Dreams do come true! PAX East 2019!

[orangerful]

So, if you follow me anywhere else on social media, you are probably aware that I have been having a fan girl freak out since last night.

You see, I had a convention craving earlier this year and decided I wanted to go to PAX East. It’s a big gaming con and I’ve really gotten back into gaming this last year. Plus, it’s in Boston so I have a friend we can stay with because, let’s face it, hotels are the bank breakers.

But deep in my heart I was secretly hoping that the YouTube channel I love, OutsideXbox, and their sister channel, Outside Xtra, would make an appearance. It was a long shot, they are British and I wasn’t sure if PAX was worth hopping across the pond for.

Weeks passed and they announced they would be at a convention the weekend before PAX in England so I figured that was that, no way would they book another con so soon after that one, let alone one in the U.S....

Then last night, they announced it - they were crazy enough and they would be coming to PAX and not only that but they were setting up two meet and greet sessions AND a live D&D show!!

"PAX East Announcement: We're Coming to PAX East for Oxventure and Meet Ups!" (Watch on YouTube)

And I got that fangirl rush I haven’t had in years. My heart was beating so fast, the idea of getting to see them in real life, it just...it is just a really nerdy thing that makes me feel alive! I forgot how good it feels, that adrenaline mixed with a bit of anxiety and just being excited to tell someone how awesome they make you feel. It’s weird, but I am sure a lot of you understand this.

Anyway, I’ve posted about it everywhere and they even liked my posts which just encouraged me lol. But it’s so fun to be a fan of something that’s big but not huge, like back when Felicia Day was just getting big and I could walk up to her at a Con and say hello, or when Ashley Eckstein had just started Her Universe and was so sweet when she met me at SDCC. I don’t know why I get such a thrill from these things, but I do. Maybe because when they are just starting out, they still can take the time to appreciate fans. I’m not saying they don’t appreciate us once a show is super popular, but it becomes harder to find that time.

Counting the days! A little over a month now until we go! I’m hoping the full schedule will be released soon!

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

It's awesome when things like that work out :)

I'm actually feeling very ambivalent about a fan con. The new Fanworks Con is going to be held in Detroit this summer and I can drive there. I'd like to support it but as I looked through the planned schedule I had to ask myself what I really planned to do there.

[orangerful]

Yeah, I realized awhile back that I'm really only interested in hearing the celebrities or people involved with my shows talk. I don't really care much for conventions that are just fans LOL. It's terrible but true. I want to see the people who create the things I love.

My job is actually offering credit hours to go to a convention in July but I looked at the schedule and it's just normal people LOL. I don't want to talk to normal people!

[yourlibrarian]

I'll bet a lot of people would love to be recompensed for going to a con! In my case it isn't that I mind a fan-centered con but more that I'm not involved in creative fanworks (as opposed to analytical ones like meta). They do have a thread for organizational activities (community mods, etc.) so it's not like there's nothing relevant to me, but we'll see.

[yourlibrarian]

Also, separately, since you're familiar with a lot of computer games, a friend just asked me if I could recommend puzzle games they can play on a laptop. I don't know of any and I wondered if you could point them to anything?

[orangerful]

Hmmm what do they mean by "puzzle" game? Just anything with a bit of logic and not story/action?

I'd tell them to look at:

Human Fall Flat - play as a little blog of a human and navigate worlds that are puzzles
The Talos Project - trapped in a computer world, solve the puzzles to advance
The Witness - move through a world, creating paths to unlock doors
Gorogoa - beautiful artwork puzzles lead you through a magic story
Orwell - use social media to track down "trouble makers" and look for clues of their activities
Papers, Please - check incoming people through customs and watch for shady characters

Those are all on STEAM and go on sale pretty regularly. Obviously, they should read the descriptions to see if they are the kind of puzzles they want. :)

[yourlibrarian]

Yeah, not action, shooters but more thinking games. This sounds like a good mix, thank you!

[orangerful]

Renowned Explorers is also a lot of fun, you have confrontations, but you have to use a certain strategy to win. I've put a lot of hours into that one and it goes on sale all the time for like $5