We got a whole lot of swag of course, aaaaand I bought Taiko Drum Master for 35$ :3

I’ve been fighting a cold ever since I've come back from PAX this morning, so bare with me if the blog isn’t entirely constructive. What I really want to do is to thank all the awesome people I’ve met during my trip, and keep it short so you guys can truly see how amazing the event really was. So yeah, this is how my PAX 2010 went down ya’ll:


Awwwww yeah gurrl, dem fire hose be sprayin'! -- Thursday night at GameWorks aka best night ever!


There was a dinosaur at the Fallout: New Vegas booth. I like dinosaurs :3


The "line" for Portal 2. It was pretty much the same thing for Duke Nukem.


Focused Derek is focused.


Some quick snapshots of our LAPD recordings, Thursday and Friday night. :D


Meet our complementary goldfish: Mr.Vaginaman aka Troy.


Daxelman tried to scare him a few times, but he was unfazed.


Friday night; I was so excited for the DTOID panel the next morning that I had already prepared what to wear.


I also spent most of the night reading The Demon Hunted World to Occam so he could fall asleep. (We never did get actual sleep because of the snoring and the excitement.)


Daxelman and Occam getting ready to go to bed in their pimptastic tiger bathrobe wear.


Right after the group photo outside the convention center. The DTOID panel was fucking amazing!


Guncannon, Qalamari, Funktastic and ScottyG doing their thangs.


On Saturday we went to the Chapel's Bar, I got meself a white Russian.


Ali D, Jack Shadow and Guncannon enjoying the night, a lot.


Elsa and Mongoose


Hamza double-downing alcoholic beverages. He so crazeh.


Me and Chris (Scion of Mogo) smiling and shit.


Me and Derek (Guncannon)


Tactix breaking things, mainly the Destructoid helmet XD


RobotBebop being mad pimpish.


Me and Julius (Diverse) , he was pretty drunk at this point.


Me and Funktastic being totally not ghey about things. Oui-oui!


Samit and Alex being mostly ghey about things. Peut-être?!


Me and Kyle


Me and Sean , picture taken by Wifey :3


Me and a random guy, I think he paid for the drinks. ;)


Me and Jon Carnage, outside, ready to depart for the most amazing thing ever. Picture taken by Pico :3


The Everything is Terrible 2 screening we went to see with Jon Carnage, Pico , Niero, Samit and a bunch of other people -- It was genuinely the most amazing thing ever.


When we came back to the Chapel's bar, we were greeted by an exquisite sight.


Mister Destructoid was there, I heard he's a pretty cool guy.


Very early on Sunday morning, listening to some Redman, while Alex was taking a shower singing some hipster bullshit.


OMG CHAD! and Matt Chandronait! XD


Sunday's meetup at Rock Bottom. It was truly an epic night!


Spent the night with Elly Jackson. Alex was pleased.


Well, time to go now D:


Monday afternoon at Vancouver's airport; sad Kraid is sad.


On the way to Montreal, Daxelman decided he wanted to surf on the plane's wings.

So there you have it, guys.

PAX was truly an amazing time for me, and I think the pictures speak for themselves. I've never seen so much passion and love been giving to people than during this trip. You guys are like family to me, I love each an every one of you.


I want to thank the following people:

Sean Carey & his Wifey: for being the most adorable people on this planet. I sincerely had an amazing time with you guys ! <3

Scion of Mogo: for his ranting about Wonder Woman and other comics stuff at our GameWorks dinner. I love you bro <33

Robotbebop: for being really an all-around awesome guy! We had great conversations about everything!

BushofGhosts: for spreading the love all across the community with her hugs and lobster backpack. <3

ScottyG: for being an awesome dude whom I wish I could’ve had more time to spend time with.

GunCannon: for being my portable show floor radio for the first two days of the Con. ;)

Alex Barbatis: for playing Taiko Drum Master with me, and basically making me fall in love with the series. <3 aaaaand for buying me a drink.

Niero: for taking the time to speak to us every night, and showing us that even the most realized businessmen can be so close to their community. <3<3<3

Jon Carnage: for being my new BFF.

Pico: for being such a sweetheart.

Dyson: for giving me the manliest hug I’ve ever received. I love RetroforceGo, so it was only natural to give some love back to you. <3<3

Chad: for being all around amazing, as well as taking the time to spend entire evenings going around the show floor with us. Also, for being part of RetroforceGo :3

Stella: for making the courier between me and Trevor XD, and also for being part of the RetroforceGo cast. <3

DTOID UK: for being the most professional and dedicated video game report team ever to be assembled. You are truly talented.

Poetic Justice: for calling me a legend. (I think he was a little bit too drunk) :3

Elsa & Mongoose: for being plain incredible and amazing. We could probably talk about video games for years upon end. <3<3<3

Funktastic: for giving me F-Zero on the SNES, but also because he’s a crazy mutha! Je t’adore! Oui-Oui!

Analog: for being my #Ambientbro. <3

Solgrim: for having a fantastic jacket, but also for giving love to everybody in the community! It was so nice meeting you.

Ali D: for being the awesome Scotsman he is, and for buying me a drink! <3 It was an absolute pleasure meeting you my good man!

Cadtalfryn: for being the best show floor pal I could ever have, I loved every single minute spent with you bro!

Diverse: for being the alcoholic he is! No seriously, it was awesome meeting you bro. :D

Jonathan Holmes: for giving the best answer to a question during the DTOID panel. <3

Tactix, Power-Glove and all the others: for organizing all those community events. <3<3<3

Dexter345: for confusing me for Ali D while he was drunk, but honestly for being the coolest guy ever!

Changston: for baking bacon-brownies. <3

BulletTrain: for taking care of the bill on Friday night. It was awesome spending some time with you, Chris and Derek!

All the staff that I annoyed; I know you guys were busy and exhausted as hell, but I want to thank you for being part of Destructoid. <3

Hamza: for being the greatest, most sharktastic community manager ever!

The Blade Runner guy at Chapel’s bar: I’m so sorry I don’t remember your name, but it was awesome talking to you!

LK404: for the conversation we had before the Retronauts panel! :D

Crocbox: for being there, I honestly wish we could’ve had more time to chat. It was awesome meeting you!

JackShadow: for being all around amazing, and sweet!

IcarusKills: for taking all those pictures for the PAX group!

Kris Knigge: for handing my ass on a plate at KOFXII – I really wish we could’ve spent more time together.

Conrad: for talking about Dune and movies with us at GameWorks.

I’m so sorry if I’m forgetting anyone else; I had such an amazing time with you guys, and there was so many people to meet. I only hope that I’ll have time to get to know all of you better next year!
You are the best community I’ve ever been part of.

I love you guys. :3