Geek of Oz

Are you ready for a MASSIVE weekend of wall to wall gaming awesomeness? How could you say no?!? Thanks to our pals at PAX Australia, we've got a double 3 Day Pass (valued at $300) to PAX which is being held in Melbourne from October 31 - November 2. Considering that weekend passes have been sold out since November 2013, I guess you could say that this is a money-can't-buy kind of scenario! In 2004, the folks at Penny Arcade decided they wanted a show exclusively for gaming. Sure, comics, anime, and other nerd hobbies were cool, and those activities all had their own shows... so what about games? From that idea spawned a small 4,500 person event in Bellevue, Washington, focused on the culture and community that is gaming. Since then, the show hasn't looked back. Doubling in size each year until venue capacities were reached, in 2010 the show expanded into Boston for PAX East, drawing tens of thousands of attendees in the inaugural year. The shows in Seattle and Boston...

The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is shaping up to be Australia's premier gaming event and, for ageing gamers like myself, they have just announced yet another reason to join in the party. If the name Guybrush Threepwood rings any bells, you'll be excited to learn that Lucasarts alumni and creator of Monkey Island, Ron Gilbert, will be in attendance to officially open the show.  This announcement was enough to bring back some fantastic memories of playing The Secret of Monkey Island on my IBM running DOS 4.0 (ask your parents). Good times. Look behind you! A three-headed monkey!