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Indiescovery Episode 7: the best indies we played at PAX East 2023The best of the best from Boston
The best of the best from Boston
It’s episode seven of Indiescovery and this week, wow, the gang istired. With a busy four days in Boston forPAX East, mine and Liam’s brains were basically mush last week, so Rebecca - an absolute angel - graciously said she could host a special PAX East episode where she chats with Liam and me about the indies we saw on the show floor and try desperately to string together a coherent sentence. She also made bulletpoints of our entire chat so writing up the shownotes would be easier; we do not deserve her.
Saying that, our exhaustion doesn’t stop us from kicking up a riot over theBAFTA Game Awardsat the start of the episode. We then delve into our PAX East indie round up and, as always, we end with our current hyperfixations.
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Episode Notes
It was the BAFTA Game Show the night before we recorded this episode, so we start off chatting about what we thought of the winners and a general natter about the nominations. The three of us were very happy thatVampire Survivorswon big, snatching the awards for both Game Design and Best Game, but we also thought that some other games were snubbed. Rebecca’s particular beef was that cat simStraydidn’t take home any awards (a sentiment that Liam had some spicy words about), and I felt particularly attacked over the fact thatCitizen Sleepermissed out on Game Beyond Entertainment. We all agreed withTunicandRollerdromewinnng an award or two though - we love to see it.
Liam then chats aboutPacific Drive, a survival roguelite roadtrip where you need to navigate an area in the Pacific Norwest called the Olympic Exclusion Zone, scavenging for resources to keep your station wagon running while dealing with the zone’s strange anomalies. It sounds SO GOOD and I cannot not hide how gutted I am that I missed out on this demo. Decieved. Bamboozled. Swindled.
The penultimate game on our list isCobalt Core, a cool-looking sci-fi roguelike with cute animals and fun deckbuilding that Liam played. Continuing on with the themes of animals and roguelikes, we finish with both Liam and I saying how much we enjoyedAnimal Well, our bestest best indie pick of the entire show.
