etc. It was a really fun time and I have no regrets that I went. Looking back, I'm only amazed at how close I came to not going at all, and that would have been the greatest shame. To everyone I met there and everyone who was there thank you for creating a community where the internet can take a tangible shape and people can unite for the soul purpose of playing some games.
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