PAX East 2015 Brings Buttons & Boards Back to Boston

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Parent Category: Expos and Conventions

Category: Previews

Published on Thursday, 29 January 2015 21:49

Written by Renzo Adler

PAX East, the Massachusetts based offshoot of the PAX Prime video game convention in Seattle (and new Texas iteration that happened last week) returns to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) at 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA on March 6 – 8, 2015. The PAX conventions have enjoyed quite a bit of success for their celebration of gaming (that includes video, board, arcade, card, and RPG type) and bringing the general public closer to new and upcoming titles without having to jump through the hurdles of getting into an event like E3. PAX’s Indie Showcase, for games developed by smaller, more indie centric studios that reinvent, reinvigorate, or just plain experiment with what gaming can do, has also made the show a stand-out event.

PAX began in 2004, with the East version having its premiere in 2010. Last year’s PAX East showed titles like Duet, a visually simplistic yet striking music and rhythm game, Framed, a noir-ish puzzle adventure game, and The Spookening, a Tim Burton-esque “scare ‘em up” where you must shock a village of simple townsfolk.

PAX East also has panels discussing everything from the history of laserdisc based video games to the representation of minorities in games. The PAX Cookie Brigade sells baked goods in the name of charities to weary con-goers in need of some sugar. A showroom of arcade machines from the 70’s and 80’s makes for a weird mish-mash of dingy arcade with party from a bygone era.

With PAX East 2015 closing in, announcements of guests and events will be coming soon.

To learn more, go to: http://east.paxsite.com/

PAX East
March 6 – 8, 2015

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
415 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210

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