While the cosplay environment on display at PAX Prime 2013 was ably covered by Karli Winata, I focused more on my surroundings. There were ample beautiful displays, from the glory of Behemoth’s arcade setup to the colorful Nintendo areas to the creative Inide MEGABOOTH. I did my darndest to get pictures of each area that appealed to me while dodging the constantly milling centipede-like crowd of gamers. Take a look at my photos and let us know what you think!

I wanted to take this cube home with me.

Yarr.

Yo ho.

Bigby on the big screen.

No idea what this game was about, but I loved the banners.

So freaking cool-looking.

Nintendo’s main area on the ground level.

Sonic Lost World—impossible to take without a person in it.

Castle of Illusion—back when Mickey games were great.

Myself cosplaying as Old Snake

Descending to Nintendo’s subterranean levels

Though the line for this was crazy, it was even worse for Wind Waker HD.

The Zelda love was strong at PAX.

These were too big to smuggle home with me.

Love the panda.

The 2DS was on dispaly, but that was all. No demos.

More Wind Waker love

Me as Strider

The Behemoth booth was perhaps my favorite.

This screen constantly showed off Behemoth games.

Behemoth converted their games into giant arcade machines. Love the side graphics.

One of Behemoth’s cool arcade machines.

You wouldn’t believe how hard it was to get this pic without people walking in front of me.

Mmmm, Dragon Fin Soup. Great-looking game.

At the Dragon Fin Soup booth. Note the glasses.

Gotta love PvZ.

The Titanfall display

I also wanted to take this home with me.

League of Legends was on full display at PAX.

Adorable little girl kicking butt at Shovel Knight.

Teslagrad, one of the coolest games at PAX.

Very cool area, full of great games.

Delver’s Drop

Crypt of the NecroDancer—never got to try it, but looked fun.

Dwarven Delve looked fantastic.

The Luftrausers booth

The display at Hot Tin Roof

Hilarity.