Panels from PAX

(Audio) PAX Prime '10 - Weekend Confirmed

Continuing the tradition started with 1UP Yours and then Listen UP, Garnett Lee, Brian Leahy, and Jeff Cannata bring the Weekend Confirmed podcast to PAX to be recorded in front of a live audience. It begins with a special PAX-edition version of Whatcha’ Been Playin? featuring the best of the show floor. In the second half it’s a live version of the Warning, with audience members invited to join the conversation as it happens. And you never know who may show up to fill the legendary fourth cha...

(Audio) PAX East '10 - American Classic Arcades

Join Mike Stulir of the American Classic Arcade Museum as he discusses classic videogame development & history with former employees of General Computer Corporation. GCC designed products that created over $750 million in revenue for Midway and Atari between 1981-1984. Some of those products include coin-operated arcade games such as Ms. Pac-Man, Jr. Pac-Man, Quantum & Food Fight. Other GCC development included the hardware for the Atari 7800 console & multiple Atari 2600/7800 came cartridges....

(Video) PAX East '10 But Thou Must: Choice in Ga...

Role-playing games need choice to propel the plot and motivate the player. The methods can vary from smoke and mirrors to extreme branching reactivity - what is the right balance to strike in a game? This panel dissects the SEGA and Obsidian's Alpha Protocol, the issues involved with introducing choice into a real-world spy genre, and presenting the consequence to the player - along with the consequences it had for the development team.

(Video) PAX East '10 Community Management

PAX East 2010 - Obsidian Entertainment | But Tho...

Role-playing games need choice to propel the plot and motivate the player. The methods can vary from smoke and mirrors to extreme branching reactivity - what is the right balance to strike in a game? This panel dissects the SEGA and Obsidian's Alpha Protocol, the issues involved with introducing choice into a real-world spy genre, and presenting the consequence to the player - along with the consequences it had for the development team.

PAX 2009 - Pitch Your Game Idea

You've got 45 seconds to deliver your idea to our panel of experts. The top three pitches will be picked for prizes and swag! (Please note that this is an open forum - there's nothing keeping anyone, judges and attendees alike, from stealing your ideas! If you're not comfortable with this, please don't pitch your idea!)

PAX 2009 - Hey Ash Whatcha Filmin?

-How to make a moderately successful viral video series that confuses the hell out of people.- "Hey Ash Whatcha Playin," while it hasen't reached the loft success of Zero Punctuation or the AVGN, still reliably pulls in at least 50,000 viewers every two weeks. Considering viewer feedback varies between total adoration and furious confusion, how does this viral video series stay afloat, and what can it teach aspiring gamer filmmakers? Anthony and Ashly Burch will analyze HAWP's successes and fa...