Are you in the Boston area?

Do you have an interest in gaming and its applications? (You should, at least in the latter.)

Then you may want to check out PAX East this weekend, March 13-15.  It's an expansion of the summer's annual Penny Arcade Expo held in Seattle. According to the site:

PAX East is a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers. We call it a festival because in addition to dedicated tournaments and freeplay areas we've got nerdcore concerts, panel discussions, and an exhibitor hall filled with booths displaying the latest from top game publishers and developers. Even with all this amazing content the best part of PAX East is hanging out with other people who know their shit when it comes to games.

Here's my advice to you: start seeing gaming for what it is and what it can do. It will be to your benefit, to learn how to better engage, entertain and inform your audience through games. Start by reaching out to the best thinkers (and players) out there, especially while they are gathered in Boston.

Also, have some fun this weekend while you're at it. How often does work feel like play?