I wasn't at PAX, a fact that anyone reading the site last weekend could probably pick up on from my not so subtle hints. However, a lot of people were at PAX -- it did sell out after all. Unfortunately ConSARS also decided to rear its ugly head in the form of H1N1, and because of this it took the good PAX people a bit longer to release the official attendance numbers. We have them now, though, and if you were there you were amongst 60,750 other gamers. Not to mention the badassness that is the Destructoid community.
This number isn't that big an increase over last year's 58,500 people, but there was a cap on the amount of people who could fit into the convention center. Robert Khoo, of Penny Arcade, says that they're hoping to be able to squeeze even more in next year thanks to some construction going on around the Washington State Convention Center that should open up more room. Of course if you're like me you could care less about that because next year PAX is finally coming to the East Coast when it lands in Boston, where we'll show everyone how a real gaming convention goes.
Oh, snap! It's on West Coast. You been served.
Matthew Razak is Destructoid's Associate editor and co-founder of film site
Flixist. He began as community member "cowzilla" and was since sequestered to write brainy features material. He lives in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife.
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12:00 PM on 09.13.2009
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Maybe I'll finally make it...
Wait PAX in Boston? HOLY SHITZ BOMBZ!!1!!1!
The East Coast? The weak coast.
Also, I look like I'm about to kill Hamza or something in that pic.
... BOTH!
Topher your logic is flawless and true, anything involving you, me and Adam is instantly better.
Everyone knows that the part of the world that invented "hella" and, uh, other stuff like that is full of win.
Also, east coast to weak coast is a half rhyme, a perfectly valid rhyme form in technicality. Do not question this, I am an English major. I read liturgical poetry for homework, so I win. hella.
The smaller size of PAX East is one of the major appeals it has for me.
Midwest gets no respect I tells ya, no respect.
I know! Chicago would be great for a 'Con. The bastards don't want to bring it here. Let's start our own, bro.
Still, that means there's potentially one good Con within 1000 miles of me(in Illinois), and that isn't even a guaranteed good Con.