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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: 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)

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: Child of Eden (Xbox 360 Kinect)

I always felt guilty because I never played the original Rez. And I felt guiltier when I played Rez HD three years ago and didn’t like it. Fortunately, I’ve realized what it might be missing: motion controls. I’ve recently had the opportunity to play an archive (read: level) of Child of Eden, the sequel to…