East Coasters rejoice! The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority has signed an agreement that guarantees Boston will be the home of Penny Arcade Expo East for the next three years.

PAX Prime, as the original event has been dubbed, has been held in Washington (state) since its inception in 2004. The event has become such a success over the last several years that a second PAX was needed to accommodate the eastern half of the US. Thus, PAX East was created in March 2010, held in Boston.

We have all heard about the Cinderella story of a musician from a small town turning into a rock star and getting tons of fans. For most people who like to sing or play in a band in their spare time this idea is farfetched but for a group of developers, things turned out differently.

Five bands made their debut at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East this past weekend and all of them have something in common, at least one of their members works at Harmonix, creator of games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Some of the bands played small clubs now and then but after their music was included in those games, they were catapulted to rock stars. For The Main Drag, Anarchy Club, The Konks, That Handsome Devil and Death of the Cool, the passion for games made a way for their passion for music.

PAX East was pretty fantastic, no? In fact, it was such a success that the event will be coming back to Boston in 2011 and 2012. It was so huge that the PAX folks are actually looking for a bigger venue than the Hynes Convention Center. From BigDownload:

Everyone’s very excited for this year’s edition of the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), which kicks off today ( August 29, 2008) in Seattle, WA. But what’s even more exciting for this Bostonian is the news that 1up just broke that a new PAX show will debut in Boston in 2010. The new show will “complement” more »

One thing that can be said about the latest Playstation Store update, it sure isn’t skinny. Of course, the bulk of it is Karaoke Revolution enough songs ‘to make you dizzy, but who’s keeping score?

For this meaty update we have the demo of R-Type Command along with more first-person shooter maps, and Boston-mania for the obligatory Rock Band update.

But here, check out the complete list for yourself…

Thousands of game, anime and comic fans filled the lobby since the day before of the Hynes Convention Center in Boston to register for the many panels, activities and concerts at Anime Boston 2008.

If you wanted to hear the loudest roar of adoring fans that rattled the doors of the convention, you had to attend the Gaia Online panel at the Boston Hynes Convention Center. So many fans showed up to hug the giant Kiki Kitty and talk with Gaia’s own DJ Helsing about all things Gaia that thousands of people were left standing in line.

Gamertell got a few minutes with Gaia Online’s DJ Helsing to find out about his next project…