Walking around the exhibition floor at PAX can be rather exhausting. There are crowds of people in the way, but luckily there are lots of hot gamer ladies to bump into “accidentally”. I’m quite a big guy, so it was only a matter of time before I would make some of these gaming mavens a [...]
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Assassin’s Creed First Look
On August 26th, 2007 an 11 minute demo of Assassin’s Creed was shown at the PAX 2007 by Ubisoft Montral’s Creative Director, Patrice Desilets. Too bad Jade Raymond, the producer of Assassin’s Creed, wasn’t there… there would have been a page dedicated just to her! The level that was shown was the same as in [...]
Wil Wheaton Keynote Address @ PAX 07
Here is the summary of the absolutely awesome keynote by Wil Wheaton. It has been rephrased, but here is the summary. The complete audio file is available for download in the article, as well. Wil Wheaton–probably best known for playing Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: the Next Generation–but now known as a prolific blogger and [...]
Waiting in Line for an iPhone
“Don’t go to an Apple store,” Steve Jobs has advised. “It will be a madhouse there. People will be lined up around the block, sleeping on the sidewalk to get one. Go to an AT&T/Cingular store. Most people don’t know that they will be selling them too.” It seems like more people like the party. [...]
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Launch
Many of you know that my other undercover job is at a local gaming store. As my luck would have it, I was scheduled to work the WoW: Burning Crusade launch last night at midnight. But, that means that all of our readers will get an inside look into the biggest midnight launch since Halo [...]
Waiting in Line for Nintendo Wii
November 19, 2006 marked the day of the Nintendo Wii launch, and many Seattle–area stores held midnight launch parties to pacify the many Nintendo fans. Many Toys ‘R’ Us and Gamestop stores opened their doors before midnight, but would not allow anyone to purchase a console until 12:01am on Sunday. Gamestop only opened their doors [...]
More Adventures in Line for a Playstation 3
I went to Best Buy Thursday night with one very clear goal: To talk to and photograph the brave souls who had been waiting for 36 hours. I had no illusions about getting a PlayStation 3 for myself. Weeks earlier I had camped out all night to pre-order one at GameStop and that was good [...]
Playstation 3 Release Party
Some die-hard Sony fanboys started camping outside of Best Buy and other stores on Tuesday, an entire three days before launch, but they have been waiting for years for this day. November 17, 2006 marks the launch of the Sony Playstation 3 in the U.S., one week after the PS3 was launched in its home [...]
Waiting in line for an Xbox 360
Late at night on Monday, November 21st 2005, many people stood in line at the Best Buy in Lynnwood, Washington. Some had staked out their mark on the sidewalk days before, camping out for the long haul. Others arrived earlier that day… Other parties were going on around Seattle, and Bill Gates himself was at [...]
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