Checkpoint

25 Oct 2018

Melbourne International Games Week: PAX Aus and friends

Video Games

This week on the show, we give you the lowdown on the Melbourne International Games Week, the biggest event in gaming within Australia that culminates to PAX Aus this coming weekend. But it’s not just PAX Aus that the Melbourne International Games Week has to offer, there is a huge amount of events.

Join Elliot, Cam and Jian as they shine some light on the lesser known events taking place this week. From the very first Melbourne Queer Games Festival that is giving a platform to local LGBTQI+ developers and Longitude: Asia Pacific Games & Play which explores experimental gaming from some under represented countries. Elliot and Cam also break down PAX Aus for Jian who will be going for the first time to highlight all the things to be checking out at the three day event.

Don’t miss any of the action and don’t forget to check out the first half of this podcast to keep up to date!

For all the latest updates as always, head to our official website at checkpointgaming.net.

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