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STORYTIME! Today was my only day to roam PAX as a free agent.

- Long lines are looooong. I have just enough podiatric fortitude to wait in one major line each full day I’m at PAX, and since today was my only full day, I got one game. I picked Batman: Arkham City, which was maybe a 10-minute demo that I waited in line for a good hour for. It was totally worth it. I wanted to wait for Skyrim or Mass Effect 3, but 2-3 hour waits are just obscene for games that I already know I’m gonna buy anyway. Sorry, Shepard, but Batman will win over you every time.

- I played Spy Party and absolutely LOVED IT. I hope this game comes out soon. It’s so good. I won both rounds I played and was feeling fiendishly accomplished and maybe a touch genius, then I stood up and walked around the other side of the display to shake hands with my opponent, who as it turned out was maybe nine years old. IN YOUR FACE, KID!

- Played VidRhythm while eating a donut. Extremely fun, laughed hysterically the entire time. Nightmare-inducing hilarity. You can put that quote in the app description, Harmonix. That’s a freebie.

- Having tattoos is an amazing conversation starter! I even used my own tattoo to start a conversation with a lovely Irish guy dressed as the Rocketeer (thanks, Dennis, you were delightful! You’ll never read this!). There were several people who wanted to take photos of my tattoos, including a sweet girl who chased me down the street yelling “MA’AM! HEAD, RED HAIR! TATTOO GIRL!” which I think sums me up really well.

- I finally met my convention crush, John Drake from Harmonix. Dreamy sigh! He and the other Harmonix guys there at the time (Aaron Trites and Eric Pope) were massively cool to talk to. I also got fab hugs from Wonder Russell (sober) and Brittany Aubert (definitely not sober). 

- I saw a squadron of people all dressed as Lando Calrissian (Cloud City cape costume version, all with mustaches). High point of the day.

- Not even once did anyone come up to me and talk to me about the show, but I saw a few people nudge their friends and point at me. I’ve been stressing how friendly and harmless I am up till now, but I’m going to try a different tack: if you come introduce yourself to me, I will slap you square in the face and spit in your eye.