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Tagged: PAX East

Word of Mouth
11:24 am
Sun March 24, 2013

PAX East 2013 Slideshow

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Attendees crowd into the main exhibition hall
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A cosplayer is asked to remove his costume by security
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Q-Bee from Dark Stalkers poses for a picture
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Pikachu dancing in front of one exhibit
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A gamer browses dice from a vendor's display
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Gamers pack into a panel discussion on Day Z
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A line of attendees stretches around the front of the convention center
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Here's a slideshow of sights and scenes from PAX East 2013.

Word of Mouth
6:07 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

Word of Mouth At PAX 2013

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Convention goers flood into the Boston Convention Center
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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 cosplayers 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.

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Word of Mouth - Segment
12:27 pm
Wed April 11, 2012

The Other Gamers

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A parallel convention for gamers is growing in popularity, and no shortage of passion. Last weekend, PAX East held its third annual conference in Boston with nearly 100,000 game distributors, developers and devotees. Clay Wirestone is a writer whose work has appeared in Mental Floss magazine and on the History Channel – he’s also the arts editor for the Concord Monitor.