PAX (event)
pax originally known penny arcade expo series gaming culture festival involving tabletop arcade video gaming pax held annually seattle boston philadelphia melbourne previously also held san antonio pax created jerry holkins mike krahulik author penny arcade webcomic wanted attend show exclusively gaming show include keynote speech industry insider gameculture inspired concert panel game topic exhibitor booth independent major game developer publisher lan party multiplayer tabletop gaming tournament video game freeplay area first penny arcade expo held august – – meydenbauer center attended people renamed pax event became annual event attendance grew rapidly topping event outgrown meydenbauer center moved washington state convention trade center drew show stopped reporting attendance number citing difficulty tracking attendance multiday event penny arcade partnered reedpop pax prime first fourday pax held august – september – pass selling six hour first pax east held hynes convention center march – – drawing attendee first pax prime drew attendee pax east moved boston convention exhibition center agreement cemented boston home pax east first international event pax australia first held july – – melbourne showgrounds following year moved melbourne convention exhibition centre remains first pax south held san antonio texas henry b gonzalez convention center january – set pax record highest attendance inaugural year event saw little growth later year cancelled october penny arcade held pax dev annual event meant allow game developer community speak freely focus entirely trade unlike gamedeveloper event like gdc pax dev allow press people attended pax south penny arcade reedpop announced new event type pax unplugged would held november – pennsylvania convention center event focused tabletop game type incidental pax pax originally known penny arcade expo quickly became known acronym pax seattle pax renamed pax prime pax west pax consists following activity freeplay broken console classic console handheld pc vr tabletop tournament broken console tabletop pax feature additional tournament hosted vendor bring computer byoc lan party panel talk signing similar event concert pax arena esports tournament omegathon exhibition hall includes game studio merchandise indie megabooth pax feature event called omegathon festivallong tournament consisting group randomly selected attendee competing game bracket grand prize varied large game bundle trip japan trip pax world final round omegathon make part closing ceremony pax past game final round omegathon included tetri pong halo skeeball early pax largely run large group volunteer show call enforcer paid role enforcer still professional conference organizer temp rather selected application available attendee pax website dreamhack e chinajoy medium related pax event wikimedia common official website