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Best booth

Sgt SupermanSgt Superman Registered User regular
edited September 2010 in PAX Archive
Because of work I didnt get to go today, but I will be there tomorrow.
So I was wondering if people could post about what booth they thought would be a priority visit tomorrow?

Thanks

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  • ClixClix This guy I know Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Best display had to be Bethesda for me. The giant New Vegas motel sign and T-rex looked awesome. Plus I managed a few minutes of game time and was instantly drawn back into the world of Fallout.

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  • HeleorHeleor SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Portal 2 was pretty interesting - the high-def trailer for the co-op mode is great to see, as is the live footage. The free shirts are beautiful as well.

    Duke Nukem Forever is pretty cool as well - I don't think anyone will believe it's actually coming out until they actually play it.

    Sonic Colors was fun to play, and very little wait.

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  • Caz NeergCaz Neerg Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Imsorad wrote: »
    Best display had to be Bethesda for me. The giant New Vegas motel sign and T-rex looked awesome. Plus I managed a few minutes of game time and was instantly drawn back into the world of Fallout.

    Agreed - content aside, Bethesda always has the most impressive presentation.
    Heleor wrote: »
    Duke Nukem Forever is pretty cool as well - I don't think anyone will believe it's actually coming out until they actually play it.

    My first thought on seeing that booth was that after waiting in a line for two hours, people would get inside to find several rows of seats in front of a large screen. They would sit down, the lights would lower, Duke Nukem's face would appear on the screen, and then... "Never gone give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you."

    EDIT: In terms of content though, I would have to say the Old Republic hands-on at the LucasArts booth is a priority, if you like MMOs or BioWare games.

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  • HeleorHeleor SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Caz Neerg wrote: »
    My first thought on seeing that booth was that after waiting in a line for two hours, people would get inside to find several rows of seats in front of a large screen. They would sit down, the lights would lower, Duke Nukem's face would appear on the screen, and then... "Never gone give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you.".

    My friend was in that booth and he said that's exactly what they did - before going into the actual presentation.

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  • recycledairrecycledair Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I've been lurking here for a bit, finally decided to get an account. Anyway, I thought the Epic Mickey booth was really fantastic. It's pretty beautiful, and even though we waited an hour in line for a custom-drawing from one of the Disney artists, it was SO worth it. We're framing both of our pieces (Mickey and Oswald) and putting them up in our office. The guys doing the drawings were really nice and did excellent work.

    I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more tomorrow, but that booth gets my vote. :)

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  • Caz NeergCaz Neerg Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    recycledair wrote: »
    I've been lurking here for a bit, finally decided to get an account. Anyway, I thought the Epic Mickey booth was really fantastic. It's pretty beautiful, and even though we waited an hour in line for a custom-drawing from one of the Disney artists, it was SO worth it. We're framing both of our pieces (Mickey and Oswald) and putting them up in our office. The guys doing the drawings were really nice and did excellent work.

    I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more tomorrow, but that booth gets my vote. :)

    Are they only doing Mickey and Oswald, or other characters as well?

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  • recycledairrecycledair Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Caz Neerg wrote: »
    recycledair wrote: »
    I've been lurking here for a bit, finally decided to get an account. Anyway, I thought the Epic Mickey booth was really fantastic. It's pretty beautiful, and even though we waited an hour in line for a custom-drawing from one of the Disney artists, it was SO worth it. We're framing both of our pieces (Mickey and Oswald) and putting them up in our office. The guys doing the drawings were really nice and did excellent work.

    I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more tomorrow, but that booth gets my vote. :)

    Are they only doing Mickey and Oswald, or other characters as well?

    Well when I got to the front, the lady kind of in charge said Mickey and Oswald only, but that you could have them do any kind of Mickey you wanted. So the old school original one, or a newer version. You could have him with the sorcerer's hat on... However, I saw a few people get different characters. One guy got Donald Duck, another guy got Minnie. I'm pretty sure they're flexible since they are Disney artists.

    We decided on Mickey and Oswald since we kind of wanted to stick with the characters from Epic Mickey. My Mickey is holding the paint brush on his shoulder. When I told the guy I was having it framed he decided to add color for me just because. :) The line will be long but trust me it's worth it to have your own piece of art custom-made for you by Disney artists.

    Just a word of advice: we stopped by earlier in the afternoon but the line was way long and not moving fast, so we came back at around 5 when the line was a bit shorter and the 2nd artist was back. We still had to wait a bit, and noticed they cut off people waiting in line at around 5:30-5:45ish. So if the line is way long, it might be worth it to come back and see if it gets any shorter.

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  • feyithfeyith Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I was wondering the same thing. I only have an hour or two roaming break and want to get the most out of it. Where's the awesome games and buttons and best swag at? We got the Dragon Age swords. Those are fun! :mrgreen:

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  • Sgt SupermanSgt Superman Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Are they charging for the custom drawings?

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  • recycledairrecycledair Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Sgt Superman wrote: »
    Are they charging for the custom drawings?

    Nope. That's why it's so awesome (and why the line is so long).

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  • EmerezEmerez Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    feyith wrote: »
    I was wondering the same thing. I only have an hour or two roaming break and want to get the most out of it. Where's the awesome games and buttons and best swag at? We got the Dragon Age swords. Those are fun! :mrgreen:

    The Rift: planes of telara has free shirts, sweet chimeras and mech horses on them. Beta codes too.

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