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Pax East 2013 Statuary
I present my photo’s of Pax East 2013′s Statuary in no particular order:
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- I liked the model but missed the name of the game. Maybe Neverwinter?
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- This was definitely part of the Neverwinter booth.
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- Hawken was playing in several booths but their official one had a really nice statue. Photo taken from the walkway above the floor.
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- Hawken photo taken from the walkway above the floor. Not as close a shot as the other photo.
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- Hawken photo taken from behind the statue on the floor.
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- Splinter Cell. It’s iconic but I’ve never played it and couldn’t remember it’s name for a while.
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- This huge set was in the lobby as you entered the building. From right.
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- This huge set was in the lobby as you entered the building. From Left
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- I tried twice but couldn’t get a good photo of this one. The glass case just didn’t mesh well with all the lights on the floor.
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- I tried twice but couldn’t get a good photo of this one. The glass case just didn’t mesh well with all the lights on the floor.
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- This was a very detailed very impressive statue but I have NO IDEA what game it’s for.
Had a blast at Pax East 2013 and the photo’s never do it justice because I spend so much of my time DOING things instead of taking photo’s of the things I’m doing. Such is life.
If you get the chance, and you enjoy any sort of gaming, I really suggest you check out one of the many Pax out there. Worth it. And you CAN do everything(except the panels/discussions) in one day if you stay focused.
So I went to Pax East again this year
AND HAD A HELL OF A FUN TIME!
Though I had a 3 day pass I really only spent one day at Pax. I spent the rest doing EXACTLY what I wanted. Hanging out with my friends, playing games, drinking beer, eating out(and in!) and generally just enjoying spending time with people I really enjoy spending time with.
Thanks again for having me Chris and Rachel!
Now for the photos:
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- We played a lot of the games pictured, AND we emulated the cat and lay around the house a lot! LOVED IT!
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- The cool feature of Lowell is that it’s kept its canals from it’s textile mill days.
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- The cosplayers were well represented again this year.
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- TF cosplay is always popular.
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- Blizzard revealed it’s new Hearthstone game. Neat but not overly impressive.
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- PopCap booth. Good to see them there. Barely visible on the right, was the hammer/bell carnival device they were letting people try out.
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- This gives you an idea about how crowded the whole thing is. This is just the board/card game area. And not all of it!
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- Just to give you an idea of the size of the place without people.
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- Just to give you an idea of the size of the place without people.
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- This is around 1/5 of the video game side of Pax. They leave the board/card game area open till 2 AM.
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- Another 5th of the video game area. The divider between this and the board games is that wall on the left. It wasn’t always there.
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- Even though it’s in the video game area and gets closed around 6-7 this is a selection of board/card game sellers with some indy/small video game booths.
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- The last 5th of the video games area.
I’ll make a separate post about all the statues/models used at Pax East 2013. I’m always blown away by the work the game manufacturers put into their booths and their statues always impress.
The family in MS History
Today on MPB they had an interview with one of the players on the MS State basketball team that snuck out of the State to play against a mostly black team back in 1963. (Look it up, it’s an interesting story.) The guy they interviewed was my Dad’s second cousin. I had no idea a family member was a part of that particular piece of Mississippi college/racial history.
What I really found cool about finding this out was the fact that my Dad was a freshman member of the Ole Miss football team the year James Meredith started there. So apparently my family was present for two of the bigger college/racial historical events in the state. NEAT!
Asteroid Discovery – 1980-2012
If the recent Russian meteorite has sparked your interest in the search for Near Earth Objects and Asteroids watch this video. Looking for these things sounds like a good use of money to me. Seems there are a lot of the buggers out there.
HOLY SPIT! How much does something like this cost?
If someone bought this for me…I think I’d have to ‘do things’ for them.