Gamers like to do three things: play video games, eat, and drink (be it alcohol or Mountain Dew). That triple threat makes PAX East 2010 a prime destination for journies and consumers alike who are looking to stuff their faces, engage in digital warfare, and pow wow with like-minded folk.

When I think PC gaming, two brands come to mind: Alienware and Commodore. Alienware, of course, represents the raw, unbridled face of contemporary gaming; a machine with enough graphical might to manage Crysis and Far Cry 2. Commodore, on the other hand, was the videogame posterboy in its day, a glorified game console that doubled [...]