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PAX East Gaming Convention
Hi 8bit librarians and teachers,
Some really cool news for you all. 8bitlibrary.com‘s LibraryGuyCraig and JP will have press status at PAX East, which is the largest gaming convention in the country. wo0t.
We’ll being live-blogging here at 8bitlibrary.com, tweeting over at twitter.com/8bitlibrary, vodcasting interviews & such in FULL HD VIDEO at youtube.com/8bitlibrary, and posting lots of photos at flickr.com/8bitlibrary.
We will be the only press at PAX East that is specifically documenting the educational and informational value of gaming in schools and libraries, so be sure to follow us via RSS to stay up-to-date.
PAX East runs March 26, 27, & 28, 2010.
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I’d love to say hi when you’re in town, if you have a spare minute. Or perhaps you will be tweeting your pub crawls in advance?