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Games, Ghostbusters And Possibly One Crime: Everything We Saw At PAX East

Mike Fahey and I (not pictured above) went to Boston last weekend to cover PAX East. More than 15 new game previews and several adventures later, this is everything we did….


March 30, 2010

Raskulls Preview: Dig, Please

Halfbrick Studio’s early 2010 Xbox Live Arcade Game Raskulls looks and plays like the kind of old-school platformer that surely someone must have thought of years ago.


A Nintendo Fanboy Made This Game

In 2002, Andrew Lum strapped a TV to his chest, a GameCube to his belt and crashed Sony parties. He was paid to do this, but, really, Andrew Lum loves Nintendo. Today, he’s making a Nintendo game.


In Real Life

The Best Gamers Know These Best One-Liners

At PAX East, geek hero Wil Wheaton decided to check which generations the thousands of people attending his keynote were from by testing some gaming one-liners. People roared for each one.


In Real Life

The Great PAX East Slurpee Caper

Come hear the tale of how one video game journalist, driven by the love of the Slurpee, overcame tremendous odds to travel one and a half blocks in two hours.


Snoopy Flying Ace: High Road To Reminiscence

A brief hands-on with upcoming Xbox Live Arcade air combat game Snoopy Flying Ace at PAX East made me realise how badly I missed playing Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge.


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Eight Billion Years Of Dead Space

For Dead Space 2 executive producer Steve Papoutsis, PAX East was an amazing opportunity to connect with the fans that could keep the franchise going for “eight billion years”.


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In Search Of History’s Best Video Games: Canon Fodder, Season One

This past weekend, N’Gai Croal and I launched an idea two years in the making: The Best Method Of All Time For Selecting The 10 Best Video Games Of All Time. Or, as we more humbly call it: Canon Fodder.


The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile Preview: The Machine Girl Cometh

Ska Studios’ The Dishwasher returns in Vampire Smile, and he’s not alone, as his previously dead sister Yuki takes up arms against an army of twisted enemies, Machine Girl style.


March 29, 2010
In Real Life

PAX East Cosplay Gallery: Day Three

In our svelte final PAX East cosplay gallery, we bring you the few, the proud, the amazingly-tall Bayonetta, the ex-Kotaku-editor-masquerading-as-a-cosplayer and the Ghostbusters (can you guess who there are protecting us from?)