Inside PAX’s 6-Hour Sellout: ‘The crush was insane’

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At 10:38 AM Wednesday, the Bat-Signal for gaming geeks lit up Seattle’s cloudy skies: It’s time!PAX Prime badges have gone live!prime.paxsite.com/registration — PAX (@Official_PAX) April 17, 2013 Tickets for the tenth annual Penny Arcade Expo (PAX Prime)—running four days for the first time this year over Labor Day weekend—went on sale this week, but if… Read More…

Penny Arcade reveals details of PAX Australia event

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PAX is going Down Under. Penny Arcade, the Seattle-based video-game webcomic and commentary site responsible for the giant Penny Arcade Expo events, confirmed over the weekend that the first PAX Australia will be held July 19-21, 2013 in Melbourne. It’s official – PAX Australia will be in Melbourne, VIC from 19 – 21 July, 2013! Keep following… Read More…

Geek of the Week: Peter Newland, board game creator

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Lots of people make up rules for games as they go along. Some people turn it into a creative artform. Meet our latest Geek of the Week, Peter Newland, a resident of Lynnwood, Wash., and the creator of “Wizard Dodgeball” — a board game that features the all-stars of the “Interplanar Wizard Dodgeball League” throwing… Read More…

PAX: ‘Pitch Your Game Idea’ 2012 (Full Video)

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One of my favorite sessions each year at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle is the “Pitch Your Game Idea” session, also known as the American Idol of Video Games, in which avid gamers, um, pitch their game ideas to a panel of industry insiders. It’s a not-very-serious, often funny and occasionally insightful look at… Read More…

Windows 8 Sneak Peek: Microsoft’s ‘Adera’ game aims to redefine Xbox Live

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It’s Myst meets Lost meets Lara Croft on Windows 8 — with a virtual reality twist. That’s one way to wrap your head around “Adera,” a hidden-object mystery game that will unfold like a television show on Microsoft’s new operating system, in a series of episodes across multiple seasons. Part of a portfolio of games being… Read More…

Post-PAX tradition: Selling all that ‘free’ stuff online

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The annual Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle is a fascinating study in the laws of supply and demand. Passes to the three-day event traditionally sell out quickly, creating a secondary online market of real and counterfeit passes to the show. During the conference, you can gauge the changes of success for an upcoming game based… Read More…

PAX: Pirates, ninjas and what’s really happening in video games these days

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Did you know that Nintendo Wii games are 22 percent more likely to include ninjas than games on Sony’s PlayStation 3? Or that games on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 are 29.4 percent more likely to be about pirates? Those were a couple unexpected factoids from a panel at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend… Read More…

PAX Day 1: Photo gallery, plus news of PAX Australia

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Tens of thousands of people have descended on downtown Seattle for the annual Penny Arcade Expo, or PAX, the annual “Woodstock for gamers” that draws people from around the country for three days of gaming, panels, concerts … and tons and tons of cosplay. And it’s is only getting bigger. Speaking at the opening Q&A… Read More…

PAX: Microsoft previews Xbox Live games for Windows 8

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The giant Penny Arcade Expo video game convention, better known as PAX, kicks off this morning in Seattle, and Microsoft will be using the venue to preview some of the Xbox Live games that will be available for Windows 8 when the new operating system debuts this fall. The company this morning released a list… Read More…

Stunt: Nintendo to honor Kirby with bubble gum record try

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Believe it or not, Nintendo’s little Kirby character is 20 years old this year. (He doesn’t look a day over 2 to us.) To commemorate his birthday, and drum up a little attention for an upcoming Kirby anniversary title for Nintendo Wii, the company this weekend will attempt to break the world record for “the… Read More…