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Lots to do!

We’ve probably put about ten hours or so into the RV during our two workdays so far, and I’d imagine Brian has done another two or more on his own. This has produced one nearly-finished product, and fairly solid plans for most of the rest. Nevertheless, we’ve got a lot to do in the exactly four weeks remaining before the party bus pulls out.

Still to do:
- Build a mount for the television, as Brian mentioned below. That’s probably the most intricate project left, and will be the next thing we tackle.
- Build a bunk bed frame, which will suspend a small twin bed over the queen in the bedroom.
- Build some kind of scaffold that will let us essentially span a bed across the two captains chairs at the front of the RV.
- Build a simple platform with a support, which will be placed over the entry stairs and under a beanbag pile, for our last passenger.

And of course, that’s just the carpentry side of things. We still have to set up all the A/V equipment, all the amenities (beds and such), and stock the RV with the consumables we need for the weekend.

The road2pax is long, but excitement is building. I can’t wait!

Quick Updaate on the RV #PAX #PAXEAST

We have begun work on the RV.  Last night we finished what we are calling the console tray.

I’ll attach a sketchup file in case anyone wants to see it in more detail. (Measurements in file may be off which may be enough to convince me to update it).  This tray rests underneath the couch and has a slideout that allows easy access to everything.  The current plan is to have the tray hold an XBox 360, Original XBox, PlayStation 3, and an Onkyo receiver.  They will sit on a foam board to help with vibrations.  Between each device, there will be an eye hook.  The purpose of the eye hook is to allow us to run a bungee cord through the hook and over the devices.  This should hold the consoles down on the tray and again minimize movement and vibration.  The tray is pretty beefy so it shouldn’t move.

The consoles will feed to the receiver via HDMI.  We will then have a long HDMI cable running from the receiver to the 37″ Toshiba LCD TV mounted on the opposite wall.  This will require a pretty long cable.  I’ve read arguments on both sides about whether or not it is necessary to buy an expensive HDMI cable.  I think I will take a gamble on a cheap one from Amazon and see what happens.  At worst, I’m out $15 on a 35′ cable.

Now that this is done, we will move on to the TV.  Unfortunately there is a window right where we want to mount the TV.  Because of that, we have had to design a new mount.  More on that later but here is a sneak peek

The PAXMobile

Last night I took some pictures of the RV.  This is it without any customization. 

Who is we?

Welcome to Road 2 PAX!  You are probably wondering who we are.  We are wondering how the hell you found us.  Let’s remedy this.  I’ll tell you about us if you’ll tell us about yourselves in the comments.

We’re just these guys, you know?  We are followers of http://www.penny-arcade.com.  Some of us are in college and some of us are married with children.  Some of us wet the bed and some of us still enjoy the taste of paste.  The thing that we all have in common is we are gamers and we are geeks. 

The purpose of this site is to chronicle what should turn out to be a truly epic trip from Indiana to PAX East in Boston, MA.  This will be no ordinary road trip.  As moderately obsessive compulsive gamers and geeks, we don’t just ride in a car to a convention.  We don’t hop a plane and stay in a hotel.  We customize an RV and turn it into the ultimate gaming RTV (Road Trip Vehicle) and game and party the whole way.  This website was created to give us an outlet to let the world in on our plans.  In the future, you should see lots of updates on what preparations are being made.  If you are into woodworking, I’ll be posting about anything we have to build.  Woodworking is a hobby of mine so I suspect there will be quite a bit of it posted here. 

If you have any thoughts on what you would include in your ultimate gaming RTV, please let us know via e-mail or in the comments below.  I’ll begin posting some early plans and pictures over the next few days.