PAX East, one of the largest gaming events in the country, started at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in the Seaport District March 22 and continued through the weekend. Tickets are sold out for the event, which was first held in Boston in 2004. We will be updating this feature with all the latest scenes from the event as it progresses.
SCENES FROM THE 2013 PAX EAST
PAX East, one of the largest gaming events in the country, started at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in the Seaport District March 22 and continued through the weekend. Tickets are sold out for the event, which was first held in Boston in 2004. We will be updating this feature with all the latest scenes from the event as it progresses.
Day 2
From left: The characters Maya, Salvator, Lilith, and Axton from Borderlands 2.
Thousands attended the opening day of the PaxEast annual video gaming convention at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
Jeremy Simmons (left) and Scott Prean, both of Philadelphia, dressed up as ’80s arcade game Smash TV.
“The younger kids don’t recognize us but the people who do get really excited about it,” Scott said. “They’re like, I have that game in my basement!”
Betty Yeh of New Jersey dressed up with an elaborate tail as Ari from League of Legends.
Stephanie Briles, of North Carolina (left), Rebeecca Lilac of Wethersfield, Conn., and Mark Mathews of Orange, Mass. Mark and Stephanie were dressed as characters from Gears of War 3, while Rebecca was from Silent Hill. The three became friends at the conference the year before.
Nicole Marie Jean of Boston was scatily clad as comic book character Red Sonja.
People waited in line to play a video game.
Oliver Doclosen of New Jersey was Panda Teemo from League of Legends.
These two played a racing video game.
From left: Sasha Renninger was dressed as Zelda, Ariel Smith was Midna, Kellie Zimmerman was Link, and Jonathan Hodrick was Ganondorf.
Playing a game of The Maw.
Matthew Luisi of Hyde Park (left) was Dart from Legend of Dragoon and Sean Weiland of Breinigsville, Penn. was Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7.
“He’s going to kill me!” Matthew said of Sean’s excessively larger sword.
“It’s not the size of the sword but how you use it,” a passerby chimed in.
Audrey Faulkner (left) as Kagu and Valerie Payeur as Amaterasu, characters in the video game Okami. Both came from Montreal.
A PAX attendee played an updated version of Duck tales.
Katherine (left) of Lynnfield and Linjie of Clifton Park, N.Y. were characters from Team Fortress 2.
Bryan Magnuson of Braintree spent nine months “with no video games” making his costume of Full Metal Jayce from League of Legends.
Jacky Doty as Catwoman and Steven Martel as Pane, both from Long Island.
Ruslan Gorsky of Natick had a scary makeup job.
Devin Bennett of Methuen was Steve from Minecraft.
Attendees could play Dust 514.
From left: Mark Burkit, Fernando Hernandez, and Pete Langlois: The Ghostbusters of New Hampshire (they even have a business card).
Tiffany Williams of New York dressed up as Sun Goddess Karma from League of Legends.
Tom Cross of Amesbury dressed up as Quail Man, from ’90s Nickelodeon cartoon “Doug.”
“I needed a costume and thought this would be perfect for PAX,” Tom said. “I haven’t seen him around in a long time.”
Some spent their day playing arcade games.
Abby and Glenn Cobb of Oakdale, Conn., were dressed as characters from Dungeon Defenders. Abby said she spent a month and a half building her costume, including ordering a custom-made corset from England.
Only at PAX: Spiderman, Mr. T, and Pyros from Team Fortress 2.
Sarah Horton and Chad Smith, both of Ohio, were Link and Megaman.
Need any dice?
Jennifer Arnold of New York (left) was Ashe from League of Legends and AJ Baughman of Virginia was Akhiko from Persona 4 Arena.
Justin Munnelly and Luke Dees (left), both of Hatfield, Penn.
“I thought it would be cool if someone was taking a picture of PAX [from above] and there’s a Waldo,” Justin said on their costume decision.
Keikei Flores of Irvine, Calif. dressed as Bastet from Smite.
Day 1
Bonnie Szeto from Norwood arrived dressed as Riven from the League of Legends game.
Brandon Wright from Milford, dressed as a Resident Evil umbrella corps soldier, waited in line. He bought most of his gear on eBay, including the real British gas mask that went for $200.
Attendees played Dungeon Defenders 2.
Some attendees took a nap on the sleeping bags in the handheld lounge.
Two attendees and their tails.
Attendees played games in the Intel exhibit.
Kristin Murray and Sean Lees from Burlington, Vt., pose for a photo with a zombie at the Kiss the Zombie exhibit.
Attendees waited in line at the event.
Attendees waited in line outside for the 10 a.m. opening.
Attendees at the wheels of the iRacing.com game.
A shot of the crowded convention floor at the video gaming convention.
Emily Bliss from Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire plays a game at the Hotpoint exhibit. She is dressed as a Lolita character.
People play games as they wait in line for a lecture at the Phoenix Theatre.
Attendees watch a large video display screen showing a new game.
Katie Osborn, dressed as Fiora from League of Legends, posed with Ryan Osborn, who dressed up as Ezio from Assassin’s Creed.
Video screen near the entrance.
A crowd gathered to watch a demonstration of the game Wildstar.
Brittany Doran from Seattle made her own costume as Chandra Nalaar from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering.
A man dressed as Tryndamere, the Barbarian King, from League of Legends.
A shot of the expo hall at the convention center.
Jessica Weiland came from Pittsburgh to attend the convention. She dressed as Poison Ivy, a villain in the Batman comic books.
This person went to PAX East as a palace guard from the video game Gears of War.
One of the “enforcers,” or volunteer staff, at the event.
A person posed as Jayce, the Defender of Tomorrow, from League of Legends in his full suit of armor.
Lara Martin, of New Jersey, went to the event as Visas Marr from Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic.
Crowds waited in “zombie holding pens” at the MOGA exhibit. The company develops mobile game controllers.
Attendees waited for the doors to open at 10 a.m. Friday.
Hundreds waited in the 30-degree temperatures Friday morning.
The line continued around the block.
iRacing.com held live race simulations in its booth.
Sofia Ajram, of Montreal, dressed up as Diana from League of Legends.
A video screen greeted attendees as they entered the exhibition hall.
Pachinko, a Japanese combination of a slot machine and pinball game, was set up at the convention.
A shot of the crowd in the convention center on Friday afternoon.
Manny Fernandez went to the event as Lando Calrissian of Star Wars Episode V: “The Empire Strikes Back.”
More than 200 people waited in line at the merchandise booth an hour before it opened.
Shawn Connor, right, and Josh Brown, both of Salem, N.H., attended the convention. Connor is dressed as the merchant from the video game Resident Evil 4 and Brown plays Simon Petrikov from the cartoon Adventure Time.
A woman posed for a photo as Hsien-ko from the Darkstalkers video game series.
Bands were encouraged to jam out on the Freeplay Music Stage.
