Download: iTunes — Google Play — RSS Feed — MP3 Direct Download Hello and welcome to our Special PAX East 2018 Edition of Irrational Passions Podcast! This week Alex is joined by a special crew of IPers, specifically Jarrett Green, Logan Wilkinson, Jurge…
PAX East 2018
Fox n Forests Preview: A Throwback With Specific Inspirations
Walking through the crowded halls of the Pax East 2018 show floor, many throwback retro platformers briefly caught my eye, but a big stand out for me personally was developer Bonus Level Entertainment’s Fox n Forests. The way Fox n…
Use You Words as Weapons in The Path of Motus
Michael Hicks sees no reason to separate his values from his video games. The world is a challenging place, and it will take every opportunity to discourage you, but perseverance and wit will help you not only conquer your biggest…
SCUM is a Survival Shooter For the Dungeons and Dragons Crowd
It would be very easy to look at Gamepires SCUM, a prison riot survival shooter, and brush it off as just another fledgling entry in the “games that are basically DayZ” subgenre. The once-king of PC shooters’ influences on the…
The Messenger Preview: Blown Away Gaiden
Walking away from The Messenger, I am left genuinely and thoroughly shaken. Not in an uncomfortable way, in a way that leaves me chomping at the bit to spend more time with this game. No demo before has left me…
Ion Maiden PAX East 2018 Video Preview
CORRECTION: Ion Maiden is being developed by Voidpoint in Partnership with 3D Realms Our Video Producer Mike Burgess got hands on time with Ion Maiden at PAX East 2018 Footage Captured, Edited and Narrated by Mike Burgess Follow Mike @…
Outrun Evil with Big Guns and Blast Beats in Double Kick Heroes
Metal music is known for painting an alternative/futuristic/ancient world as a blasted, brutal environment of warriors and glorious fatalism. Fiction inspired by it shares these characterizing codes. Double Kick Heroes might crystallize all that is metal better than most games…
Rend Preview: Team-Based Survival
Rend is maybe one of the most ambitious games I got to sit down and see at PAX East. It’s also one of few games I didn’t have a hands on demo with, but I got to sit with David…
Faeland Preview
Humanity has kept their peace with other warring regions by forging peace treaties and keeping the dark forces at bay. However, a new and mysterious force is threatening the safety of everyone and everything in the world. This is the…
Tunic Preview: A Colorful, Mysterious Adventure
Published by Finji and developed by Diecy, Tunic is a bright action-adventure game with Zelda-like motifs that I was really excited to finally get hands on time with at Pax East 2018. Visually, Tunic has a glow to it. Its colors…
The Inner Friend Preview: Journeying through a child’s nightmare.
Playmind’s The Inner Friend is a game that will not make you feel good. Indeed, it is a game that will leave a strange feeling upon finishing the demo Playmind has available at Pax. The Inner Friend is an experience…
The Gardens Between: Preview
Reminiscing about past memories can be a strange feeling, certain things can stand out and scare you. Or they can bring up happy memories, but some of those instances can be surreal to imagine. Being in control of these memories…