Articles about PAX

Life, luck, and ‘learning from the best’: Former Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé at PAX West

This year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle (PAX West 23) started Friday with a well-attended keynote speech by Reggie Fils-Aimé,… Read More

PAX with people: This year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle will be a live, in-person event

ReedPop, the events company behind the annual Penny Arcade Expo gaming convention in Seattle, announced that this year’s PAX West… Read More

Seattle video game convention PAX West falls to COVID-19 and will be part of 9-day online event

PAX West, the giant video game convention originally planned for Labor Day weekend in Seattle, is being turned into a… Read More

Penny Arcade co-founder talks PAX; Acquisitions Incorporated; independent game developers

PAX, the gaming convention created by Seattle-based Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins as an offshoot of their gaming webcomic Penny… Read More

Why the developers behind PAX 10 game ‘Heartbound’ live stream their production process

At first glance, Heartbound looks like a nostalgia trip. Its Steam page describes it as a “non-traditional RPG,” with hand-drawn… Read More

Tim's daughter Maezie enjoyed the Donut County demo at PAX

The Tim’s PAX Indie Game Awards

[Editor’s Note: Tim “The Tim” Ellis is a regular GeekWire contributor and perennial PAX attendee.] Every year at the PAX… Read More

Is PAX still a convention ‘for gamers’? How streamers and media are changing the game

When Penny Arcade co-creator Mike Krahulik announced the first PAX gaming expo in 2004, he described it as “a big… Read More

First peek inside PAX West: Giant game event opens in Seattle with heightened security

PAX West, the video game convention that brings tens of thousands of gaming fans to Seattle every summer, opened Friday… Read More

PAX West in retrospect: The most exciting and surprising indie games

Now that I’ve had plenty of time to recover from four solid days of PAX West over Labor Day weekend… Read More

Seattle Police ditched Twitch, but PAX panel offers 3 ways department could return to stream again

In the midst of the giant PAX West gaming convention in Seattle this past weekend, one panel dedicated its conversation… Read More

PAX West 2016 Omegathon Finale - Jerry Holkins third from left

Penny Arcade’s Jerry Holkins on the future of PAX, new projects, and his current favorite game console

Penny Arcade co-founder Jerry Holkins sat down with GeekWire this weekend at the PAX West game convention to discuss the… Read More

PAX Panel: eSports has a mental health problem, and the entire industry needs to team up to fix it

Top eSports stars may not end their battles with the same bumps, bruises and breaks as other top-level athletes do,… Read More

Stressed out at PAX? The Non Exploding Kittens room has a very cute remedy

The scene at the giant gaming convention PAX can be overwhelming: Dramatically lit booths tower over tens of thousands of… Read More

Inside Microsoft and Taco Bell’s party, featuring the new Xbox One X and the $5 Quesarito box

The scents of juicy Taco Bell beef engulfed my nostrils as I walked inside The VUDE event space in Seattle… Read More

Twitch unveils new tools for content creators, including ‘Gear on Amazon’ monetization platform

Amazon-owned live video streaming giant Twitch made one of its biggest announcements of the year on Wednesday as it revealed… Read More

PAX Unplugged: Penny Arcade’s new tabletop-only convention debuts this November in Philadelphia

At PAX South on Friday in San Antonio, Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik announced PAX Unplugged, a… Read More

Stitches Creators Doug Brinbury and Jason Rankin

‘Stitches’ card game features monsters, an abomination, and … vocabulary?

Q: What do robots, polar bears, lobsters, tigers, a giant monster abomination, and vocabulary have in common? A: The new… Read More

PAX West concludes with a real-life version of ‘The Wizard’ in Seattle

It’s going to be tough for the organizers of PAX to out-do themselves after this. For the big finale of… Read More

Great indie games you missed while standing in line at PAX West 2016

Even with four days to take it all in, it’s impossible to experience everything that PAX West has to offer.… Read More

Who would be the tougher video-game boss to defeat: Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?

With the U.S. presidential campaign in full swing, and PAX West 2016 underway in Seattle, we decided to bridge the… Read More

Crowds, cosplay & craziness: Scenes from PAX West 2016

Didn’t get tickets to PAX this weekend? Here’s an inside look at the mega-video game convention that fills Seattle’s Washington… Read More

The most fantastic Uber trip ever? Final Fantasy fans find the perfect ride to PAX

Cole Wetle and Alissa Lawhon were dressed as the characters Celes Chere and her love interest Locke Cole from “Final Fantasy… Read More

Virtual reality abounds at PAX as giant game event opens in Seattle

Virtual reality has officially arrived, if the convention floor at PAX West is any indication. VR experiences are seemingly around every… Read More

Penny Arcade’s Robert Khoo stepping down after 15 years at PAX parent

Robert Khoo, the business leader who grew Penny Arcade from a small webcomic into a global force in games, is… Read More

Artist's rendering of the proposed WSCC Expansion, looking northeast up Pine Street at the intersection of Ninth Avenue.

Will Convention Center expansion alleviate the PAX West ticket crunch?

Tickets to this year’s PAX West (formerly known as PAX Prime) went on sale Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. sharp,… Read More

Mario fans blast PAX Omegathon finalists over lack of Mario skills

After nearly an hour of grueling trial and error between the top two Omeganauts during this year’s PAX Prime Omegathon, Ryan “Lysander” Anderson… Read More

Seahawks at PAX: Tech Q&A with football stars Earl Thomas, Bobby Wagner

Earl Thomas isn’t quite satisfied with his player rating in Madden NFL 16, even though the Seahawks star is the second-highest ranked safety in the… Read More

Custom ‘Super Mario Maker’ level punishes Omegathon finalists at PAX

The twelfth annual PAX Prime gaming convention drew to a close Monday night in Seattle with the top two Omeganauts “Mighty”… Read More

What it’s like to compete in the PAX Omegathon: A 3-time Omeganaut tells all

One of PAX’s central attractions is the Omegathon, a tradition dating back to the very first PAX in 2004. Twenty… Read More

Using Oculus with motion-sensing controllers: The most fun video game experience I’ve ever had

It was only 15 minutes, but my time playing with Oculus’ latest virtual reality technology on Friday at the PAX Prime… Read More