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PAX Unplugged 2022 3-Day Badge Giveaway
Hello everyone! A few times this year, we’ve teamed up with PAX to give some of our readers a chance to head to one of the PAX events. Over the years, we’ve had PAX Online events along with the most recent PAX East 2022 and PAX West 2022. Some of us here at Marooners’ Rock ventured out after not being able to head to conventions in person since 2020.
PAX West 2022 4-Day Badge Giveaway
Over the years, we’ve had PAX Online events along with the most recent PAX East 2022. Quite a few of us here at Marooners’ Rock ventured out after not being able to head to conventions in person since 2020. I do miss seeing indie games in person and the hard work both big and small developers have poured into their games so we’re very excited for PAX West 2022! In recent news, th...[Read More]
A New Story Trailer Arrives for Gamedec
The clues to the truth lie within digital worlds. After making a triumphant debut last year on Steam, Gamedec by Polish-based Anshar Studios is ready to launch on Nintendo Switch, giving Nintendo Switch players the chance to log on and jack into digital worlds as part of a real-life futuristic destructive agency. In the future, crimes takes place in another world.
Hands-On with Hardspace: Shipbreaker from PAX East 2022
HG Wells’s 1889 novel, War of The Worlds portrays a futuristic, intergalactic war with an extraterrestrial race. In 1938, a radio broadcast of the same Novel by Orson Welles terrified the nation, which lead to the 1953 movie of the same name. It feels like ever since then, space has been almost exclusively the subject of alien invasions and gargantuan space wars. In fact, the first video gam...[Read More]
The Day We Fought Space Hands-On at PAX East 2022
In the animal kingdom, there are creatures that are coined “living fossils” referring to creatures that have not if barely, evolved. Animals such as horseshoe crabs and chambered nautilus have remained mostly the same for millions of years and despite everything, staying alive. It can be argued that the shoot-’em up genre of video games, the genre is also a living fossil as well, but that is...[Read More]
City Block Builder Preview PAX East 2022
Rockers, in the coming week we will be wrapping up our PAX East 2022 coverage. Almost a month has passed since the event and we have shared with you a good majority of the demos we played during the event. If you missed any PAX East 2022 coverage, head to our PAX East 2022 section to view any articles you might have missed. My last PAX East preview is for a game that is by far not a game to sleep ...[Read More]
Lego Bricktales & Tinkertown PAX East 2022 Previews
Over the next week, we will be wrapping up our PAX East 2022 coverage. Almost a month has passed since the event and we have shared with you a good majority of the demos we played during the event. If you missed any PAX East 2022 coverage, head to our PAX East 2022 section to view any articles you might have missed. Right after PAX East, we covered one of Thunderful Games‘ PAX East demos, Th...[Read More]
The Last Oricru Hands-on Preview PAX East 2022
When a genre breaks ground and plants its feet firmly on the foundation, others will follow in its footsteps. Ever since Demon Souls in 2009, the Souls genre has established a firm foothold and many have followed the path. The Surge introduced Souls-like mechanics in a specific world dominated by cybernetics and sweatsuits. Hell point put players on the fringes of the universe to fight demons, not...[Read More]
Arcade Paradise Hands-on Preview PAX East 2022
When you think of a cute sim game, what do you think of? Most gamers will typically name off at least one Nintendo title in their top 10 cutest games list. Games such as Animal Crossing, or other titles such as Slime Rancher. These cute franchises have excelled due to cute characters but also addicting gameplay elements. Where some games thrive in one area, they fall short in others. Sadly, this i...[Read More]
Tin Hearts PAX East 2022 Preview
Hey Rockers. When you think of cute games, what do you think of? Most gamers will typically name off at least one Nintendo title in their top 10 cutest games list. Games such as Animal Crossing, Pokemon, Kirby, It Takes Two, Lego, Pikmin, Sonic, Little Big Planet, Yoshi, and Slime Rancher. So what do all these games have in common? Cute and potentially iconic characters but sometimes an emotional ...[Read More]
Hands-on with Dolmen during PAX East 2022
Space is filled with the darkest of terrors, but humankind, in its ambitions to explore, seems to be unfazed in pushing the limits of science. Humans could not be more naive about the dangers of science. Every step towards progress puts another step towards darkness. When a special energy resource is trapped on a derelict space station, one must brave the monstrosities of science. Dolmen from Prim...[Read More]
My Friendly Neighborhood & Sucker for Love PAX East 2022 Preview
Although PAX EAST 2022 was two weeks ago, we still want to provide you with content from the event, especially for some of our favorite games. We intended to do this the week after PAX East, but sadly, I was the only one from the Maroonersrock team that contracted COVID. Despite being under the weather and busy schedules, we have tried to provide you with content you would enjoy. Now, I am pleased...[Read More]