Darth Hater - Darth Hater @ PAX

8/31/09 4:43 PM -

Darth Hater @ PAX

, posted August 31st, 2009 at 4:43 PM

As you know Pete and Sleeper, two members of our team, will be at PAX covering all of the events related to SWTOR. We will be recording all the panels we can as well as interviewing members of the team that will be there at PAX. We will have plenty of video and audio of the event for you guys so stay tuned. Bookmark this post for all of the updates at PAX. This post will be the roundup of every new piece of information that hits the net as well as our own. As a note - PAX runs September 4-6, 2009.

PAX Schedule:

Friday, 7:00pm-8:00pm, Raven Theatre
Designing for Failure: Why Winning Sucks
When Monte Cook came to speak to Bioware in 2008, an interesting discussion ensued. While pondering the weaknesses of both CRPGs and MMOs, I observed that those games dont do the one thing that make table-top RPGs so endearing, they dont allow for failure. In this presentation, Ill discuss the benefits of failure from both a behavioral and game play perspective. Ill cover past games that have, in some form or other, allowed the player to fail without resorting to a reboot of the game, then point out why failing but later succeeding is a far better reward mechanic than just allowing the player to win.
Presented by Jason Booth (Senior Technical Designer, BioWare)

Saturday, 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Serpent Theatre
Medium is the Massage: Story Matters
This panel will discuss how storytelling can affect and improve upon game design and gameplay. The audience will come away understanding how important story is to gameplay and how technology and interactivity can be leverage to effectively, or ineffectively, tell a story in a way that propels the gameplay and game forward in an interesting way.
Panelists Include: Denis Dyack (President, Silicon Knights), Ray Muzyka (CEO and General Manager, Bioware), Joseph Staten (Bungie, Creative Director), Tim Schaefer (Founder, Double Fine) Adam Sessler, (editor-in-chief, G4)

Saturday, 3:30pm - 4:30pm, Main Theatre
Star Wars: The Old Republic live demonstration
On Saturday at 3pm in the Main Theatre BioWare and LucasArts will present the first-ever live public demo of The Old Republic in the United States. Make sure to get in line early because there will be exclusives galore for attendees only.

Sunday, 11:00am - 12:00pm, Main Theatre
Star Wars: The Old Republic live demonstration
BioWare and LucasArts present their second live public demo of The Old Republic at PAX. Make sure to get in line early because there will be exclusives galore for attendees only. [Full Schedule]