Penny Arcade Expo has grown to become one of the largest annual celebrations of gaming in the United States, if not the world. For its third year running, PAX East will be returning to Boston, Massachusetts, April 6-8, with a host of musical guests, live programming, and more.
Celebrate Easter weekend with the traditional Boston tradition of a Giant Bomb PAX panel! Time Magazine, Good Morning America, and The New Yorker all agree, the Giant Bombcast “...is a thing!” You won’t want to miss it!
In 2004, the folks at Penny Arcade decided they wanted a show exclusively for gaming. Sure, comics, anime, and other nerd hobbies were cool, and those activities all had their own shows… so what about games? From that idea spawned a small 4,500 person event in Bellevue, Washington, focused on the culture and community that is gaming.
Since then, the show hasn’t looked back. Doubling in size each year until venue capacities were reached, in 2010 the show expanded into Boston for PAX East, drawing tens of thousands of attendees in the inaugural year. The shows in Seattle and Boston represent the two largest gaming events in North America!
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In 2004, the folks at Penny Arcade decided they wanted a show exclusively for gaming. Sure, comics, anime, and other nerd hobbies were cool, and those activities all had their own shows… so what about games? From that idea spawned a small 4,500 person event in Bellevue, Washington, focused on the culture and community that is gaming.
Since then, the show hasn’t looked back. Doubling in size each year until venue capacities were reached, in 2010 the show expanded into Boston for PAX East, drawing tens of thousands of attendees in the inaugural year. The shows in Seattle and Boston represent the two largest gaming events in North America!
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Friday, April 6th
10:30am - Story Time with Jordan Mechner (aka the PAX East Keynote!)
11:30am - Penny Arcade QA Part 1
1:00pm - Rooster Teeth
2:30pm - Best of the 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit
4:00pm - An Uncharted 3 Story: The Chateau, Creation to Ashes
5:30pm - Video Games Aren't Just for Playing: Gameplay as Spectator Entertainment
7:00pm - Extra Credits
Saturday, April 7th
10:30am - Penny Arcade - Make a Strip!
1:00pm - Epic Games: Past, Present and Future
2:30pm - Mega64 Panel Celebrating The Resurrection
4:00pm - Pitch Your Game Idea!
5:30pm - Community Management 2012: Game Journos Living In Captivity
7:00pm - Raising the Next Generation of Geeks
8:30pm - Retrogame Roadshow: Are Your Old Games Actually Buried Treasure?
Sunday, April 8th
10:00am - Damage Report -- How Crisis Management Defines Your Game
11:30am - If I hear "Gamification" one more time I'm going to scream
1:00pm - Admit It - You Play Social Games. Let's Talk About Them.
2:00pm - Penny Arcade Panel Part 2
4:00pm - The Indie Rant: Indie Developers Gone Wild
5:30pm - Omegathon Final Round and Closing Ceremony
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