On October 18th, gamers worldwide will come together for a 24 hour gaming marathon to raise awareness and money to fight pediatric cancer.  Extra Life is going to be an incredible experience and we want you to be a part of it.  You can join here.
As we prepare for this event, I thought it only [...]

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Today, Sarcastic Gamer officially announces its “big secret.”  For almost 9 months now, we’ve been working on a way to mobilize this community, and our friends from neighboring gaming communities, to make a real difference in the world we live in.  Read about it here, or jump directly to the new site.
http://extralife.sarcasticgamer.com
Earlier this year, I [...]

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Dead Space is pretty flippin cool… literally.  You flip the world and levels around so much its hard to tell which way is up.  Watch me get owned by the game.

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Our resident crash test dummy, Lono, got to play the only-recently-announced First Person Action/Platformer from Electronic Arts, Mirror’s Edge.
Despite pressing hard, we still couldn’t get any closer to an actual release date for this game.  As you’ll hear, the rep didn’t even squirm.  I need to work on my cross examination skills.  Full video walkthrough [...]

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It’s true.  Lono, Dave, Truth and I were asked to leave the Left 4 Dead area at PAX.  What was our crime?  What could we have done that was so awful as to necessitate our removal from the area?  Who’s fault is this?
The juicy details after the jump.
Our PAX 2008 coverage was sponsored by:

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Crysis Warhead looked pretty killer at PAX this weekend, but the surprise came about halfway through our interview with the Quality Assurance manager…
This game will run smoothly at 30FPS on a 600 dollar computer. A “Far Cry” from the specs required by its predecessor.  Video after the jump.
Our PAX 2008 coverage was sponsored by:

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We got some serious love from The Blue Skittle at PAX, starting with an invitation to their Pre-PAX Party, which Dave and Lono eagerly accepted.  The rest, is a blur of faces, beverages, bad singing, and new friends.

Please support the folks who sent us to PAX!  SumoLounge!

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The highlight of the PAX experience for all of us at Sarcastic Gamer was the privilege of recording a podcast live before a studio audience.  With nearly 40 people in attendance we were lucky enough to have been granted the use of the Sheraton’s Diamond Room (Good Job Wifey!).
Despite a few technical hiccups, the show [...]

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These images were sent in by the incredible duo of Brian and Jessica.  There are a few photos of us setting up for our PAX Podcast and more.  Thanks for sharing!
MORE PICTURES AFTER THE JUMP!

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For once, we remembered to take a bunch of photos, plus our friends were equally active shutterbugs.  Here’s your first photo-fix from PAX 08.

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I think the folks behind Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway were as surprised as I was by the number of people lined up at their booth during PAX.  That’s because rather than use all of their space to let people play their new game, the converted a side of it into a barber shop.  At [...]

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I wrote about how seasoned gaming journalists needed to stop whining about E3 being a shell of its former self.  Now that I have seen how much more fun a convention can be when the public is there to see the goods, I reverse my opinion on E3.  PAX kicks E3’s ass.  It isn’t even [...]

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Dear anyone who will listen,
I can’t sleep.  My flight leaves for PAX in under 5 hours and I am supposed to be getting up in about 2 hours…  But sleep won’t come.
I am too excited about PAX.  More than E3, or QuakeCon, PAX is what I’ve been working towards for the past year.  So many [...]

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