Episode 138 - Ben’s PAX West Adventures Day 1

Ben went to the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this year and has a ton of stuff to share, so much so, in fact, that we had to split the episode up into four parts! In this episode, Ben talks about escaping his first room or whatever (Tomb Raider themed, of course), chatting with artist extraordinaire Dan Paladin, trying out the latest demo of friend of the pod Christian’s Rogue Climber, experiencing the incredibly nostalgic “martian death race” style game Ascent: Rivals, being gifted some sweet spatial gaming earbuds from SAN Sound, taking a quick peek at the free-to-play turn-based strategy game Starcade FACTIONS, speaking with Indigo Doyle whose life experiences in a small town (along with her likeness) are chronicled in the casual inline skating game Rollergirl, and playing the eagerly anticipated Borderlands 4! As an added bonus to wrap up the episode, Ben reviews a pair of turn-based strategy games—one from the past and one from the present.

00:00:28 - The Tomb Raider Experience Seattle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjqKao7sobQ&t=1s
https://tombraiderseattle.com/

00:04:48 - Talking to The Behemoth’s Dan Paladin about the olden days and game prototyping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OYpEUMQhz8
https://www.thebehemoth.com/

00:08:45 - 2VP tee shirt deliveries for previous guests Aron, Christian, and Erik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYrirK8hKuQ
https://www.jofsoft.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2475010/Pizza_Bandit/

00:09:16 - The latest demo of Imaginary Game Studios’ Rogue Climber
https://youtu.be/UZNKnpAoKO0?si=t0DcSsuzSFcP6kWV
https://www.imaginarygamestudios.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2673440/Rogue_Climber/

00:10:39 - Ascent: Rivals by GENUN Games and Ben remembers Red Planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQkBSUMFlnk
https://www.ascentrivals.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2748420/Ascent_Rivals/
Red Planet Training Video - https://youtu.be/DIPMK4L_Qv4?si=nVPsC2l_GxglJfe4

00:13:36 - A demonstration and a promotional gift of SAN Sound’s SANWEAR Quantum earbuds - https://sansound.com/

00:15:37 - A quick demo of Starcade FACTIONS 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSEAwC6pWmY
https://www.starcadearcade.com/factions

00:17:04 - Chatting with Indigo Doyle and playing Pushing Vertices’ game Rollergirl
https://youtu.be/yVktbRw21Kw?si=BEY2f6LiXwWIBo-Q
https://indiecup.net/canada/participants/rollergirl/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2828540/RollerGirl/

00:19:37 - Borderlands 4

BONUS REVIEWS

00:21:47 - Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition - Team 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqggv16JDI

00:24:11 - Wargroove 2: Pocket Edition - developed by Robotality and Chucklefish 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6piDvESOPg

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