Ben’s schedule on the second day of PAX West was packed with game demos, time loops, interviews, and… time loops. Ben talks about playing a large assortment of demos, including Fractured Blooms, Project ATOM, ATMOSFAR, Bakudo, OPUS: Prism Peak, Anthem#9, Unyielder, and Aether and Iron. Other conversations he had on Day 2 of the show were with Hank: Drowning on Dry Land game director Jakub Lisinski from My Next Games, Blocks for Babies designers/developers Noah Ritz and Dan Rock from BunkSoft Interactive LLC, and Karen Morrison from the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Foundation, a global charitable organization serving underrepresented and marginalized developers and individuals interested in a career within the gaming industry. Ben ends the show with a pair of game reviews—Death Kid and Rusty Rangers
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00:00:44 - Fractured Blooms - Serenity Forge https://serenityforge.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D6GyPbcE7U https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730310/Fractured_Blooms/
00:03:22 - Project ATOM - JNG Studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6SfB7NRYdE https://store.steampowered.com/app/3897280/Project_ATOM/
00:05:21 - Blocks for Babies - BunkSoft Interactive LLC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGaCvsgLPC4 https://www.bunksoft.net/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2776770/Blocks_for_Babies/
00:06:33 - Hank: Drowning on Dry Land - My Next Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCKsVyxM1eI https://www.mynextgames.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1937880/Hank_Drowning_On_Dry_Land/
00:09:52 - The Shueisha Games booth with Zo https://shueisha-games.com/en/ https://www.youtube.com/@shueishagames6941
00:10:42 - ATMOSFAR - Apog Labs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2rB4GbGQs https://store.steampowered.com/app/1798230/ATMOSFAR/
00:12:29 - Bakudo - Sayil Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFpngdvQtTs https://store.steampowered.com/app/2275860/BAKUDO/
00:14:11 - OPUS: Prism Peak - Sigono Inc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QwEGBhQwmU https://store.steampowered.com/app/1947910/OPUS_Prism_Peak/
00:15:41 - Anthem#9 - Korda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uO_l7aCR9I https://store.steampowered.com/app/2656490/ANTHEM9/
00:17:43 - Unyielder - TrueWorld Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be3oC1BKviU https://store.steampowered.com/app/789940/UNYIELDER/
00:20:37 - An interview with Karen Morrison, Program Director: Virtual Events for the International Game Developers Association Foundation https://www.igdafoundation.org/
00:45:34 - Aether & Iron - Seismic Squirrel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM6iYGdeuw4 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1836560/Aether__Iron/
BONUS REVIEWS
00:49:15 - Death Kid - developed by Crooked Games and published in conjunction with Take IT Studio! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTPLvj1IG2g https://store.steampowered.com/app/3456970/Death_Kid/
00:51:37 - Rusty Rangers - developed and published by Fantastica! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXR61yHqWwE https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599420/Rusty_
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