Twitch-streamed e-sports tourneys are a favorite PAX pastime, both for spectators and pro players (who win fat cash prizes). COURTESY OF PAX
Fun fact: I moved to Seattle because of PAX West.
It was August of 2014, and my partner and I were here to work on a documentary about queer geeks. After spending several days interviewing superb nerds, navigating row after row of enchanting indie games, getting lost in game-ephemera discourse over drinks, and allowing my beard to grow to a Pacific Northwest–appropriate length, the convention had perfectly framed the city as a place I belonged.
“What are we doing here?” I asked when we returned to our West Hollywood apartment. A month later, we flew back to Seattle to hunt for apartments. A month after that, we moved. Thanks, PAX.
