Farewell 2013 PAX East: A Non-gamers Reflection
A picture I took of this year's program. It has taken me a week to recover from last weekend's 2013 PAX East in Boston, Massachusetts. For those of you who are like me and don't really game, back in 2004, the folks at Penny Arcade wanted to create the ultimate conference and gaming experience and is how PAX was born. It started out as a 4,500 person event in Bellevue, Washington and now has expanded to the east coast and brings approximately 80,000 gamers together. Not just video gamers, which I still think is the bulk of people, but you will also find table top (board and card) gamers, techies, parents of gamers and those who cover this industry. Keith, Rob, Karim and Jay pose for a picture. My husband, Karim and his friends have been going to PAX East since it came to Boston back in 2010. I joined him last year and it has been an enlightening experience as a non-gamer. I've grown up with the stereotype that gamers are male, but going to PAX quickly disman...