I filmed some things we did in Boston at PAX East using my iPhone.
See?
Yes, that is the internet’s Woody Tondorf near the middle, there. We met up with him and hung out for a bit, because he happened to be in Boston at the time. We even acted in something for him. When that comes out, we’ll be sure to link you to it!
And with this update, commodoreHUSTLE makes its triumphant debut on The Escapist.
In the interest of full disclosure, I do take long showers. Very long.
This video was a bit of an experiment for the lot of us. We hadn’t really planned on filming a full video at the con, but Graham wrote this script on the plane to Boston to kill time. We hadn’t brought the big camera with us (it’s risky to transport stuff like that, and Delta was charging $25 for every piece of checked luggage), but G had purchased a Canon Rebel T2i to document the trip with, and it just so happens that this new camera also shoots HD video. Such was the genesis of this video.
Oh, by the way, I’ll be posting a pretty substantial news item/announcement on this blog tomorrow, so I’d advise you to check back.
Cheers!
Yeah, we filmed something in Boston. But what?
Well, it’s over.
PAX East has drawn to a close, and the gamers have all gone home. All, that is, except a good portion of the Enforcers, who are sticking around to do take-down and clean-up and all of the other essential work that makes the show work. We at LoadingReadyRun would like to thank all of the Enforcers and other PAX staff for everything they did to help us out and make our time at the con go so smoothly and be so enjoyable and successful.
Boston is a beautiful city. We had some time to wander around on Thursday, and on Sunday morning we were given a short driving tour of a few landmarks, as well. For my own part, I appreciated all the history that I could see in the city. We have some great historical buildings and landmarks in Victoria, BC, but Boston really puts its heritage out there!
The fan meet-up on Saturday afternoon was a lot of fun, and a great opportunity to connect some names to faces, and our panel on Saturday night went really well. Thank you to everyone who showed up, despite the fact that we overlapped with Paul and Storm a bit, and prevented you from seeing the Video Game Orchestra.
It was really cool for us to have a table in Bandland, where we could hang out and meet people and sign autographs. It was even cooler that we had Wil Wheaton, Scott Kurtz, Kris Straub, and Bill Amend to our right, and Jonathan Coulton, Paul and Storm, and the Video Game Orchestra to our left!
I’m sure we’ll be sharing many more details about our trip over the next couple of podcasts, and we have taken some behind-the-scenes footage, so hopefully that will find its way online at some point. For now, though, Jer and myself are heading back to Victoria on a red-eye flight, and Graham, Paul, Matt, Kathleen, and James are continuing on to New York for some vacation time.
Once again, thank you to everyone who made PAX East so awesome, and hopefully we’ll see some more of you at PAX Prime this summer.
As promised this is the update you’ll need for all your PAX East related information.
Friday (well, Saturday morning really): 1-2AM: Screening – Manticore Theatre: Watch LoadingReadyRun videos! We’ll be screening videos from season for for an hour, to close out the night. If you want to spend some time chilling before you head back to your hotel, join us and share some laughs.
Saturday: 2:30-3:30PM: Meetup – There’s a small plaza just east of the front door of the Hynes Convention Centre along Boylston St. This plaza is open air, accessible to anyone (even if you’re not attending the con itself) and won’t require you to buy anything! If you live on the east coast, and want to meet with the crew, even if you can’t go to PAX, you can come hang with us here!
Saturday: 10-11PM: Panel – Manticore Theatre: LoadingReadyRun Panel! Come to the theatre, watch a few videos, ask us some questions, have some fun! In attendance will be Me, Graham, Paul, Kathleen, Jer, James, and Tim. Fun times will be had by all!
All Weekend: Bandland – We have a table! Throughout the weekend members of the crew will rotate through our table in Bandland, to sign autographs, sell Tee-Shirts and DVD’s, and so on. Come back frequently, to see who’s around. Gotta catch us all!
So that’s it. I’m posting this to Twitter too, but this should be everything you need to know. Enjoy the con and see you there!