Keith Apicary may have been the first person that we interviewed at PAX East 2011 about the date-ability of a person wearing ThinkGeek’s 8-bit tie, but he wasn’t the last. We ran into Stella (a Team Fortress 2 cosplayer) on the main video game hall, who was happy to discuss the badassery of the ties, as well as what it means to be a geek in 2011

PAX East 2011 may not have had a high density of cosplayers, but there were a handful of excellently garbed attendees that caught the eye. One was Paige, a cosplayer who was celebrating her honeymoon at the nation’s largest gaming convention. This “Tiny Leia” was not at all shy about the chatting us up despite the revealing outfit, and promptly shared her thoughts on PAX East and the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic video game.

PAX East 2011′s cosplayers, booth babes, and other random images.

Back at New York City Comic Con, I proclaimed ThinkGeek’s 8-bit tie the ultimate geek accessory due to the way that ladies flocked to the piece of cloth. They pointed, they stared, they said that it was one of the coolest things ever. Today, as PAX East 2011 kicked off, we decided to test that proclaimation by polling random attendees (which you’ll see in detail in an upcoming clip). But as we made our way through the BECE crowd, we found someone with a rather strong opinion regarding the 8-bit tie. As we queried the crowd, we encountered Talking Classics infamous Keith Apicary, the man best known for a series of hilarious retro gaming YouTube videos, and being booted out of nearly every major video game convention in the nation. In this clip, Keith proved that the 8-bit tie gives gamers an extra dose of geek machismo and the ability to sweep a lady off her feet.