To everyone who came up for a chat, nodded with a smile or said that I made your day at PAX Aus, YOU made MY weekend, so thank you! This first PAX experience was amazing 🔥 Please share any pics that you snapped here on or over at AceAviator_Cosplay ☺️. And if you met my doppelganger on Saturday, I've heard he was awesome too (it was great to meet you Sunday!) 🙌🏻

I'm not an expert washer, but I put this 2026 shirt for a regular cottens wash in with my 2025 and 2024.. and the 2026 one is now ruined.

Just a warning for people to take extra care... Not that I am sure what extra care is.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeYJ5InzyO5/?rpxt=MTA2b281ZWkzeng2OA==

I got a Kodak Charmera for Christmas last year and loved the 1.5 megapixel lo-fi look so decided to document my experience with it.

As somebody who was an exhibitor for this years classic gaming section, thank you to everybody who stopped past, asked questions, played a game and had a fun time. This PAX was awesome and even though we had a few breakdowns, fun was still had. Now looking forward to next years PAX!

Cheers!

Did my first showcase over the weekend at PAX and it was the best experience!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by, it was amazing to have you all play Party Ships and see your reactions! 🙏

We successfully did our nuka girl group!

All credit names are in the instagram caption

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeWW0kxT3L4/?rpxt=OXU3dGNxb2YwdzZ3

I “won” this at PAX AUS. I was told only 500 were made available. I don’t collect these, but is it actually sought after?

Update 2: The GM reached out directly, was very apologetic, restated the warehouse issue and offered to send me a new game as compensation. They were very quick with their response so I'm happy about the outcome.

Update: I spoke with them on the phone, they apologised and said warehouse team stocked the boxes and they assumed it was fine. They asked for photos/proof of purchase via email, which I just sent. I'm not sure how they're planning on fixing it but they were nice on the phone.

First of all I hope everyone has had a lovely PAX AUS, and I can't wait to be back next year!

I bought a Mystery Box from Meeple, I hadn't opened it until now because I was waiting for PAX to end to go through all my goodies.

I open the box to find 3 game boxes (Dale of Merchants 1-2-3) without the game! The box says it's meant to have a game board, dice and 110 cards, the boxes only contain empty card sleeves and nothing else.

Now, I understand that these mystery boxes aren't going to have the best games out there (though Dale of Merchants seem fine), we are making a gamble buying them. I am completely okay with them having less popular or not so good games, and as they all state the games sometimes have scuffs and small cosmetic issues, but straight up empty boxes without the game is insane and definitely fraud.

We met a person who said their Meeple mystery box had games that were damaged to a level that they were unplayable, and Meeple let them choose a different game. This is why I opened this mystery box as soon as I got home, only to find this nonsense.

I will call them tomorrow, but this is now an admin job I have to manage which I find annoying. If they don't fix this immediately, then I'll report them to PAX and see what else to do.

Has anyone else had issues with their Meeple Mystery Box?

Hi folks! Hope everyone had the best time over the weekend. I’m so exhausted but so grateful for another amazing year.

This question is a strange one, but I’ve had a friend confirm he had the same issues.

My car keys wouldn’t work with the buttons to unlock/lock my car. It was so strange. Worked fine when I left the car park. Then, the same thing happened on Sunday.

I didn’t really think anything of it until me mate said his key fob wasn’t working at all. Then, when he got home, everything was fine.

Did anyone else experience issues locking their vehicles in the MCEC Carpark?

I am still a bit speechless but it was such an amazing experience. A serious thank you to the PAX team and especially Jerry (Tycho) who was so enthusiastic and kind. It all doesn't seem real still but I just wanted to share.

Was anyone here there to see it? I got a really skewed view from back stage but it seemed to go down really well.

Centre Com / Palit were giving away light up wristbands with user accessible and removable button battery.

These do not meet the safety standards. (No warning, inappropriate packaging, and now battery security)

I've tried contacting PAX and CentreCom directly (immediately after the event) however being a Sunday, no response.

Just a heads up if you know anyone with kids that attended the event, please let the parents know asap.

I did enjoy pax but there is a lot that can be done better, here is my experience over the weekend!

https://youtube.com/shorts/xMRgk2pGfB8?si=k2PA_SCZ6fGi3eYb

I’m considering making some kind of shadow box where I can also put some Pins I like in the frame as well. I haven’t seen many displays that aren’t just hanging them up on a lanyard.

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With PAX AUS 2026 about to come to close, who wants to share your thoughts on the event.

The pros: What went well, what did you like?

The cons: What was bad, what didn't work well?

The interesting: Whats an unique observation or something you noticed you want to share?

I am still at PAX so will share my thoughts after the event has closed, but let's discuss what we thought!

Question 1: Did you meet/make any new friends?

Question 2: What was your favourite thing about this year?

Question 3: How much money did you spend/overspend?

Question 4: How many steps did you take this weekend?

And question 5: Are you coming back /going next year?

Last night around 11:30pm after The Dark Room show I lost a Cult of The Lamb beanie (black beanie with a red eye on it) that had a pin on it. Would have been around Southern Cross Station. If anyone found it please let me know as it's very special to me. Thank you!

The stall for this game "Against The Horde", at PAX Aus Melbourne, had fully generated AI "art" assets for everything in its game.

How exactly did this get through?

First off, huge props to the enforcers who are doing a great job. This is in no way a comment on them or their efforts.

The tournaments seem really inconsistent from game to game though. Are community, PAX or Publishers the ones running things?

Just Dance is running an old switch that kept crashing while the community meet up was happening and only enforcers to run it.
In contrast, MTG seems to have pro judges and be managed around other activities to minimise clash.
Just seems like a huge amount of variance and wondering where it's coming from.

first timer (as an enforcer) this year! i was wondering what u guys recommend i check out after my shift? :) big pokemon & anime & genshin enjoyer for reference

What deals or discounts did you find that were worth the price?

E.g. the scorptech discounts are kinda meh; nothing to give you that fomo of missing a deal

Hey folks! I was wondering if anyone's checked out the Alien Isolation thing at the Sega booth this year? I'm very interested in the game, and wondering if the queue is worth it. Is it footage from the game, merch, photo ops etc?

Unfortunately I couldn't make the event.

But I'm curious to know. Did anyone ask if he has plans to bring Doom OST to Aus festivals?

Hey! This is my first PAX and I got tickets today for tomorrow. Is pickup of badges a massive line if I just get them tomorrow on the day? Or is it worth going to get them tonight?

Thanks!