Quick suggestion for next year's DVD

Raiden333

Assuming there is one, of course. I don't see why there wouldn't be, this year's DVD ROCKS!

One small problem I noticed though is in the Penny-Arcade Forum, it's nearly impossible to hear most of the questions being asked. It'd be cool if somebody could write down the questions being asked and add them in as subtitles on the DVD. I tried turning on the subtitles in the '04 DVD, and they helped a little but not much.

Other than that, the DVD is amazing, guys! I watched the whole thing and it made me excited I'm going this year. Can't wait.

Robert Khoo

We had a ton of sound issues this year, but rest assured we are taking steps to improve the audio quality for 2005. Glad you like the set!

-robert

Raiden333

Awesome, just what I wanted to hear. Thanks!

ctishman

How about less concert and more other stuff? As it was, a viewer gets the impression that PAX was a bunch of concerts and nothing else.

I'd have loved to see someone roaming and talking to people, coverage of the crowds, video of all the panels, not just PA.

Also, there wasn't a word on there about the Omegathon nor footage of The Final Countdown. No Halo 2 preview info, no mention of the first night movie, the Doubletree, no more than 10 seconds focusing on the Supertrip or the FragDolls. In my view, 99% of what made PAX PAX was skipped in favor of the concert.

DJBreslin

I have to agree with ctishman. The concerts were not something I went to while at PAX, and to see that make up 2/3 of the DVDs was a bit of a let down. I was really hoping to see the Doom round of the Omegathon, as that was... and I quote Tycho... "shit hot."

What you need is tons of footage gathered by many camera-wielders... and the goodness is brought to life in post processing, because you'll have 90% unusuable material. But that's what it takes...

To sum up: Disc 3 was enjoyable. More Disc 3 next time.

Wandering Idiot

ctishman wrote:

Also, there wasn't a word on there about the Omegathon nor footage of The Final Countdown. No Halo 2 preview info, no mention of the first night movie, the Doubletree, no more than 10 seconds focusing on the Supertrip or the FragDolls. In my view, 99% of what made PAX PAX was skipped in favor of the concert.

As I understand it, all the panels and whatnot, including the Omegathon, are on the Event Disc in quicktime format. I don't have a DVD drive on my computer so I'm not able to check it myself, but I know when I emailed Gabe to ask if the Omegathon was on the set before ordering it, he said yes. If you've got a drive on your PC, give it a try.

Can anyone confim this?

Raiden333

The Panels are, yes, but not the Omegathon.

Wandering Idiot

What? Damn you Gabe, you will pay for this! Pay, I say! With BLOOD! And possibly a nice signed sketch.


On a related note, I would suggest that the next DVD have a "more" option on the menu that tells you to put it into your computer to see extra content, like most other DVD's of this type I've seen. Although it was mentioned briefly in the thinkgeek description, I would imagine there are a lot of people who are completely unaware of the other panels and whatnot in Quicktime.

B:L

Yeah, I woulda loved to catch the finals at least for all those gaming tournaments, and of course Omegathon footage :?