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PAX 2010: Hands-on with Kung Fu Rider

Bradley Ouellette

September 11, 2010 40

Crazy Taxi with office chairs

PAX 2010: Hands-off with Portal 2

Bradley Ouellette

September 11, 2010 29

Now with more comic relief

Penny Arcade/ PAX Creators Named In Time 100

April 30, 2010 343

A well-deserved honor for two amazing people.

PAX ’10: News Stories “Sensationalizing” Infinity Ward/Activision Fallout

March 26, 2010 9

Infinity Ward morale not low and the team currently "slaving" away.

Inagurual PAX East Show Completely, Unequivocally Sold Out

March 19, 2010 5

Hope you already purchased tickets for the Boston gaming show.

PAX East invades Boston March 26 – Don’t Miss ‘The Omegathon’

March 8, 2010 64

PAX East features crazy 2-on-2 Omegathon. There will be blood.

PAX East Feared To Sell Out

January 22, 2010 13

Boston is hosting. You have your tickets...right?

PAX 2009 DVD for sale this month

January 5, 2010 7

Re-live the memories of last summer's nerd gathering.

Harmonix celebrates PAX next week in Rock Band DLC

Gaming News Video Games

September 4, 2009 18

Tunes from bands playing this weekend's show are yours, half off, in the Music Store next week.

Dragon Age: Origins recieves a Penny Arcade Comic!

Gaming News Video Games

September 3, 2009 16

The 8 part web comic based on the game will please fans.

Nintendo at the Penny Arcade Expo

Gaming News Video Games

September 3, 2009 4

Key Nintendo games will be on display!

Dead Space: Extraction goes gold, playable at PAX

Gaming News Video Games

September 2, 2009 17

You'll want to bring an extra pair of pants with you to play this Wii exclusive.

Riot Games bringing “League of Legends” to PAX this weekend

Gaming News Video Games

September 1, 2009 1128

Attendees can play the game and score some goodies

PAX 2008 date set

John M. Guilfoil

Gaming News Science and Technology

October 26, 2007 8

Penny Arcade Expo 2008 dates announced after PAX 2007 attendance made it the number 1 video game conference in North America

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Blast Magazine was launched in 2007 with a simple thought — do journalism for the video game generation. We’ve really seen a lot since the 1980s. Nintendo Mega Man games, dial-up Internet, Dos, and the Palm Pilot were all in their infancy as we grew up. We shared files on 1.44MB (that’s MEGABYTE) floppy discs, and they were more than sufficient. As we grew up, the Internet blew up. Today you can stream a movie live in HD. Not only did HD not exist when we were growing up, but downloading a single, low-quality MP3 of our favorite song could take over an hour!

Technology developed quickly as we came of age, and we can claim to have mastered everything from iPads to Netflixes. But there is one thing that our generation did not have to grow up with — car maintenance.

A lot of us are interested in cars and trucks and motorcycles — this site wouldn’t be necessary if we weren’t. But how many Gen-Y’ers have ever had to change their oil? Change the brakes? Fix a cracked serpentine belt? Fixing cars was always something optional for us. We had to want to jack up a car and change a tire.

So now that we’re adults and we’re starting to recover from the crushing debt of our student loans, (We’re very bitter about this) we are finding our interests diversifying. If we were into cars already, we are getting more into cars. If we could never afford it, we are slowly raising our expectations. Say what you will, we are a curious generation.

Blast Cars is not exactly a beginners’ guide to the galaxy, but we’re not going to assume you know everything. We’re learning with you, and the experts we’ll bring into the process will walk both of us through everything we ever wanted to know about everything automotive.

In addition to restoring our Shop Truck, we are following some other Gen-Y restoration projects, including a racing bike. We’ll also bring you some relevant news, reviews, and rumors. We’ll even take a look at some of the most famous cars in movies, music, TV, true crime, and other popular culture. Let us know what you want to see!