Comments on: Convention Survival Kit for Parents

By: Colleen Hannon

Colleen Hannon — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:31:35 +0000

You’re right; this is mostly aimed at the grown up dragged down to the convention by their tweener/teen.

At PAX, we do get quite a few little kids, and Gabe and Tycho’s families are usually running around as well. My gang are mostly grown up now. Let me ask around and see if I can’t get together some pointers for you.

By: James

James — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:12:48 +0000

Drat, I was hoping this would help me figure out how to survive PAX with a 2 1/2 year old and a 6-month-old.

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Probably not going to happen, eh? Oh well, there’s always the year after the year after next, or something.

By: Colleen Hannon

Colleen Hannon — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:01:07 +0000

I’ve idly talked about getting samples of Shower Shock soap (that’s the caffienated stuff they sell on ThinkGeek) for PAX, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen.

By: Dr. Matt Carlson

Dr. Matt Carlson — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:20:59 +0000

There’s already a booming line of twenty-sided dice inside clear soap on a rope.

By: Freakhead

Freakhead — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:19:24 +0000

X-men soap on a rope.

Then you’d have takers.

By: Simon Windmill

Simon Windmill — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:22:16 +0000

I always want to sit these kids down and say "Look guys, there are girls here. They are into the same things you are. They will talk to you. As long as you don't stink." This is doubly true for anime conventions.

By: Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:24:30 +0000

Sadly enough it isn’t just gamers … I remember going to SemiCon, the semiconductor industry’s mammoth summer show (well, it has seen a E3-like shrink) one year. This isn’t the technical conference, but more the big marketing thing. Anyway, the stenches around that place …

By: SteveS

SteveS — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:20:37 +0000

Great advice. A buddy and I attended Gen Con last year. Despite being lifelong players, neither of us had ever attended. We had a great time, but the gamer stench was almost hard to believe. Another friend, who has been there a bunch of times suggested that if put a $100 bill on the floor of the expo area and set a bar of soap on it, it would still be there when the convention closed.

Anyway, I think this article should be mandatory reading for all convention attendees.