The dust has barely settled after PAX Australia 2014 ended and one month later tickets are now on sale for next year’s event, scheduled for October 30th to November 1st. Once again it’s located at the Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre. With the success of this year’s event, expect tickets […]
The last day of PAX Australia opened with a panel by the crew from Gearbox Software. Randy Pitchford and crew spent an hour and a half covering their new and upcoming releases. First up was Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, a game made right here by 2K Australia. In addition […]
Today’s session started off with the Penny Arcade guys again, watching Mike do his magic on the big screen. With many of the attendees being veterans of last year’s event, there was no shortage of reminders to include shout outs in the new comic strip. I also had a […]
On day two of PAX Australia, the Penny Arcade Q&A involved Mike drawing up a new strip while the audience watches. Last year Jerry wrote the text at the beginning but this time he was prepared in advance so Mike could draw right away. I’m always extra curious about the […]
Though I did have a handful of issues with last year’s venue for PAX, this year is a substantial improvement. The Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre is a perfect location for an event like this with plenty of floor space and dedicated theatres for the panels. The advantage of […]
First cab off the PAX rank this year was Pete Hines, VP of Bethesda, who has worked for the company for 15 years and shared with the Melbourne crowd some of his stories and experiences during that time. With a career that previously included working as a DJ […]
The end of this month heralds the return on the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) to occasionally sunny Melbourne and it’s returned bigger and better. With a new location in the heart of the city and covering more than twice the area than last year it is going to make […]
Today I decided to take a different approach and devoted the majority of my time to the Expo Hall. Perfect for me as now have a good chance to look at some games in detail. First up was World of Tanks. Their exhibit was huge and attracted big […]
The final event of PAX Australia was the last round of the Omegathon, a competition that played out over the course of the event involving a variety of games until only two contestants remained. The winner would earn themselves a trip to PAX Prime while the runner up […]
Seems a common theme for the Penny Arcade sessions has been asking Mike and Jerry why they chose Australia. I think it is a case that usually we resort to the Internet to find out about these great expos overseas. No one ever imagined we would be considered […]
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