Whilst PAX has been and gone for a few weeks now I did recently fill a guest spot on the HundredPennies podcast which is now up for download. I didn’t expect the entire episode to be named after me (“Episode 25 – Raj at PAX”) but it’s nice to be loved :)

Props to Gav, Stu, Fu & Doug, the HundredPennies lads. They are always a pleasure to chat with and I highly recommend a listen and visit to their site at http://hundredpennies.com

HundredPennies Episode 25 “Raj at PAX” Download

Not so much as a post this one but more of a “notification”. Just wanted to let all of you wonderful peeps out there know that I’ve put up about 100 odd photos from my trip to Seattle for PAX last weekend.

For photos from PAX click here.
For photos of Seattle in general try here.

Some of my favourites:

Handheld Freeplay Waiting Area

Seattle City Hall

Saints Row 2 Booth Babes

King County Administration Building

This past (birthday weekend) I’ve been slutting it up nerd style at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle and whilst there’s many an article/post to come in regards to the actual content of PAX I thought I’d list a few of the places where I made somewhat of a cameo appearance and may have been pulled up to participate in some way.

Raj sighting #1: The Sarcastic Gamer podcast (live recording)
The picture above is from this particular event and it was by far my favourite, and no I’m not just saying that because I won a Sumo Lounge Omni for attending!! w00t! I love the SG crew, they’re incredibly welcoming both online and off. It was fantastic to meet Doc, Lono, Dave & other community members such as Ooopy, Truth N Justice, Frawls, Rothbart & 8-bit Bass.

Raj sighting #2: 1UP Yours podcast (live recording)
I wasn’t really “called out” in this one, rather stood in a line to ask the guys what their opinion on the iPhone as a gaming device was. It was a valid enough question (I thought) considering I was there on a press pass for a Mac website (MacTalk).
Download the episode here.

Raj sighting #3: The Totally Rad Show meetup
Whilst this was the Saturday night before my birthday and things got very blurry. I’m pretty sure I met Alex & Jeff at some point. Although they had to be pointed out to me by some very lovely people I met because I had no idea what was going on. Ahhh, good times.

Recently I was asked by the lovely ladies of “The Blue Skittle” magazine to offer my reasoning behind exactly why I’m looking forward to this years Penny Arcade Expo (PAX). I’ve pasted my paragraph below but be sure to check out the rest of the issue at http://theblueskittle.com

“My favourite response when people ask me about attending PAX is “I may have had to sell a kidney to afford it but it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity for me to go.” It’s when they ask to see the scar that I have to that I disappoint them and explain that I’m speaking figuratively. In all honesty though, for me, coming from Australia to attend; PAX is one of the remaining Mecca’s for game “consumers” since the retarding of E3 and I’ll be damned if I’d miss it while I’m staying in North America even if I am all the way on the East Coast living in Canada.”