Of all the gaming conferences I go to in a year, PAX and PAX East are probably the least valuable from a pure news perspective. This year's show saw game set in space and the launch of another new PAX in San Antonio, but the show isn't really about breaking news. Instead, it's a chance to hang out with tens of thousands of other people who want to do nothing more with their long weekend than play games, talk about games, and generally celebrate the culture that has grown around everything gaming (and maybe buy some overpriced souvenirs, too).
It's hard to capture what the experience is like in words, but we hope this video and final gallery of show floor photos help convey what a great time we had at this year's show. Also be sure to check out our other photo galleries from Day 1 and Day 2 of the show.
Kyle Orland
Poor Flounder. Ariel just couldn't let him go when she started living on land, but she didn't quite understand the concept of a fishbowl.
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Kyle Orland
Poor Flounder. Ariel just couldn't let him go when she started living on land, but she didn't quite understand the concept of a fishbowl.
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Kyle Orland
Just after this picture was taken, this cosplayer got all translucent and hard to see.
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Kyle Orland
I was walking down the hall and called out, "Hey, Soda Drinker Pro!" and got this pose.
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Kyle Orland
Now if I could only find someone dressed as Log(tm).
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Kyle Orland
No joke: Right after I took this photo, a passerby told this guy, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone I saw you."
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I'll be honest, I really only wanted the Skull Kid. The Boston Strong guy was just a bonus, I guess.
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Kyle Orland
Morgan Webb and Jerry Holkins sign autographs and talk with fans after a live recording of their D&D podcast, Acquisitions Inc., in front of an audience of thousands.
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Kyle Orland
There was an artist building this in the main lobby pretty much every hour of the show, as far as I could tell.
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Kyle Orland
This rinky-dink "community" booth, hidden behind an escalator, represented Sony's entire presence at this year's PAX East. Nintendo didn't even have that much.
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Kyle Orland
Two hours before the end of the show and the Oculus booth was already turning people away.
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Kyle Orland
If it exists, you can turn it into a Pac-Man licensed product, apparently.
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Kyle Orland
Every Minecraft player's worst nightmare.
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Kyle Orland
These girls were playing a competitive color-matching game on this multi-touch table, which runs $2,500, including computer and screen.
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Kyle Orland
I totally need one of those "Now Slaying" signs for my home office.
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Kyle Orland
I'm pretty sure this crane machine actually had nothing to do with Valve or Portal officially, but points for the pun.
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Kyle Orland
These darling beaded astronauts greeted players as they played the darling Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime.
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Kyle Orland
An important message to all players of Burrito Galaxy 65.
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Kyle Orland
Most of the painted custom NES systems featured in yesterday's gallery did end up selling, but at a lowered price of $125, I was told.
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Kyle Orland
Team Meat's Mew-genics was being shown on a tiny box very obviously marked as a beta Steam Machine.
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Kyle Orland
The Retron 5 can play games from five different Japanese and US systems natively with save states, graphics filters and more. Best of all, after many delays, a rep told me the system is just waiting for customs approval before starting sales to consumers.
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Kyle Orland
The developer-led demos of Borderlands: The Pre-sequel took place in this huge, moon-shaped theater, which featured some of the most comfortable chairs in the entire convention hall. 2K obviously knows what's important to a good demo (hint: It's chairs).
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Kyle Orland
One of the less cheesy poses I saw people making with this statue, believe it or not.
Source : http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/the-look-of-gaming-culture-day-3-of-pax-east-2014-in-photos-and-videos/
