FB isn't connecting for me (last time I checked). I don't want it to. The fewer things connected to my Facebook account, the more effort you have to put in to finding all the things of me on the internet. I know that anyone can see anything I post anywhere, but I want to make them have to try.
FB isn't connecting for me (last time I checked). I don't want it to. The fewer things connected to my Facebook account, the more effort you have to put in to finding all the things of me on the internet. I know that anyone can see anything I post anywhere, but I want to make them have to try.
Google Knowledge Graph and its associated algorithmic research technologies are going to render this idea very silly within a year or two.
- Blizzard's big reveal going directly up against Storytime with Cliffy B - Tabletop is no longer treated like a second-class group of panels. All up in the schedule and everything. - Seem to be more tabeltop content in general, with several TT panels spilling over from TT theater into Sphinx theater. - I'm not particularly interested in the vast majority, but this schedule reads as a really well-rounded panel list. I'm thinking more well-rounded than in the past.
They're got just the right of workshops (cosplay, gaming terrain) and panels that are actually group games or at least very interactive (Parsely games, live Vincent Baker RPG, Family Feud, Nintendo Jeopardy, Retro Game Roadshow). Serve as good complements to the lectures, live podcasts, and company Q&As.
Friday: The keynote, the Q&A, Luke & Jared on RPGs are Awesome Saturday: Rym & Scott on Mastering Game Mechanics, Saturday night concerts Sunday: The final round of the Omegathon
I might check out the audience participation Murderous Ghosts, but all the other indie RPG panels are repeats (or virtual repeats) of ones I've seen already. More time for the tabletop room / arcade freeplay, then.
My only worry on the TT theater is that if it's the same room as last year, it only seats like 60 people. We usually have hundreds show up for our panels, so...
And geez, "Everything You’ve Heard About Patent Law is Wrong" (which I totally want to see due to B school reasons) is up against my spouse's panel "A Random History of Dice" (which I totally want to see due to marital reasons). Curse you PAX, do you think I have a Timeturner or something?
Actually despite my complaints I am mostly just excited that the schedule is up. And itching for the moment it comes out in Guidebook so I can start adding events to my personal schedule. Of course then I end up ignoring at least half the things I've scheduled myself for, because tabletop.
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http://east.paxsite.com/schedule
- Blizzard's big reveal going directly up against Storytime with Cliffy B
- Tabletop is no longer treated like a second-class group of panels. All up in the schedule and everything.
- Seem to be more tabeltop content in general, with several TT panels spilling over from TT theater into Sphinx theater.
- I'm not particularly interested in the vast majority, but this schedule reads as a really well-rounded panel list. I'm thinking more well-rounded than in the past.
They're got just the right of workshops (cosplay, gaming terrain) and panels that are actually group games or at least very interactive (Parsely games, live Vincent Baker RPG, Family Feud, Nintendo Jeopardy, Retro Game Roadshow). Serve as good complements to the lectures, live podcasts, and company Q&As.
Friday: The keynote, the Q&A, Luke & Jared on RPGs are Awesome
Saturday: Rym & Scott on Mastering Game Mechanics, Saturday night concerts
Sunday: The final round of the Omegathon
I might check out the audience participation Murderous Ghosts, but all the other indie RPG panels are repeats (or virtual repeats) of ones I've seen already. More time for the tabletop room / arcade freeplay, then.
There are some pretty interesting panels. I saw one with crafting, cosplay, and there is also the Kickstarter panel with Freddie Wong.
I will more than likely say that I may go to these panels, but probably just end up playing TT games.
To be clear, though, "Gaming Intellectuals" was not something any of us had anything to do with. The convention itself appends that moniker. ;^)
Actually despite my complaints I am mostly just excited that the schedule is up. And itching for the moment it comes out in Guidebook so I can start adding events to my personal schedule. Of course then I end up ignoring at least half the things I've scheduled myself for, because tabletop.