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Skulls of the Shogun is the kind of simple chaos that can be a breath of fresh air to a serious genre.

PAX Hands-on: Warp (XBLA, PSN, PC)

Waking up in a secure observation room of an underwater research facility is no way to start your day. Unfortunately, that grim scenario is exactly the situation in which the protagonist of Trapdoor, Inc.’s Warp finds itself. Luckily, as the title implies, the as-of-yet unnamed hero has the ability to teleport about 3 feet in…

PAX Hands-On: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (XBLA)

ITSP is an amalgamation of a puzzle/exploration game and a twin-stick shooter, built upon a flying mechanic that requires puzzle-solving and utmost careful movement. Our hands-on with the first demo.

PAX Hands-On: Slam Bolt Scrappers (PSN)

Tetris + Smash Bros + Balloon Fight + hangovers.

PAX Hands-on: The Gunstringer (XBLA)

Marionette skeleton cowboys fans have reason to rejoice, I had the opportunity to play The Gunstringer on the show floor at PAX and it promises to be fill a void for core gamers in the Kinect game lineup.

PAX Hands-on: FEZ (XBLA)

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After 4 years in development, Polytron Corporation’s long-awaited, perspective-shifting platformer FEZ will finally be seeing the light of day sometime this year. And I was able to take the most current build for a test drive on the show floor.

PAX Hands-On: Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is coming July 15th for 360 and PS3, and it is surprisingly…competent.

PAX Hands-On: BattleBlock Theater (XBLA)

Hands-on with The Behemoth’s latest innovative classically-inspired beat-em up.

PAX Hands-On: Red Faction: Armageddon’s Ruin Mode

Blowing stuff up feels great in Volition’s latest game.

PAX Hands-On: Child of Eden (Xbox 360 Kinect)