PAX East 2010 Keynote - part 1

Wil Wheaton giving the opening keynote to 4000 PAX East attendees crammed into the Main Theater at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Estimated attendance of PAX East is 50k, so these videos are for the 46k that were unable to be present.

Please forgive my unsteady hand, the exposure and focus tinkering in the first few minutes, and the occassional noise from the surrounding people. Enjoy.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• PAX
• East
• 2010
• Boston
• Wil
• Wheaton

[vVvMrJones]

Whats the song name that plays at the beginning?

And Will is a genius.

[Cheshyr]

@vVvMrJones The song at the beginning is 'Your Friend Wil' from MC Frontalots latest album 'Zero Day'.

[Strawberria]

Thanks so much! We got there in time only to be greeted with long lines that turned into closed doors!

[Cheshyr]

Not a problem at all. Lines like these became common in 2007, and they've only grown larger. I'm hoping the administration will come up with some clever way to address this problem in the upcoming years (distributed video through the convention for Main Theater events?), but until then this felt like the best way to give everyone access.

I do want to thank the Enforcers for allowing me to bring the camera, and for Wil for allowing everyone to record him.

[Doombah]

I was hoping that someone did this, and you'll prove to be the hero of those who couldn't be there. I'm sure i'll end up watching the others tomorrow at some point. :) Stop on by Classic Console tomorrow. I'll be there from 3-close. :D

[Cheshyr]

@Doombah Thanks for the thought, but I've already had to depart PAX for various reasons; perhaps at PAX Prime. In the mean time, you could chat up Fixer re: Shadowrun, if you're looking for conversation while on duty. 3-close is one of the longest shifts I've heard.

[Armatige]

I will never be able to go to a PAX let alone see this guy be this amazing. Thank you for posting all of this!!!!

[grkpektis]

Jack thompson crawled out of a hole and disliked this

[windwakeroftime]

this dude is amazing

[grkpektis]

I want that shirt so freaking bad

[slickshughes]

@evilwillhunting 5 is Magic the gathering. 6 is the Super Mario one. 7 is from the D&D podcasts Wil did with the Penny Arcade and PvPonline crew last year. 8 is from his guest spot on The BIg Bang Theory, also last year.

[richardmaudsley77]

Haha he actually did it!

[vVvMrJones]

@Cheshyr Thank you.

[apathytag]

3:32 FUCKING RIGHT!!! PAX EAST!!!