http://www.geekstudies.org/2007/08/checking-in-from-seattle Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:29:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.geekstudies.org/2007/08/checking-in-from-seattle/comment-page-1#comment-175 Samuel McConnell Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:01:32 +0000 http://www.geekstudies.org/2007/08/checking-in-from-seattle#comment-175 Hello! I was the fellow in the "NERDFIGHTER" tee. I have to say that, having not been to a con before PAX, that never before had I been somewhere quite like it. Early estimates are putting attendance somewhere between 35k and 45k, which would indeed make it the "largest gaming festival in the nation", and on point to maybe becoming one of the largest festivals in the nation, period. None of my coworkers really understand why I was so excited about it: indeed, had I known how awesome it was going to be, I would have been MORE excited pre-PAX. Now that I'm gone, I almost feel like I need some decompression time, to let everything I took in over the weekend sink in. Hello! I was the fellow in the “NERDFIGHTER” tee. I have to say that, having not been to a con before PAX, that never before had I been somewhere quite like it. Early estimates are putting attendance somewhere between 35k and 45k, which would indeed make it the “largest gaming festival in the nation”, and on point to maybe becoming one of the largest festivals in the nation, period. None of my coworkers really understand why I was so excited about it: indeed, had I known how awesome it was going to be, I would have been MORE excited pre-PAX. Now that I’m gone, I almost feel like I need some decompression time, to let everything I took in over the weekend sink in.

]]>