Just returned from my first ever Penny Arcade Expo. It was everything I had heard it was. Next time I’m bringing some game-playing friends so I can actually partake in some game playing. I’m just too much of an observer when I’m by myself.

While I’m on the subject, PAX 2009 and Ron Gilbert, who delivered the keynote address this year, were the topics of my latest “Trigger Happy” column in the Georgia Straight. The PAX preview is here, and the interview with Gilbert goes something like this:

Are video games art? Game designer Ron Gilbert will ruminate on that very topic when he delivers the keynote address at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle on Friday.