What is Penny Arcade Expo?
[[File:PAX new logo, blue.svg|thumb|right|The logo of PAX.]] '''PAX''' (originally named '''Penny Arcade Expo''') is a series of gaming festivals. It is held in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] (PAX Prime, PAX Dev), [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] (PAX East), [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] (PAX Unplugged),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2014/04/12/pax-san-antonio-announced-for-january/|accessdate=2014-04-20|title=PAX South in San Antonio announced for January 23-25|publisher=[[Joystiq]]}}</ref> and [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] (PAX Aus). The festival was created by ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' authors [[Jerry Holkins]] and [[Mike Krahulik]] in 2004. They created it because they wanted to attend a show that would give equal attention to console gamers, computer gamers, and tabletop gamers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://east.paxsite.com/what-is-pax#Brief-History-of-PAX|accessdate=2014-04-20|title=Brief History of PAX|publisher=PAX East|archive-date=2017-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809201933/http://east.paxsite.com/what-is-pax#Brief-History-of-PAX|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since its creation, the event has grown to become very popular; it is widely considered one of the most important events to the video gaming community.{{fact|date=June 2016}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.paxsite.com/ Official website] {{video-game-stub}} [[Category:Video game events]] [[Category:2004 establishments in the United States]]