PAX Aftermath

PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) is a huge event in the video game world.  A chance to play games that aren't available to the public yet, and a chance for us to show off InstantAction to a huge mass of eyes just eager to get a glimpse at something new.  PAX attendees were able to catch a peek at Lore: Aftermath, Ace of Aces, BLUR, and Metal Drift at the InstantAction booth, and the booth was almost always packed as well as the conference as a whole.

Entrance to the Expo floor


Not an open machine around

In addition to all the great buzz we got around the InstantAction booth, we had the live podcast going as well.  Grabbing random people to talk about the conference and developers of some of the games coming to InstantAction.  Which you'll be able to listen to very soon.

Live Podcat is live

But of course it wasn't all InstantAction and GarageGames at PAX, among the many games that are playable at PAX there are some great costumes, both fans and official, but some even more badass displays.  we got to see:

Fallout 3


WarMachine


The ever popular Castle Crashers


The even more popular iPhone signed by Castle Crasher's artist Dan Paladin


Everyone's favorite Companion Cube from Portal

Of course you can't forget the concert with guests such as: Freezepop, Jonathan Coulton, The Minibosses, The OneUps, Anamanaguchi, Darkest of the Hillside, Thickets, MC Frontalot.  Even some members of the InstantAction community showed up. 

Still Alive


DrWiley, MBFTrace, and Crash7800

That about wraps up my coverage on PAX 08.  If you missed it you really do owe it to yourself to try and get to Seattle next year for PAX.  It's a great time to check out new games that are coming out, standing in a lot of lines to play them, and grabbing some pretty sweet swag.  We should be there again, and you can also visit us at our booth.

Here are some interesting facts about PAX and the InstantAction booth:

58,500 attendees
2,000 free PAX Avatar cards given out
600 Torque Demo Discs Given away
400 IA Shirts given away
256 Davey's place in the Soul Calibur Tournament
200 Fanny PAX given away
140 pictures of PAX were taken
123  "Wait, this is running in a browser?"s
108 people who played Dylan at Wii Tennis
$100 offered for IA t-shirt (we declined of course!)
100 Powered by Torque Shirts given away
38 people who came with flyers to the AfterParty
31 people who were 100% certain they were going to beat Dylan at Wii Tennis, then lost
19 GG employees that worked the booth
14+ press stop-bys and interviews
7 Live PodCats (coming soon to not live version)
6 3rd Party Developers for IA at PAX (Damon (Ace of Aces), Phil (Galcon), Adrian (Lore:Aftermath), Logan (Lore:Aftermath), Weston (Metal Drift), Brian (Metal Drift))
1 Rockin Good Time!

-Dr Wiley OUT!

Comments

[Mariodude100]

Hey guys the new updates dont let everyone play because of our connections.Can you guys make it better because only like 100 people can play