The results for all the lucky PAX ticket winners are in. Congratulations to all the lucky people who will be attending PAX. Don't forget to stop by the InstantAction booth to say hi and collect some sweet swag.
Blog Winners:
socoldinthed
TheaDorvin
FishStix
Twitter Winners:
@bjwanlund
@OregonSlacker (slackin)
@BahumutZaero
Facebook Winners:
Jordahan
Kinja20
InsanityPlee
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Starting today we will be giving away several tickets for the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo being held in Seattle, Washington. It's simple to be a part of this as all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post with your InstantAction username. That's it.
We do however, want to be fair, so only those that can actually make it to PAX this year should leave a comment. PAX is taking place between September 4th through the 6th, so if you aren't able to be in the Seattle area around this time, please do not comment.
In addition to the 3 randomly drawn names from the blog we'll also be giving away some passes via our Facebook and Twitter pages. Keep an eye on them for the details on how to potentially win your pass from either of those outlets.
The fine print: These tickets are non-transferable, non-sellable, and will be distributed via will call. Winners will pick up their passes from the will call desk upon arrival.
Good luck and we'll see the winners at PAX '09!
-Dr Wiley
Following E3 last week I present a whole bunch of pictures taken by our very own BirthdayBot. I've chosen some of the cooler photos but feel free to check out all the pictures on BirthdayBot's flickr page.
This year's expo was a blast. Got to check out a lot of cool games and meet a bunch of awesome people as well. The full recap is coming soon as we get all of our pictures uploaded to a share-able location.
NetWar was a lot of fun over in Nebraska. But I must say it's extremely exhausting when you're up for 34 hour marathons. So for this post I've decided to put less text and present to you the LAN in image form.
InstantAction's very own Dynamic_Derek and DrWiley will be headed to Omaha, Nebraska to attend NetWar. This 500 person LAN event will go down on April 24th-25th in the great Mid-West. With us we will be bringing some pretty awesome swag to give out as well as promote InstantAction (that means more people to play with).
Some of the swag includes Legions branded LAN machines, InstantAction and Legions shirts. For images of what we'll be giving away head on over to the Legions blog.
I'm looking forward to the travel and if you can make it to Nebraska for NetWar I'd highly recommend it. You'll get to hang out with Derek and I, talk about anything related to InstantAction and/or Legions, and possibly take home some pretty awesome IA gear. Brace yourself Nebraska, here we come.
-Dr Wiley
Although it's been a week since the end of the Game Developer's Conference, many of us here at GarageGames and InstantAction are still reeling from its after effects. For those of you who don't know, GDC is "THE conference." It's the place where deals are made, tech is shown off, and faces from all corners of the game industry - from consoles to casual - gather to talk about what's happening in video games.
In this month's Make-Your-Own-Game blog, I'd like to recap our GDC experience so you too can see what it was like straight from the show floor.
First, obligatory screenshots:
Second, some videos of what we demoed in the booth:
For more videos, check out our GarageGames Vimeo account.
Dynamic_Derek and Crash7800 will be heading up to Dupont, Washington to take part in InfernaLAN this weekend (March 27th - March 29th). The LAN hosts 300 people for obviously 3 days and we'll be there to take it all in.
In addition to just being there and having fun, we'll also be giving away a bunch of swag. This includes a full PC, PC cases with Legions decals, shirts, and more.
We've got a few other LANs scheduled to attend so if you are in the area, you should show up and say hello. If you attend any LAN events that you think InstantAction should be a part of please let us know right here.
Below you'll find some images of the computer we're giving away and the decals that will be on the cases.
Next week a whole bunch of people will be in San Francisco for this year's GDC. So our very own Michael Perry thought it would be a good idea to have some live chats while attending the event. This is where you come in. We need questions to ask these guys, Michael's brain is only so big.
Here's the times and who you'll be asking the questions. You can view the chats and participate right here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/garagegames-live-chat (I'll post this again as the dates approach).
Live Chat 1: Developers
Time: Wednesday at 3:00pm
Who: Adrian Wright (MaxGaming, Lore: Aftermath), Billy Garretson (Box Macabre), Eyal Erez (sudden games)
Live Chat 2: GarageGames Community Members
Time: Thursday at 1:00 pm
Who: Ted Southard, Paul Dana, Brokeass Games
Live Chat 3: Employees
Time: Friday at 11:00am
Who:
Matt Fairfax (Developer and Project lead for Torque 3D)
Deborah Marshall (Product Manager for Tech & Tools)
Ben Vesco (InstantAction Developer, you may know him from the Rokkitball forums)
Ken Holst (QA Lead and Torque 360 Manager)
Get those thinking caps on and ask some questions for these folks on the forums right here. If they're good they'll be headed to the respective person. Be sure to specify who the questions are being directed at. Ask away right here.
-Dr Wiley
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