by Cody Bye on Aug 29, 2008
So, here I am, on an airplane heading to Seattle and PAX.
I actually grew up in the Northwest, in Spokane on the Eastern edge of
Washington State. Spokane, Seattle, Portland, Tacoma and Port
Townsend – they were all my old stomping grounds. I
actually fell in love with my wife in Seattle and spent many wonderful
nights in the area, laughing with friends and learning how to
live. I remember the city very fondly…
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The Penny Arcade Expo is the last stop in the worldwide WAR tour.
I haven’t been back to Seattle in over 15 years
though. I wonder how the years will have changed
it? Is Pike Place Market still the place to go for
fish? Does Seattle’s Best Coffee even exist anymore
or did it get consumed by Starbucks? What about Dilettante
chocolates? Is the crazy “Hammery Man”
still standing in the middle of downtown?
As for PAX itself? It should be absolutely
incredible. The show has a lot going for it, and is growing
to be “the” North American show to go to and be at
as a game developer. And we couldn’t ask for better
timing.
target="_blank">WAR is three weeks to launch and
counting, our game is riding high on very positive beta reviews, our
presales are through the roof, we have hit the mark with the game and
PAX is the final leg on our world tour – our last place to
show off before we launch. It is going to be awesome!
Let me share a little secret with you all; When Ten Ton Hammer asked me
to write this blog for them about my trip to PAX, I was initially
unsure of where to go with it. Josh and Paul have both
written
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neither of them could resist the temptation to point out to me how
popular their attempts were, and how difficult it will be for me to
achieve their greatness. Josh did have one piece of advice
for me; “get drunk before you write
them”. Thanks Josh…
…so I decided to blatantly and shamelessly cheat my way into
getting people to read my blog. Here is my plan;
If all of this fails, then I will be forever trapped in “the
hell of Paul and Josh poking fun at me for the rest of my life about
not being as popular as them” – as the guys from
Big Trouble in Little China would call it.
So, without further ado, here is my blatant attempt at cheating for
readership;
Things you may not know
about WAR or have been afraid to ask!
Respond to my blog with
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and I will read them and try to answer whatever I can in my next blog
post.
More tomorrow from PAX (and more cheating too)!
-
Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer
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make sure you check out all
of Jeff Hickman's PAX blogs by clicking here!)