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Spinwhiz

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Headed to PAX Prime This Week? Meet Us There!



The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is a three-day festival chock-full of all the tabletop gaming, videogames and general nerdiness that you can handle. This year, The Escapist is hosting its very own Movie Night. We'll be teaming up with Dark Horse Comics to give away some awesome prizes before anyone else can get them.

From dedicated tournaments and freeplay areas, to nerdcore concerts and panel discussions, PAX has something for everyone. This year, The Escapist is hosting a Movie Night with some of its best video series and prizes courtesy of Dark Horse Comics.

On Friday, September 3rd, beginning at 10PM, The Escapist: Movie Night will feature some of the greatest clips and scenes from I Hit It With My Axe. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation] If you miss it the first time around, we will be reshowing the videos again at 11:30 as well.

As if The Escapist hosting its own Movie Night wasn't awesome enough, we have also teamed up with Dark Horse Comics to give away 25 advance copies of Yahtzee Croshaw's novel, Mogworld [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595825290/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=16ARP6CPYJVXHCZ56TTT&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846]. These are currently only available for pre-order, but 25 lucky individuals will be walking away with a copy thanks to Dark Horse Comics. To be entered into the random drawing, all you have to do is show up at Movie Night! Here are the event details:


Title: The Escapist presents: Movie Night
Where: Unicorn Theater inside PAX
When: First Showing - Friday, 10:00 PM - 11:30 PM
When Again: Second Showing - Friday, 11:30 PM - 1:30 AM
Prizes: 25 advance copies of Mogworld [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595825290/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=16ARP6CPYJVXHCZ56TTT&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846]


You do not want to miss out on this one-time event, live at PAX, this Friday. So, if you are attending PAX, please come by, say hello and bring some friends along. See you there!

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Archemetis

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So the movie night will only feature some of the 'best' clips from series we're currently getting on the site?

I'd have been more enthusiastic about the idea if you were showing series we no longer get, like say Doomsday Arcade. or even some of the better episodes of Unforgotten Realms

Another thing that would make me enthusiastic is if I didn't live in England where seemingly nothing ever happens... But meh.
 

gmacarthur81

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Oh.

I was thinking there would be an actual movie. Maybe I will skip this and hit the concerts up after all.
 

Susan Arendt

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We did something like this at GameX last year, and it was actually a lot of fun. Despite the fact that the clips were "greatest hits," everyone who came really enjoyed watching them with a crowd of like-minded fans. It's definitely about the group experience.
 

MasterSplinter

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Too bad there's no good "A Good Knight's Quest" although i figure it could be difficult to understand if you didn't show from the chapters from the beginning. It's not like you can do a Greatest hits =/

Still cool news.
 

Popcicle42

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Spinwhiz said:
Headed to PAX Prime This Week? Meet Us There!

-snippy!-
Too bad I only have a Saturday pass... are any of the Escapists doing anything else, officially or no?
 

stiborge

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Ehhh... I would but I have to go to the concerts on Friday to see The Minibosses and Anamanaguchi. I mean not as good as the Saturday concert with MC Frontalot and Jonathan Coulton but still pretty good. If you were doing it at a different time I'd be there.
 

Graham_LRR

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Susan Arendt said:
We did something like this at GameX last year, and it was actually a lot of fun. Despite the fact that the clips were "greatest hits," everyone who came really enjoyed watching them with a crowd of like-minded fans. It's definitely about the group experience.
As a GameX attendee, I can back this up.
It's actually a lot of fun seeing videos you've already seen, but live. It's fun to watch with others!


Unrelated (okay, related) we have our own LRR movie night at PAX!

It... is at the same time... as this one...
So...
That's not awkward or anything...

Ffffffff...
 

Asturiel

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GrahamS said:
As a GameX attendee, I can back this up.
It's actually a lot of fun seeing videos you've already seen, but live. It's fun to watch with others!


Unrelated (okay, related) we have our own LRR movie night at PAX!

It... is at the same time... as this one...
So...
That's not awkward or anything...

Ffffffff...
Not at all right? Just a little friendly competition...

OK taking all bets! We've got a 2:1 for the Escapist! Quick place your bets before it's too late! CASH ONLY!

OT: It's a crying shame as PAX is across the continent from me, so I shant be attending, maybe PAX east next year!
 

manaman

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Popcicle42 said:
Spinwhiz said:
Headed to PAX Prime This Week? Meet Us There!

-snippy!-
Too bad I only have a Saturday pass... are any of the Escapists doing anything else, officially or no?
How many people on this site are from Washington. It's not like we are a huge state or anything, but I must have met 20 people from the state on here so far.

To bad I completely forgot about PAX and never bought my tickets and made plans. Plans I am really thinking about dropping, but probably can't.
 

Ohlookit'sMatty

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So only the few 1000 people at PAX get a chance to win one of those beautiful Mogworld books?!

Damn you PAX!!!

-M