First Australian Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) will be opened by creator of Monkey Island series, Ron Gilbert; other international guests include RoosterTeeth, The Protomen, and MC Frontalot.
Australia’s first ever Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) will be opened by the creator of the Monkey Island adventure game series, Ron Gilbert. The renowned game designer will be making a keynote address (dubbed “storytime”) on the first morning of the expo.
The convention will make its Australian debut at Melbourne Showgrounds from July 19-21, marking the first time the event has been hosted internationally.
Ron Gilbert is known for his work on adventure games Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island, as well as his work on the scripting language used in the games. Most recently, he has completed work on platform adventure game The Cave with Tim Schafer.
Other international guests that will be in attendance include the RoosterTeeth team, and musical acts The Protomen and MC Frontalot.
PAX Australia has the support of the Victorian government for its confirmed 2013 and 2014 run, assisting promotion in Melbourne via sponsorship and integration through gaming culture exhibitions.
PAX is an expo dedicated to gaming culture, born of the team behind the Penny Arcade website. In the past, PAX events have been held on both coasts of the United States: PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington, and PAX East in Boston, Massachusetts. Three-day passes have been sold out, although Friday and Sunday passes are still available on the PAX Australia website.
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1 Like Whenever Ron Gilbert's name comes up there is only one thing going on in my mind: The real Monkey Island 3 is being announced! Then comes the realisation that right now Monkey Island is in a bit of a limbo and Disney has the rights (strange that a copy of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean amusement park ride inspired Disney's own movies of said ride and then the game studio gets bought back by Disney), Ron please announce the good news everyone is waiting for, please please!
I keep hearing about this PAX thing but I'm still clueless to what it's all about ...and too lazy to do the research.
I like Ron though. He's one of the very few good guys still around.
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