Ohohoho! We are about to head off on the road to PAX, through the whistling winds and sleeting rains of New Hampshire! Like migratory birds, we shall seek warmer (ha, ha) climes in Boston, which is a lovely city. I spent a spring living there, Kent spent a summer living there, and we can tell you: Boston is grand. Its chief virtue is that everyone there is ten times nicer than the average New Yorker. Its chief vice is that its streets are only navigable by expert mutant starship navigators who are high on Spice.

But never fear! We shall survive. You may even see us there. I will be wearing my notorious Hat:

Indeed, I wear this hat so often that people here at Dartmouth sometimes refer to me as “Hat Girl.” Kent, on the other hand, will not be wearing a hat. Instead, he will be making the unpleasant face that you can see in the background of my hat photograph. You will know him by this.

Here is a list of the panels we are particularly interested in attending. Perhaps, if you attend them, you will see us there! Unfortunately, we will be attending all the mushy panels about gender and intellect, so you’ll have to deal with that awful shit if you come along. Blargh! I know, right?

Interactive Drama: Dialogue as Gameplay

Cat Theatre
Friday, 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Press B to Laugh: Gaming, Jokes and How to Make Players ROFL

Naga Theatre
Friday, 4:30pm – 5:30pm

A Brief History of Chip Music

Jamspace
Saturday, 10:00am – 11:00am

Females on Female Characters

Wyvern Theatre
Saturday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Careers in Paper Gaming

Merman Theatre
Saturday, 5:30pm – 6:30pm

The “Other” Us: If We’re All Gamers, Does Our Gender Matter?

Naga Theatre
Saturday, 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Hidden Value of Punching Trees: What Minecraft Reveals About Game Culture

Merman Theatre
Saturday, 8:30pm – 9:30pm

Public Play: The Secret to Making Games that Are Social, Embarrassing, and Fun!

Naga Theatre
Sunday, 11:00am – 12:00pm

(Expect me to mine this for HVZ stuff, zombies fans)

One of Us

IGDA Dev Center
Sunday, 12:00pm – 12:50pm

(This one is also about gender and the stereotypical ‘gamer’ identity! Watch out!)

Ten Games You Need to Play: The Digital Game Canon

IGDA Dev Center
Sunday, 2:00pm – 2:50 pm

It’s not the Length, it’s the Mirth: Game Length Versus Value

Wyvern Theatre
Sunday, 4:30pm – 5:30pm

That said, if we manage to attend ALL of these, we are cyborg robots, we are probably digesting other conference-goers for fuel, and we are not to be trusted.

Are any of you guys going? What panels are you particularly interested in?