Comments on: PAX and Penny Arcade rule http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:56:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Lea http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/#comment-2936 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:49:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/#comment-2936 I have since discovered the Omegathon contestants numbered twenty. (And anyone who licks on my name will be able to hear a two-part interview I did with Tycho/Jerry.) I have since discovered the Omegathon contestants numbered twenty.

(And anyone who licks on my name will be able to hear a two-part interview I did with Tycho/Jerry.)

]]> by: Kyle Rechsteiner http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/#comment-2732 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:28:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/#comment-2732 I was at PAX demoing Guitar Hero II in the Exhibitor's Hall. Did anyone here get a chance to stop by and check out the game? I was at PAX demoing Guitar Hero II in the Exhibitor’s Hall. Did anyone here get a chance to stop by and check out the game?

]]> by: Kate Willaert http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/#comment-2730 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:22:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/#comment-2730 <a href="http://www.grrlgamer.com" rel="nofollow">Girls are gamers too</a>, the same as with this similarly boy-dominated field of comics. Girls are gamers too, the same as with this similarly boy-dominated field of comics.

]]> by: Scott Bieser http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/#comment-2726 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:06:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/#comment-2726 Back at SDCC, when a panel ostenslibly about "Webcomics: How to Find Your Audience" got swamped by PA fans wanting to geek out over Gabe and Tycho, my brother remarked that these guys have become "rock stars" now. How true, how true. Back at SDCC, when a panel ostenslibly about “Webcomics: How to Find Your Audience” got swamped by PA fans wanting to geek out over Gabe and Tycho, my brother remarked that these guys have become “rock stars” now.

How true, how true.

]]> by: Lea http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/#comment-2717 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:11:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/28/pax-and-penny-arcade-rule/#comment-2717 Actually, regarding the boy aspect, I counted no less than ten girls in the bottom half of that picture--better than I expected! Three or four of the ten (I think it was ten) randomly-selected Omegathon (Pax's crazy-ass win-an-SUV with XBox built in gaming contest) participants were girls/women, too. This is probably the place to note I'm underwhelmed by Microsoft's one female blogger (of a team of four) wearing a bumpersticker on her ass and "insisting" it be photographed. Sheesh. Actually, regarding the boy aspect, I counted no less than ten girls in the bottom half of that picture–better than I expected!

Three or four of the ten (I think it was ten) randomly-selected Omegathon (Pax’s crazy-ass win-an-SUV with XBox built in gaming contest) participants were girls/women, too.

This is probably the place to note I’m underwhelmed by Microsoft’s one female blogger (of a team of four) wearing a bumpersticker on her ass and “insisting” it be photographed. Sheesh.

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