Well, I'm here, it's hot and wet and packed and kinda fun.

PAX swung open its doors at 2:30 p.m. or so and a stream of gamers slid through the doors, bolting up the three sets of staircases, running to meeting rooms or plowing there way to the Bawls station.

After about half an hour I suddenly realized that everyone was milling. Jason Dobson, eToychest and Gamasutra writer, even asked a couple of people for me, just to verify.

"What are you guys doing, are you headed somewhere?"

"Are you just.. milling," I chimmed in.

"Milling."

Even as I write this there's a line of people slowing walking by. I think a big part of the milling has to do with the fact that there are big ass Penny Arcade strips slung all over the place. People are sorta walking around viewing them.

It's sorta like Louvre, but sweatier... and with Bawls.

Hit the almighty jump for some Flickr-free pics from the opening.

Brian Crecente