Posted by Kevin Huffman
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Sunday, March 28th, 2010
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Man alive, how great would it be to be rich? You could afford crazy things like, I don’t know, new shoes, healthy food, and six 20-inch monitors to play Modern Warfare 2 with. That’s the dream. So as you can see, the game scales quite well across all six screens—the only “glitch” occurs when text gets cut off at the bezel of the TV. ATI’s Eyefinity technology makes this magic possible. The 5800 series of cards (and up, presumably) allow you to span compatible games across several screens. It’s not something you’re going to find at a Best Buy demo area or whatever, so people were freaking out while they passed by. Pretty neat, I thought.
Posted by 010081
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Saturday, March 27th, 2010
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If one, and only one, photo could be said to represent PAX East 2010 , I’m gonna said it’d be this one. Two gentleman in full-on cosplay mode (unless that’s just what they wear every day!), hunched over a computer monitor, playing to their hearts’ content. It almost brings a tear to your eye.
Posted by Kevin Huffman
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Saturday, March 27th, 2010
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You’ll find no one here who’s not down for a round or two (or 10) of Street Fighter . No one! In fact, I’m half-convinced that that’s Greg under that helmet. There’s a room set aside here at PAX for free play, where you can take a load off and try your hand at Heavy Rain , Bayonetta , New Super Mario Bros. Wii , and, of course, Street Fighter IV . I can guarantee that even ol’ Blockhead here would destroy me in the game.
Posted by Kevin Huffman
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
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OK, so PAX may be crawling with people dressed as Chris Redfield and, um, Generic Skimpy Outfit Female, but it takes a certain kind of geek to walk around with a WWE championship belt . I use the word “geek” with all due respect, of course: we’re all geeks here at PAX. He brings up a good point: while PAX in Seattle may be the “original” home of the show, it took a trip to the east coast for the show to really come alive . Left for today (that I’m aware of): Nvidia announces something , and a “Is PC gaming dead?” panel discussion. That one I’m looking forward to probably more than any other talk.
Posted by Kevin Huffman
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
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So yeah, we’re living in the age of 3D . I just made a quick run inside the main PAX East (henceforth know as PAX), and Nvidia has 3D games all over the place. There’s no escaping it~! Shooters, racing games, even World of Warcraft . Of course, I left my Authenticator in the hotel home, so I couldn’t play. Hopefully tomorrow, friends. Also, word on the street is that Nvidia will announce something fairly substantial in a few hours. I’ll see what’s up.
Posted by Kevin Huffman
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
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Greetings, fellow gamers. I’m in Boston for PAX East . It’s all the fun of the Penny Arcade Expo , but done east coast hip-hop style. It’s just me and I have no idea what I’m doing, but expect a steady stream of video game goodness in the next two days. Any requests—specific game you want to see or whatever? Pick a fight with a certain publisher? Let me know!