Let it be known that I love Labor Day weekend. Every year something fun happens. It could be as simple as a Labor Day BBQ or an entire weekend of fun and craziness. There were no BBQs this year, but there was some crazy-fun and more than my fair share of R&R.
The majority of the weekend was taken up the Penny Arcade Expo. I, along with over 50k geeks and nerds, descended up the Washington State Convention Center to over-saturate ourselves with video games, toys, and all sorts of geek culture. I only attended the first two days of the three-day event, but I still feel like I got my fill. I tried out some neat game demos (Afro Samurai was my fave from the weekend). I met up with a few old co-workers from Garage Games. And — my favorite part by far — I got to see Rock Band 2 in action (I didn’t actually play, because I didn’t feel like standing in line for 30+ minutes).
As usual, I had my camera with me, but I only focused it on my friends and our immediate activities. I figured there would enough photos of PAX floating around the interwebs, so I didn’t bother shooting the show itself. Here’s a fun photo of Jason, Montine, John, and Scott playing Rock Band 2 on the Harmonix main stage:
And here’s a shot of Rachel and her hand of cards in Zombies!!!:
And then here’s a stupid photo of an inappropriate zombie:
As with previous years, I had a blast at PAX. It was even better this year, since I knew more people going and could hang out with them rather than wandering around by myself. However, after two days of non-stop geekery, I needed to get away from all of the smelly nerds and bright flashing lights and just chill. The rest of the long weekend was spent enjoying the gorgeous weather, taking photos, editing photos, and playing a ton of Rock Band. I wish I could have long weekends every week.
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