How a scaled-down PAX West in Seattle was still a success for some indie developers Although PAX West was dramatically scaled-back this year in Seattle due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, indie game developers that… Read More
Interview: How Penny Arcade took PAX online, and what it means for the future of the popular event The Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX, has become a major fan convention and games industry event since starting… 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
PAX has lost its luster: Growth of gaming show mutes the voice of independent developers When the doors of the Washington State Convention Center open next Friday, PAX West will be welcoming gamers to its… Read More
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
A tale of two Penny Arcade Expos, on my first time to the show Why I Hate the Word “Gamer” and You Should Too I’ve been in Washington state for 11 years now, and… 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
Hands-on: Valve’s ‘Artifact’ is complex, colorful, and the last thing anyone wanted to see right now There are only a few companies in the video game industry that have attained Valve Software’s position, where it can… 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
Play Podcast Geared Up Podcast: Are Alexa and Cortana BFFs? Plus, a chance to win PAX West tickets Play The Geared Up Giveaway is back! Geared Up subscribers can use the widget at the bottom of this post to… 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 Indies Expo highlights big divisions in the video-game world If you’re like me and don’t like crowded spaces, the 100,000-plus square feet of PAX West’s expo hall can feel like… 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
