Ron Gilbert to open PAX Australia

<p>It has been announced that renowned video game designer <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Ron Gilbert" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Ron&lowbar;Gilbert" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia">Ron Gilbert<&sol;a> will open PAX Australia in July 2013&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Penny Arcade Expo" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;paxsite&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage">Penny Arcade Expo<&sol;a>&comma; a&period;k&period;a&period; PAX&comma; is a video games festival which has been held in several locations across the United States of America since 2004&comma; with the upcoming PAX Australia marking the first time that the Penny Arcade Expo will have been held outside of the USA&period; PAX Australia is set to be the biggest gaming festival held in Australia&comma; and both 3-day passes and Saturday passes have already sold out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the press release&comma; Ron Gilbert is set to provide &&num;8220&semi;the opening &&num;8216&semi;storytime&&num;8217&semi; keynote on the Friday morning&period;&&num;8221&semi; Gilbert is a highly acclaimed figure within the video game industry&comma; being the co-creator of classic games such as <em><a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Maniac Mansion" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Maniac&lowbar;Mansion" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia">Maniac Mansion<&sol;a><&sol;em> and <em><a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"The Secret of Monkey Island" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;The&lowbar;Secret&lowbar;of&lowbar;Monkey&lowbar;Island" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia">The Secret of Monkey Island<&sol;a><&sol;em>&period; His most recent game is the digital-only platform adventure <em>The Cave<&sol;em>&comma; which he created at developer Double Fine Productions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Run by ReedPOP&comma; in conjunction with Penny Arcade&comma; PAX Australia will be held at the Melbourne Showgrounds from 19th-21st July&comma; 2013&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;3adcbb0a-680e-4ac7-887d-b463c0192c7c" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;