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PAX East Pledges to Stay in Boston for 11 More Years

The organizers for PAX East and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) announced recently that the popular video game convention will remain in Boston until 2023. The organizers are hoping to grow the number of attendees to around 100,000, making it one of the largest public gaming conventions in the world (behind Germany's Gamescom and Japan's Tokyo Game Show).
PAX East will also make a sizable donation to digital games education, as Massachusetts Digital Games Institute will receive a $50,000 contribution this year alongside an annual donation of $25,000 a year [...]

This weekend, I was lucky enough to have the chance to attend PAX East in Boston. It was my first gaming convention and I have to say, I had a blast.
From the beautifully designed booths (and the ones that obviously had been put together very last minute to say the least), to the intriguing panels to the cosplay that probably took months to design, to the worst sandwich I think Ive ever eaten (that cost me $12!!!), everything about PAX was new and exciting to me.
The convention experience started on Friday with me basically just exploring and getting a feel [...]

AbleGamers

AbleGamers is a nonprofit foundation that runs off of www.AbleGamers.org. The story behind the company is heartwarming, but what the company has done since 2004 is what truly touches someones soul. They found a problem of the lack of help when it came to people with disabilities and gaming, and they created a solution of providing help for those in need. AbleGamers is hosing a Panel at PAX-E, which is a three-day tournament, free play, panel discussion and exhibit for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers. ­­Its such a large conference and provides an array of amazing opportunities for AbleGamers. AbleGamers [...]