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Beginner’s Guide to Pinny Arcade Trading

June 16, 2024 by Mike 3 Comments
Pinny Arcade Trading

Pinny Arcade has a massive community of collectors and traders, and it’s a fun and exciting part of the PAX experience. But trading at the event has changed since the beginning, and the official website’s information is out of date. The community has its own lingo, etiquette, and some shared perception of pin value. I learned a few lessons in my first few years of trading; some from wonderful and supportive community members and some lessons from the school of hard knocks. This guide is here to help you avoid the harder lessons and get the most fun out of your pin trading experience.

Posted in: Blog Posts, conventions, PAX Tagged: advice, Beginner's guide, convention, conventions, PAX, pax east, PAXEast, Pin Trading, Pinny Arcade

PAX Report 2024

April 1, 2024 by Mike Leave a Comment

The clouds have cleared, the rain has dried, and another amazing weekend at PAX East is in the rear view mirror. The Expo hall floor was admittedly different this year, competing with GDC for independent game creators’ attention. But, while some of the chatter from nay-sayers online was that PAX wasn’t the same, there was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts, PAX, Roleplaying Tagged: emberwind, PAX, pax east, PAXEast, ttrpg, unmatched, video games

29: Mystery Men

April 17, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Let’s Keep Calm and Geek On, it’s the new episode of the Geek at Arms Podcast! Kicking off Geek out Mike explains how a D6 campaign he was running, and thought defunct, found a second life on Roll20. Then he gives us a review of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi and delivers his … [Read more…]

Posted in: Episode Show Notes, Film Club, Podcast Tagged: 52, ageism, agents of SHIELD, all might, booster gold, bridge to terabithia, children of blood and bone, d6, dark horse, dc, dragonslayer, duncan hamilton, edgar allen poe, edna mode, flaming carrot, ghost rider, marvel cinematic universe, mcu, mega man, mha, my hero academia, nes, PAX, pax east, picard, poe, rise of skywalker, rocky horror picture show, society of the sword, star trek, star trek picard, star wars, steins;gate, superheroes, the black cat, the incredibles, tomi adeyemi, trophy, we're doomed, weg, west end games

18: PAX East, Captain Marvel, and Upcoming Book-to-Film Adaptations

April 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Geek at Arms is back again! Mike kicks things off with his report on PAX East, and then describes the new love of his life, Betrayal: Legacy. James explains how his new game Kingdom Come: Deliverance feels like stepping into 15th century Bohemia and how much he and his wife enjoyed Captain Marvel. Next, Bryan deep dives us … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: a bit of fry and laurie, agatha christie, agents of SHIELD, aliens, avengers, avengers endgame, betrayal at house on the hill, betrayal legacy, bit brigade, captain marvel, captain n, christian bloch, city on a hill, convention, culture, d&d, dark shadows, deliverance, discworld, dragon, dresden files, dune, dungeons and dragons, eeka cosplay, evergate, good omens, gormenghast, halo, human-interact, iain banks, innroads, kingdom come, kingdom come deliverance, kingkiller chronicles, knives, legacy, linda hamilton, lord of the rings, mandelbrot, mathematics, matt parker, mega man 3, min/max, mr holland's opus, murder on the orient express, numberphile, numberwang, PAX, Penny Arcade, peter jackson, prancing pony, pratchett, primetime adventures, ready player one, roleplaying, roll 20, sigourney weaver, speed runs, starship commander, stranger things, super mario bros, tabitha, talhoffer, terminator, terry gilliam, terry pratchett, the bourne identity, the hobbit, the watch, The Witcher, troll bridge, valhallamas, wheel of time

Guide to Your First PAX East

March 18, 2019 by Bryan 2 Comments
First time guide to PAX East

You’ve just scored tickets to your first PAX East. Congrats! So, now what? You’re going to find over 500,000 square feet of the Disney World of gaming cons. A lot of first-time PAX goers want a little advice as to what to see and how to see it. Below is an aggregation of my own … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts, PAX Tagged: advice, conventions, PAX, PAXEast, Penny Arcade

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