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Our final report from the show floor PAX East2022 has officially closed its doors for another year. We started the day by getting back out to the PAX Rising Showcase.

We chat with panel moderator Isaie “Trouffman” Simonnet about the past, present and future of the hardware modding community PC hardare modding is never something I had the guts to try during my time in the RPS hardware mines, but after attending The Evolution Of PC Modding panel atPAX Eastthis week, I wish I’d been a little bolder. Moderated by Overclocking-TV.com’s Isaie “Trouffman” Simonnet with special guests Joe Gialanella from ModMyMods, Eric “hobbseltoff” Hobbs from PC Modding Enthusiast, and Justin “Robeytech” Robey, these four experts took us through the history of PC modding over the last 15 years, the highs and lows of some of their very own builds, and what lies in store for PC modding going forward....

Meanwhile, that red tent on the corner is their merch booth. Larian aren’t the only ones with an impressive PAX East stand this year.

Mix, haggle, sell Potionomicsseems to contain several things I’d like from a video game. It’s got brewing potions, yes, that’s good. There’s shopkeeping, I like that a lot. Then there’s a card-driven social system for haggling with customers - perfect. Recettear meetsPotion CraftmeetsSigns Of The Sojourner? With beautiful character animation? Watch its new trailer below. It’s the haggling system that most interests me. I can’t deny the art is part of the appeal, too....

Save yourself the torment of an 80 minute stream Pretend it’s Thursday for a second. Here’s everything you gotta know from the Gearbox Main Theatre Show panel in 5 minutes. In truth, there weresomeannouncements. The rest, though, was a big load of nothing. Trailers for games we already knew about. Trailers for games that are already out. Good times, those, good times. That’s all you need. None of this hour and 20 minutes nonsense, oh no....

Well, we thought we better answer that question by going straight to the source. But then, disaster struck. Dante clearly had it wrong. The golfing itself is delightfully simple. All it involves is two button taps: power and pitch. The twist is that these are no ordinary golf holes. And if you die? It is a roguelike, after all. For more of our PAX East coverage, stay tuned to theRPS@PAXtag.

And a Wordle Royale? Find out exactly what that means in the video below. No money changes hands. Just pins for pins, pure and simple. I have never seen such elation for two-line guesses as we did in that room. We’ve also yet to digest the entire PAX Rising Showcase, which we’ll be stopping by tomorrow. So there’s plenty more to come!

That’s what first-person shooterSentrydoes. You’ll find the trailer below. That’s a well put together trailer, isn’t it? There will also be multiple short and replayable campaigns and persistent upgrades between runs. I guess we’ll find out in due course. For now, you might find more information and screenshotson its Steam page.

It follows a young detective named Amira Darma as she starts up her agency to solve cases. Thats a huge difference between the actual game versus what it was two years ago. While Chinatown Detective Agency steadily improved over the several years of development, not everything made the final cut. Although the mechanic sounded great on paper, it ended up just bogging down the entire game experience. So we decided to focus more on the core gameplay and mechanics....

I mean, justlook at it. The level of detail in this little hut is just absolutely insane. Alice Bee might have also squeaked in delight when I showed these to her earlier on today. Top notch stuff, truly. There’s a lot of stuff coming down those video pipes…

Come and join us for our first daily rundown of PAX East.

After all, why should attendees have all the fun? It’s nottoobsy, though, which is good. It’s also just nice to be back chatting to folks, you know?

Think Ill be installingMy Time At Portiafollow-upMy Time At Sandrockand roguelike cyberpunk platformerLoopmancerthis weekend. Theyre flogging three Way of the bundles at a discount too, themed around mind, spirit and fist. Alice Btook a look at it at the timeand thought it was well worth a go. TheEnter The Dragon showcasepresentation begins at 7pm PDT/3am BST. The festival runs until April 29th.