Saturday, September 4, 2010

PAX! Day Two.

Uggh, today was not nearly as bright and sparkly as yesterday. Haha.

I woke up around 8 feeling really crummy, but after awhile I finally dragged myself back to the convention center around 11 in the morning. Immediately upon arriving, the Zaxy girls had an appointment for a demo of Kung Fu Live. It was so much fun! It's a completely hands-free game where you pretty much just kick and punch the enemies you can see on screen, and the capture technology actually puts a little image of you on screen (which is by far the best part of the game). The guys running the demo were handing out these headbands to wear while playing so you really felt like a kung-fu master.

It was shortly after that we met up with our camera crew; these two guys were hired to follow us around and film our PAX adventures. We played a game called Slambolt Scrappers (which was fun, but kind of a mess of a game that combined elements of Smash Bros. with Tetris). Then we interviewed some people walking around the conference, waiting in line, and got some particularly fun footage of a man in a bacon suit.

The best part of our day was when we got to play Just Dance 2 - which meant going up on a giant stage with a bunch of onlookers below while we shook our hips to "It's Raining Men". I'm sure we looked incredibly silly, but hey, I got the high score!

Throughout the day I also got to demo a game called Hakfu (which was visually stunning but kind of confusing) and Rift. I liked Rift a lot, but all of the controls and most parts of gameplay were almost identical to WoW. The visuals were a bit prettier, but it was just really, really similar. I got a free t-shirt from them. It's a 2XL though, so it may be better suited for a dress.

I headed home early due to overwhelming exhaustion and have spent the rest of my afternoon watching Toddlers & Tiaras and now I am almost to the good part of the Parent Trap. You know, where the parents meet for the first time after 11 years and we know they'll inevitably fall in love again. Also, Lindsay Lohan was so CUTE in that movie.


My time at PAX was really great. I am so excited about the prospect of getting to go to more events like this, and even though game-playing is probably horrible for my productivity, I kind of want to check out some of these game betas I was given. So, if I disappear for awhile, you know why. Haha. I met a lot of fun people while hanging out at PAX and learned a ton about the gaming world.

I am going to get back to the Parent Trap now. They're about to go on their annual camping trip and I think they're planning to do something horrible to Meredith - and I don't want to miss that part.

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12 comments:

Stefan said...

ha! I was just arguing with people at work that that movie was proof Lindsay could act. boo old people and their cynical ways.

Connor said...

PARENT TRAP!

I always get kind of sad watching that because I think of how lindsay was back then... and how she is now.

Aly said...

Parent trap is one of the best movies ever!

Kristen said...

Ah, yes, that Meredith

"whatever you say...Cruella..."

Kai said...

Parent Trap was my favorite movie as a kid! I would play it, and then immediately after rewind it and start again (probably five times a day!). It was all good until Blockbuster stopped carrying it . . .

Vernon said...

Parent trap!!
I loved Lindsay Lohan so much! She was adorabe :)

Anonymous said...

I'm so jealous you got to go to PAX.

I've never seen the parent trap. I'm guessing its one for the LoveFilm list.

Unknown said...

PAX sounds like a ton of fun! And I watched some of the Parent Trap as well today! I remember thinking that Lindsey Lohan actually had a twin when I was smaller. :P Have a safe trip back home!

Anonymous said...

Aw, I grew up on The Parent Trap. :-) The camping trip is one of my favourite parts.

I hope you feel better, both burrito-stomach-y and Buffy+Mockingjay-inspired-emotionally. The world is beautiful and there's only 2 months and 2 weeks until DH-1. :-)

Katie said...

Ahh yes, the part with the matress and the lake... We acted that out in theater class once. The stage was many-leveled and I got to fall off the top one and completely off the stage... we had a mat though and it was super fun.

Alex Dahlberry said...

I wish I was more of a gaming nerd. Ah well.
Oh my, the Parent Trap. I have seen that /so/ many times it's insane. <3

Unknown said...

I love Parent Trap, but the best bit of all is definitely CAMP!