PAX AUS

We spent this past weekend at the only (one of four) Penny Arcade Expo outside of the US. This was the first convention both Michael and I had attended that wasn't somehow related to one of our jobs, and it surpassed our expectations. Everyone was just so friendly and creative, and we never got bored. Here are a few pictures...

Waiting in line to get in the first day. In the "Queue Room" there were big banners hanging from the ceiling with holes in them that said different things like "20 pts.", and lots of beach balls floating around. 

Michael got the high score at the app game, Nippy Cats, and won me a T-shirt. He actually topped the 47 and topped out at 119, but I wasn't able to get a picture of the chalkboard then.

Q and A with Mike and Jerry from Penny Arcade.

 

 

The Classic Gaming area had a huge library of classic games on systems from Atari to Sega Saturn to I don't even know what. It was really cute to see a dad teaching his young kid how to play the original Donkey Kong. 

Michael in the semifinals of the Bomberman94 tournament (third from the left)

 Cards Against Humanity panel

Drag Sailor Moon characters playing JS Joust, our favorite discovery of the expo. 

Melbourne skyline

In other new news we are an Aunt and an Uncle even moreso; our new nephew Sam was born just a few days ago. I don't know when we will be able to meet him, but we are looking forward to it.