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A fan plays Duckhunt in the classics video game room at PAX East.

Darth Maul from Star Wars shows up at the convention to promote The Old Republic, an upcoming MMO.

Some of the best arcade game players in the world try to set records at PAX East.

A Metroid fan dressed as Samus Aran plays Rockband with other attendees. There were several Rockband stations set up around the PAX East convention.

The Tech’s Jessica J. Pourian ’13 interviews “Thorkon,” the creator of a case mod who is dressed as Boo.

A case mod of Divx, a character in Penny Arcade, was featured holding a bottle of Wild Turkey.

An attendee plays Dance Central, a Kinect game by Harmonix.

Tabletop gamers filled an exhibition hall during last weekend’s Penny Arcade Expo. Games ranged from Katamari Damacy to Jenga.

A cosplayer dresses up as Sarah Kerrigan from Starcraft.

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano addressed the MIT community with “The Future of Science as Public Service” at the 2011 Compton Lecture, held Monday in Kresge Auditorium. Napolitano spoke on how the col...

Isaac Lozado ‘11, MISTI-India, MISTI-Mexico

Kirsten Hessler, MISTI-Germany

You C. Yoon ’13, MISTI-Israel

Mimi Yen ‘11, MISTI-Italy