Britt’s PAX Top, uh, 4! [3 comments]

Brittney

PAX Prime 2010 will be the fourth gaming convention I’ve been to. PAX Prime 2009 took my convention virginity, and after that I went crazy with PAX East in March and then E3 in June.  I’d *like* to think I have a general idea about how these things called “gaming conventions” work, so I can confidentially say I’m looking forward to the following.

The Atmosphere: Rarely are you able to walk into a room, let alone a ginormous convention center, and be surrounded by people that share the same passion as you. I mean, hello, this is an entire CONVENTION about videogames and all things related. For the most part attendees and developers alike are extremely friendly and are always willing to talk shop. How can one not look forward to that type of atmosphere?

The People: Going solo to these kinds of events can be fun, but I personally find it much more enjoyable when you go with a group of friends. You may not stick together the entire time, but regrouping later to discuss what everyone has been playing is something I always look forward to.  It’s also a blast running into people from social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, or any other online community you may be a part of. One of the definite highlights from PAX is meeting people, period.

The Games and Tech: This is totally vague, I know, and an obvious one, but I mean this is PAX. Gaming is a part of it…right? In all seriousness, being able to go hands on and experience hardware and software that not too many people have…it’s a prideful feeling. For example, let me revert to my time at E3 when I dinked around with Move, Kinect, 3DS, Skyward Sword, Fable 3, the new Twisted Metal…okay, I’m going to shut up before I start sounding like a bragging b-word.

The Zaxy Party: Major Nelson! Ken Jennings! Alcohol! Trivia! Alcohol!

I’m extremely pumped for the Zaxy party this Friday. We have some fun things lined up, and I really want to meet you guys! To be completely honest, I don’t really know what to expect (besides the awesome events we have lined up) as this is the first event I’ve been to where I might have a tinge of responsibility, but that makes it all the more exciting. We will also have a camera crew following us around to catch the shenanigans. Remember to RSVP here!

It’s Podcast Time! [2 comments]

Brittney

Last Friday Tara, Kristina and I joined forces to fight against the greater evil by having a Zaxy slumber party. Pizza was eaten, YouTube videos were watched, videogames were played, ice cream was destroyed and the sound of three girls giggling echoed throughout the city of Seattle.

We also had the pleasure of being guests on the Game Over podcast, where we talked about a little of everything from what we’ve been up to, our earliest geeky memory, videogames, TV shows and everything in between. We also discussed our PAX plans and where you’ll be able to find us the night of September 3^rd!

Click here to listen to the madness! 

It was an absolute blast and we had a great time recording with the Game Over crew.

Thanks again to Javi Rodriguez, Ryan DeLaRosa and Walter Lopez.

Zombie Zaxy! [3 comments]

Tara

I don’t know what you guys have planned this weekend, but Brittney and I are going to do something AMAZING:

The Red, White, and Dead Zombie Walk in Fremont!

(Last year’s event. Holy zombies everywhere, Batman!)

Seattle had the world record for largest zombie gathering, but some music festival in England narrowly stole it from us. We’re going to take it back, and we’re hoping to get 10,000 zombies to be in one place at one time!

Brittney and I will be hanging out, decked out in zombie garb. We’ll be playing Dead Rising 2, watching zombie fashion shows (I didn’t know zombies cared so much about their looks!), dancing to Thriller, and just rocking out, undead style.

Come join us! We’ll be tweeting/vlogging throughout the event, and would love to hang with you.

You can register online for only $3 here (and skip the huge line tomorrow) or you can register for $5 at the door. By registering, your name will be sent to the Guinness World Records as part of the largest zombie event!

Zombies not your thing? Then go see Kristina sing some Harry Potter rock in Bellevue!
Details:
July 3 – 6:30pm
Lewis Creek Park Visitors Center
5808 Lakemont Blvd.
Bellevue, WA 98009
$10 – ALL AGES

We hope to see you this weekend, and wish you all a fun (and safe) 4th of July! Seriously, don’t blow yourself up with modded fireworks. I know how you guys are…