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This year at PAX East was quite unusual as it coincided with the emerging spread of COVID-19 or the Coronavirus across the world.

Freelance games artist Loukia Kyriakidou gave a talk at MIGS 2019 on 'What a Hero Looks Like: An Exploration of Bodily Prejudices in Games.'

As of late I’ve been finding myself struggling with two games. Not struggling in terms of making sense of why anyone would make them, but rather in the more literal, “my goodness how do I beat this title... or even just this level” sense.

I loved a great many things in my time playing Katana Zero but what interested me most is how it kept surprising me.  I initially pegged this game as a relatively routing hack and slash game with rogue-like elements but wow is it so much more.  With a killer and …

By the final day of PAX East I only had a handful of appointments to check out games left and was looking to wind down from the hectic experience PAX can be.  For whatever reason the last few games were not terribly enjoyable with the exception of Subdivision Infinity DX. …

At the surface I took Mistover as a Darkest Dungeon clone, but developer Bluehole has brought a lot of depth and originality to the game.

The depth and breadth of the event and the strength and inclusivity of the community of developers, enforcers and fans make make PAX East (and all the PAX shows) incredibly unique and well worth experiencing again and again.

Heave Ho is bound to bring laughs from players and spectators alike.

The First day of PAX East is always incredibly exciting.  There is an incredible rush walking onto the showfloor to see new games, meet the developers and be enveloped in the sounds and sights of a major videogame conference. I always start my PAX experience checking out some of the …

'Ape Out' will not deliver the next deep immersive experience, but it is incredibly fun to play.