#paxeast2012

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seamus in his natural state: licking his lips and being grumpy (x)

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Chuggaa's Random Act of Kindness.

Not many people know this, mostly because I have neglected to tell this story, but I met Emile at Pax East in 2012. It's not a very impressive feat (Not that meeting him isn't impressive, but if you go to a convention you can find him. Idon'tknowignoreme.) and it's also really old news, however, the story I'm about to tell you really isn't. My friend and I decided really late to get passes for Pax East and could only get passes for Friday. Now, I could go into the whole sha-bang about how I met Lucahjin and JoshJepson, who were nice enough to wait with me for Tim and Emile to show up and how I walked around with Tim for hours, but it's too long and I'll just skip to the part where eventually my friend and I left the group to do other things while the group went in search for Chuggaa. We found him first. He was nice enough to walk around with us for awhile and explain Find Mii and Find Mii 2. It was like listening to him Let's Play, but he's right in the room with you, physically there. Thatwasprettyfuckingcool.Yeah. So, we eventually sat down to get something to eat and Chuggaa asked us if we were going to go to the Thrown Controllers Panel. We both sort of frowned and told him that we were too late to get passes for Saturday and then something amazing happened. Chuggaa told us that he, Tim, and Jon had all purchased passes for each day of Pax East, but didn't know that by being on a panel they would get their own special passes for free. He told us that he would give us their extra regular passes at the hotel they were staying at if we promised we didn't tell ANYONE where he or his friends were staying. He, I shit you not, threatened to kill me if I told anyone. Now, I'm digressing from the subject to point out why he said that. During several conventions, fans have found out where Chuggaa is staying and sometimes continually annoy him while he's in his room. One man was able to figure out Chuggaa's room number because one of his friends worked at the hotel Chuggaa was staying at. I can't remember if he kept showing up at his room or if it was something else. Another man at a different convention, called every room in a hotel until he got Chuggaa's room and continually called him for the rest of the convention. Guys, I'm only telling you these things for one reason, please be respectful of these guys. Doing shit like this freaks them out and it's just creepy and rude. Anyways, back to the subject, so my friend and I went to the hotel later that night and Tim came down to greet us, talked to us for awhile, and then realized he forgot that the whole reason he had come down stairs was to give us passes and... Forgot the passes. Oh Tim~ He came back down with one 3-day pass and three 1-day passes and handed them over. We thanked him and he went back upstairs to either sleep or doing some recording. Guys. That three day pass was $65. Guys. Those three 1-day passes were $35 each. Guys. Chuggaa and Tim gave my friend and I passes, that all together, were $170, for free, just so we could come to their panel. GUYS. It was all totally worth it in the end. Because he recognized from the night before and the Gir hat I had worn, Tim picked me first to be on his team (I wasn't even raising my hand) at the panel and we won. I still have that pipe mug and use it. Regularly. I know he may never read this, but, Chugga, thank you so much for making Pax East 2012 the luckiest and greatest two days of my entire life. You didn't have to give us those passes, but you did anyways. To me, you are truly a wonderful person. Thank you.

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Old School by BNARO on Flickr.

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Old School by BNARO on Flickr.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown's release date and hostage mode

Turn-based strategy fans and xenophobes alike are chomping at the bit, waiting to get their hands on XCOM: Enemy Unknown from Firaxis. Good news came earlier this week, when an October 9th release date was announced for the US, and October 12th internationally.

We got to see a gameplay demo last month at PAX East, and as a fan of the early days of the series, I have to say I was not disappointed. While the movement grids are gone and you can't destroy floors and ceilings, everything else that made the series great returns. Base building, equipment and alien research, mad scrambles for cover in turn-based fire-fights, and a crushing difficulty mode for those of us that prefer the old-school spirit breakers. There will be a number of mission modes as well, though 2K wasn't able to confirm many during the floor demo.

They did get a little more free with some info at their panel, and showed a video of a Hostage Mission. They also encouraged us to flip the bird to the PR guys and share it, which is what I have done.

Though the game looks a lot more polished and very slightly streamlined from what you may remember of the original games in the series, Enemy Unleashed is shaping up to deliver in a big way. The reason behind that is clear when you listen to anyone on the development team talk about XCOM. This game is their dream project, and the series was why a number of them started making games in the first place.

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ONE MORE PAX post! At the end of Saturday, We ran into Evan Wilson (who is a semi professional photographer, i think? whatever, he takes awesome pics) and he took these extremely awesome photos of me and josh :)

cosplay: me as femris, josh as sebastian

photos taken by Evan Wilson. 

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