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The independent gamers gathering, Penny Arcade Expo (aka PAX), has made it to a sixth year (which cannot be said for some corporate sponsored expos). The event will take place September 4 through 6, 2009, at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in downtown Seattle, Washington. The family-friendly gaming… Continue Reading »

The fine funny fellows at Penny Arcade have announced that their annual gaming extravaganza will be returning for its sixth year. The 2009 Penny Arcade Expo (aka PAX 2009) will take place September 4 through 6, 2009, at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, WA (USA). According… Continue Reading »

The second installment in Hothead Games’ extravagantly named episodic Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will be coming to the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade and the PC via the Greenhouse digital distribution platform at PlayGreenhouse.com on October 29, 2008. Episode Two will reunite players… Continue Reading »

At PAX 08 I had a chance to visit Twin Skies’ booth.  What I found out about Twin Skies is the truth in their slogan of being “much more than an MMO”.  It appears that Meteor Games is trying to do more than just create the next Everquest or World… Continue Reading »

This isn’t the first time that we have reported on Mirror’s Edge, a soon-to-be released game from EA, and I am guessing it won’t be the last.  Mirror’s Edge is a game I described in a previous article as a first-person shooter without any shooting but I was wrong about… Continue Reading »

While I was at PAX 08, I saw a demo of South Peak’s Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Danger.  I was surprised that this game was not getting the attention that it should be getting. Raven Squad is a hybrid of first-person shooter and strategy genres resulting in a rare and… Continue Reading »

I had the opportunity to try Gamecock’s Velvet Assassin in an appropriately dark, curtained back room at this year’s PAX 08. After all, the game’s tagline is, “Battles are won on the fronts but wars are won in the shadows.” In Velvet Assassin the protagonist is Violette Summer, a British… Continue Reading »

I believe that I promised a follow-up about Dragon Age: Origins, a soon-to-be released game from EA and Bioware.  I briefly mentioned in another article that the Bioware booth was devoted to Dragon Age: Origins, and it was completely enclosed.  PAX attendees had to wait in line to enter into… Continue Reading »

I realize that we have covered Fallout 3’s presence at PAX before, but I got a chance to experience it firsthand.  Bethesda Software had one of the biggest gamer magnets at the Penny Arcade Expo this year. It was tough getting through the crowd (which is where a media badge… Continue Reading »

EA had quite a presence at PAX 08 including entire booth devoted to Dead Space, a science fiction RPG being released around Halloween 2008.  I got a chance to play a demo of the game while Chuck Beaver, one of the game’s designers, was standing by my side as a… Continue Reading »