PAX Prime 2011

[Correction]

Just a heads-up if you've been procrastinating on your 3-day registrations, they're completely sold out. Your only option now is to pay $105 for 3 individual-day passes.

[Norellicus]

[E] also get their 3 day badge for free. And you get to be awesome:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...meenforcer.jpg

[Correction]

Enforcer is a hard, hard job.

[Norellicus]

Heh. It's not for everyone but I wouldn't call it hard, and it gets you in the door. Though you do have to realize that taking the option makes PAX Not For You, as most of your day is spent on your shift. But the [E] community itself is awesome and an experience unto itself.

[Correction]

Unless PATV is lying to me, there was an Enforcer wearing a pedometer at the last PAX East, and he'd logged 100+ miles walking during his shifts. Yeah I couldn't do that haha.

[Cephius]

Kinda sucks, I was thinking about going but was still in the process of getting people together to split a hotel room and such. I hope they keep expanding it going forward.

And yeah, being an Enforcer means you don't get to experience the most PAX has to offer. Socially I bet it's great though.

[Correction]

Schedule is up!

http://prime.paxsite.com/schedule.php

Of note is the use of Wolfman Theater as an overflow theater for live streaming of the frequently overcrowded events (Keynote, Gabe/Tycho stage events, concerts).

Yogscast and Yahtzee are on my radar for this year.

[Correction]

Ugh: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR5...ndClosures.htm

If you were planning on driving during PAX rethink it; crossing the lake will be nigh impossible and going up/down the I-5 will be a nightmare in general.

[Qeomash]

I wont be the one driving.

[Gokulo]

http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...l-209575.phtml

27 at 7:00pm. Square Enix and Airtight Games are going to reveal a top-secret project at this panel. We know absolutely nothing about it yet. Square Enix does call the game "incredibly fascinating" and "quirky," so that's something.

You might be interested to know that the Creative Director for this game is Kim Swift, who is know for work on Portal and the Left 4 Dead games. Swift and the entire Airtight team will be there to talk about how they put this game together. And reveal it. Yeah, that too.

See you there?

[Nyima]

Who all is going to PAX this year? Are any of you going to be in the BYOC?

[Correction]

I'm going, but generally I spend my time at panels/exploring Seattle than at any of the tournaments.

Hard to get excited about the Squenix/Airtight Games collab. Wasn't Dark Void kind of bad?

[Correction]

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=30428

NINTENDO GIVES FANS CHANCE TO PLAY TOP HOLIDAY GAMES AT PENNY ARCADE EXPO

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7 and Kid Icarus: Uprising to be Playable in Nintendo's Booth

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 23, 2011 – Nintendo is bringing the games that fans want to play to the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), the premier video game event that is open to the public. The show takes place Aug. 26-28 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, and Nintendo will be at booth No. 462, level 4. Nintendo plans to have games for its Nintendo 3DS™, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems available for people to check out before they launch, including The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword for Wii and Super Mario 3D Land™, Mario Kart™ 7 and Kid Icarus™: Uprising for Nintendo 3DS, in addition to fun events and activities.

In addition to game play on the main show floor, Nintendo invites attendees to visit the Nintendo Gaming Lounge in the North Galleria, which will feature additional games and activities across two different levels. The third floor of the Nintendo Gaming Lounge will be decorated in honor of the upcoming Oct. 24 launch of the Kirby's Return to Dream Land™ game for Wii (previously known as Kirby Wii) and the Sept. 19 launch of the Kirby™ Mass Attack game for the Nintendo DS family of systems, as well as the Pokédex™ 3D application for Nintendo 3DS. Visitors can inhale Kirby™ pink cotton candy, relax on Kirby beanbag chairs or pick up some fun Kirby items to wear on the show floor while supplies last. The third floor of the Nintendo Gaming Lounge will also feature Pokédex 3D activities such as large Pokémon™ AR markers and daily giveaways including collectible Pokémon AR marker cards while supplies last. The second floor of the Nintendo Gaming Lounge will feature playable versions of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker™ 2 and Fortune Street™. On this floor, players can take fun pictures with friends in a DRAGON QUEST-themed "monster friend mash-up" photo booth and meet with other DRAGON QUEST fans.

Nintendo also plans to host a multiplayer tournament for the unreleased Star Fox 64™ 3D game from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, on the second floor of the North Galleria. PAX attendees can sign up for the tournament starting the morning of Friday, Aug. 26, and have a chance to test their skills in aerial battle. Star Fox 64 3D allows four players to enjoy the game's full multiplayer experience with just one game card via a local wireless connection.

Games that are scheduled to be playable at PAX include:

Nintendo 3DS
• Super Mario 3D Land
• Mario Kart 7
• Kid Icarus: Uprising
• Star Fox 64 3D
• The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3D
• Pokédex 3D
• Shinobi™ by SEGA®
• Sonic Generations by SEGA

Wii
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land
• Rhythm Heaven™ (name not final)
• Fortune Street

Nintendo DS
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
• Kirby Mass Attack

Visitors to Nintendo's PAX booth can also take advantage of other fun activities such as daily giveaways (while supplies last) and sharing StreetPass™ data with other Nintendo 3DS users.

For more information about Nintendo, visit http://www.nintendo.com.

[Correction]

There are thousands of people already filling downtown seattle, already ran into Mike Ross, Gootecks and Tycho. Every year the crowding gets worse.

[Nyima]

I'm looking forward to rush hour traffic heading down there tomorrow.

On a side note, should try and do a get together of BG people at PAX.

[Qeomash]

I was hoping to have my BG shirt by PAX, but no go.