Published March 18, 2011

Think you saw Zelda on the T? Ride the bus with Super Mario? Grab brunch with Mrs. Pac-Man?

It wasn’t just a dream. PAX East, a huge video game and gaming convention, invaded Boston for the second straight year last weekend. Thousands of gamers from all over the country streamed into Boston and to the Boston Convention Exhibition Center.

Radio Boston’s Anna Pinkert went to the convention and brought back this great slideshow.

Once a burgeoning industry in Massachusetts, the video game industry here has stumbled on hard times recently, as Radio Boston reported. The show also looked into the recent rise in female gamers.