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At PAX 2008 in Seattle, Ken Levine gave the keynote address which has become a hallmark moment for gaming nerds, geeks, and dweebs around the globe. Penny Arcade was nice enough to give us video of the entire keynote for all the fans out there who might have missed it! Thanks to the guys and girls at Penny Arcade for providing us with the video!
veko | January 12, 2010 11:48 am
Entertaining speech, but I wish he talked a bit more about Looking Glass and Irrational Games… 🙂
cyndie | January 12, 2010 6:06 pm
hahaha, this was pretty hysterical. oh MY, the expletives! my poor little ears. 🙂
ftrapture | January 12, 2010 6:20 pm
Ahh see there is hope for all us geeks.
bc5389 | January 13, 2010 1:18 am
Would love to see him do another keynote at PAX East in March.
aphelionz | January 13, 2010 1:51 am
This is a really awesome keynote, even if the thesis is just “we’re all dorks, lets go get drunk this weekend.”
batmanprime | January 13, 2010 2:10 am
Hilarious and true. A perfect match.
psykomyko | January 13, 2010 2:22 am
Great speech!
nabeel | January 13, 2010 4:18 am
This was an awesome speech, Ken was the perfect pick for keynote speaker.
hobojohns | January 13, 2010 4:43 am
Wish I would have seen this in person..
moncada | January 13, 2010 4:59 am
That was a great speech!
Ken is a really good storyteller 🙂
nuclearvatican | January 13, 2010 5:22 am
Haha, 40 minutes with no hicups it was bound to happen.
zenoverse | January 14, 2010 1:14 pm
Inspiring, finally us Geeks have found the true messiah.
neuroman42 | January 14, 2010 2:40 pm
Very inspiring!
jrchapman | January 16, 2010 8:18 pm
Sound like my life excepted for the D&D. My first game experience was on a Commodore Pet with the built in casette drive. Any way awesome speech!
How can i get Ken to be my boss.
snazzle1088 | January 16, 2010 8:58 pm
Watching this video, I feel uplifted, inspired, and hopeful with the most positive outlook I have had in years. If this video does not speak to you in one way or another, watch it again, and again, and again, and hope that eventually, it will, because it should, and because the power it possesses and passes on to another individual, is truly amazing.
number47 | January 17, 2010 3:52 pm
How about lobbing up the Chris Kline presentation he gave the Montreal IGDA meeting. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4508664361400518462#
borrego | January 20, 2010 11:56 pm
Ken, you are the f–king man. It was great to learn about your ups and downs, the roads you’ve traveled, the friends you had, lost, and rediscovered. What a journey. I’m glad the romantic comedy sucked ass.
mattyg08 | April 16, 2010 4:59 am
Great Speech. 😀
magicmaker | March 17, 2011 11:28 pm
Retro Levine or Levine classic…take your pick.
chrisredfield | May 19, 2011 2:57 am
Very inspirational, Ken… Man, fuck an AA in Criminal Justice, I want a Job like yours!!!
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froctal | February 15, 2012 6:04 pm
OK- I was in Ken’s D&D group. Heck, I was the DM. And he left out that his name was “the Frosh”. And that he loved Space Invaders at the diner. And I didn’t date Pam (though I would have liked too). It was Abby.
Miss you buddy.
jara | May 25, 2013 9:57 pm
I created an account just to say that the end of this speech made my eyes water. I’m glad you found your tribe again Ken, and thanks for showing the way.