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PAX 2007 In A Nutshell
2010-02-21 00:00:00
some 40,000 badges. There were DSes every where, concerts at night, a packed exhibit hall, and benchmark comic strips created by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins adorned almost every wall. Despite all the people and the noise, somehow the event had a community feel to it that was hard to understand ... and even harder to describe. I'll try, though, along with impressions from games on the show floor and the incredible music of folks like Jonathan Coulton and the Minibosses. Read on, and All Hail Ball. The Early Weekend

If you missed my discussion of Friday's events, it's understandable; it went up this past Saturday. Suffice it to say that Wil Wheaton's keynote speech was the highlight of the evening. His praise of social gaming, and the relationship-building power of the PAX-goer's favorite pastime resonated incredibly well with the packed theatre. The after-action report on his blog says it all: "My keynote went perfectly, and the audience (and the gaming press online) responded to it in ways I never dreamed possible. I didn't think there would be slightly more than 5000 people in the room when I spoke ..."

The first Penny Arcade Panel featured a lot of middlin' questions, highlighted by the incredible singing power of Jerry Holkins. A description of his performance is in my weekend update, but the real surprise didn't come until after the questions were done. The end of the panel turned ugly when the PA gents left the stage for Uwe Boll to have a chance at the mike. Gabe said later that weekend that he was surprised by the crowd reaction. "You can tell when a crowd is angry, and this was the first time I've felt that at at PAX." The unapologetic Boll was screamed at fairly mercilessly by the attendees.

Other events from the early weekend included a discussion of modern storytelling in videogames. Luminaries Ron Gilbert (Monkey Island), Dave Grossman (Sam and Max) and Nate Fox (Sly Cooper) came together to jaw on a topic near to their hearts. The group discussed linear stories vs. sandbox-style gameplay, user-created content, kids games, and the importance of theme even if your core story isn't all that great: "Grossman [said], 'Well, story isn't just about dialogue and narrative, right - I mean really you want to learn something about the human experience. I think that if I weren't doing adventure games I wouldn't think of myself as a narrator, but rather as the hand of fate. I'm going to kind of let you run around and do what you want and everything. Just to let the player go around and do what they want - they can feel like it's the good hand of fate or the bad hand of ...

9/11 - Five Years Later
2009-09-17 00:00:00
Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.For a day, put aside your anti-American remarks, your Canadian military jokes and think of those that lost family in the attacks and the subsequent military actions. 32 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have died in Afghanistan since 2002.I will never forget where I was when I found out about the attack. My wife and I were purchasing a new car-seat for our two-year-old son when the checkout clerk told us that planes had crashed into buildings in the U.S.Where were you?Post a comment at the bottom of this blog. If you are shy (or female and sending in naughty pictures) you can E-Mail me. Every good guild needs a home. A home free of gold ads, secondary market farmers. Look no further than GuildPortal.com.Exclusive new TenTonHammer.com Content! Let us entertain you or at the very least waste some ...

I ed and didn't note any answers for
2009-05-14 00:00:00
not an issue when solo. however, its still a pain in pvp . . and the plus side is that itan pr multle times when fighting multle mobs, where as Somm, has...

andhoose what to fight, how and where to
2009-05-13 00:00:00
and where to fight it. Use the paths to your advantage.
Don't use S1 gear in PvE. Gem like I do.
What kind of PvE do you want to do with it? In general, wha...

the only 2 water totems
2009-05-06 00:00:00
seems useless, but against warriorhealer teamsan be rather useful in keeping dmg against you minimal). Imp Ghost wolf, There are times here and there where using thisan help you get away to drink or just to get away. Only really helps if you...

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2009-05-05 00:00:00
deatoilhanged from a 10minD with no horror efft to a 2mind with horror efft (this was VERY long ago) and then our talents where finally fixed so that we ...

but it sounds like the
2009-05-05 00:00:00
But there is no arlet warriors. So where are extly the arlet warriors? Please tell me the ext lation (for example : tell me like it's Nort...

if you have a problem with Thunderlap, you
2009-05-04 00:00:00
(besides the lk of +defense, whh Ian make up for else where) that I shouldn't make that replement? Thanks! Link to this 8 replies Nov 28th 2007 9:45am : Logg...

It got real slow- but I didn''t
2009-04-28 00:00:00
gear off AH. Soon I'll be in outlands anyways where quest rewards are tually dent ompared to old world quest rewards whh are largelyrap). Ionsidered g...