http://nhpr.org en http://nhpr.org/post/word-mouth-pax-2013 <p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The sheer volume of humanity packed into the Boston Convention Center doesn't really hit you until you're in and amongst the crowd. Everyone from game developers to Pokemon trainers and Final Fantasy </span>cosplayers<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> are here in force, mingling and chatting in lobbies and food courts. They've made the pilgrimage to the Penny Arcade Expo to celebrate gaming in all of its forms.</span></p> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:07:48 +0000 Jonathan Lynch 24193 at http://nhpr.org Word of Mouth At PAX 2013 http://nhpr.org/post/american-hobo <p></p><p>There’s something keenly American about riding the rails. We meet kind-hearted hoboes in Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” hear the restless spirit in Woody Guthrie songs and cheer on Chaplin’s little tramp striking out for the Yukon.</p> Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:55:59 +0000 Virginia Prescott 15976 at http://nhpr.org The American Hobo http://nhpr.org/post/comicon-rest-us <p>Do you enjoy the sights and sounds of a comic convention, but loath the overcrowding and endless lines? Then the Coast City Comicon in Portland, Maine is the place for you.</p> Wed, 09 May 2012 17:50:07 +0000 Virginia Prescott 4483 at http://nhpr.org A Comicon for the Rest of Us