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PAX West 2024: Popucom quietly became the co-op game we can't stop thinking about
Popucom quickly became our favorite co-op game at PAX West, so grab a teammate you'd trust with a colorful bubble gun and hop in.
Nate Hermanson
Oct 23, 20245 min read
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PAX West 2024: Dance like THE MAN is watching in All Systems Dance - Hands-on impressions and interview
"We're trying to make it as fun as hell to think in revolutionary terms," says Dave Proctor, Mighty Yell CEO.
Nate Hermanson
Oct 14, 202411 min read
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PAX West 2024: Q&A with the minds behind the existential puzzler Time Flies
PAX West's fly-on-the-wall game: We talked with developers Michael Frei and Raphaël Munoz about Time Flies!
Julie Cooper
Oct 7, 20247 min read
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PAX West 2024: oneway.exe might be the next big indie horror hit
oneway.exe does indie horror for the chronically online.
Nate Hermanson
Oct 2, 20245 min read
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PAX West 2024: Going medieval with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, the perfect sequel
Duels, cheeky dialogue, and all-around improvements — we played Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 at PAX West and didn't want to put it down.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 24, 20247 min read
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PAX West 2024: Centum's trippy AI horror changes the world around you every step of the way
Instructions unclear, now trapped in Centum's ever-changing reality with a manipulative AI: a PAX hands-on demo and interview with Centum.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 23, 20245 min read
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PAX West 2024: Hands-on with Whisper Mountain Outbreak and Toge Productions' legacy on display in Seattle
Whisper Mountain Outbreak's classic survival horror vibes delivered some of our most tense moments at PAX West.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 21, 20246 min read
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PAX West 2024: Ender Magnolia balances beauty and brutality, just with fewer difficulty spikes | Interview with Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Ender Magnolia publisher Binary Haze talked to us about the "oppressive and dark, but still beautiful" Metroidvania releasing winter 2025.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 16, 20246 min read
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PAX West 2024: Dread Delusion's James Wragg talks about making the retro RPG I couldn't put down
Talking about crafting difficult choices for players and a weird world ripe for interesting lore with Dread Delusion's James Wragg.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 9, 20245 min read
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PAX West 2024: Heartworm is a standout in DreadXP's buzz-worthy indie horror lineup
Catching up with DreadXP, Heartworm, and the team behind this Silent Hill-inspired retro indie horror game.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 8, 20245 min read
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PAX West 2024: Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland brings back the lost art of licensed games
We played the demo for Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland at PAX a week before the game's release.
Julie Cooper
Sep 5, 20244 min read
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Mirthwood looks to level up life sims with RPG elements - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
Mirthwood brought its first-ever playable demo to PAX West and solidified its place as a life and farming sim game worth watching.
Nate Hermanson
Oct 23, 20239 min read
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World of Horror developed "low and slow" heads to 1.0 release - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
Palms sweaty, pulse racing. The typical PAX West experience? Or the result of playing the demo for World of Horror?
Nate Hermanson
Oct 16, 20238 min read
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Narrative RPG Long Gone Days centers humanity in a time of war - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
As Long Gone Days approached its October release date, we talked with Lead Programmer Camilo Valderrama at PAX West.
Nate Hermanson
Oct 9, 20238 min read
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Fight Crab 2's physics-based action delivers a welcoming chaos - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
Two crabs enter the arena... but only one can leave victorious. We talked with PLAYISM at PAX West about the absurd brawler Fight Crab 2.
Nate Hermanson
Oct 1, 20237 min read
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Demonschool delivers a more active tactics RPG experience - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
Necrosoft Games Founder and Director Brandon Sheffield schooled us in all things Demonschool at PAX West 2023.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 28, 20238 min read
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Everdeep Aurora keeps drilling its way into our hearts - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
At PAX West 2023, we drilled down into the Everdeep with Ysbryd Games Founder Brian Kwek, publisher for Everdeep Aurora.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 24, 20238 min read
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Billy Basso on creating mysterious and mind-blowing Animal Well - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
We had a long chat about the beautiful and layered platformer Animal Well with its solo developer, Billy Basso, at PAX West 2023.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 18, 202311 min read
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Physics meets crafting in silly survival game Dropkick Navvy - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
Dropkick Navvy shows what survival actually entails: A lot of stumbling, talking to trees, and getting bonked on the head.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 16, 20237 min read
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Find a rival, learn to ball, and save a community in Beastieball - PAX West 2023 interview
Greg Lobanov's "dream game" to make is our dream game to play. Find out what we learned at PAX West 2023 about Beastieball, coming in 2024.
Nate Hermanson
Sep 14, 20238 min read
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