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PAX Schedule Revealed

The PAX schedule has been revealed in entirety in preparation for the conference. Relevant information for us pertains to Star Wars: The Old Republic related events:

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 don't do the one thing that make table-top RPGs so endearing, they don't 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.

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  • Sleeper's avatar
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    #11 Sleeper Posted 8/14/2009 12:16:15 PM
    If someone is looking for a hotel still toss me an e-mail with some info, me and a friend are 5 blocks from the center, and I will need someone to go to PAX with haha, and another to drink with after
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    #12 sado Posted 8/14/2009 12:40:36 PM
    sleeper@darthhater.com is his email.
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    #13 Sleeper Posted 8/14/2009 1:36:10 PM
    Thanks Sado
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    #6 RogueJedi86 Posted 8/14/2009 2:21:06 AM
    Hopefully that "attendees only" means we who live on the internet can learn about it from the Attendees. :)

    Also, cool @ Adam Sessler being a panelist. He's always seemed like a cool guy.
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    #7 sado Posted 8/14/2009 2:41:42 AM
    I've always liked him but he definitely isn't liked on NeoGAF.
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    #3 DirectX Posted 8/14/2009 1:25:48 AM
    I can't wait to attend. This is my first year living out in Seattle. Anyone else going? ;)
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    #5 sado Posted 8/14/2009 2:03:13 AM
    Pete and Sleeper are going. I wish I was but no money kinda kills that whole thing. We need someone back here anyways to be the one posting all the stuff that Pete and Sleeper will be gathering so that ends up being me ;).
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    #8 DirectX Posted 8/14/2009 8:43:45 AM
    Nice ^^ They should meet up with me. I'll help any way that I can.
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    #9 DirectX Posted 8/14/2009 8:51:44 AM
    Are video cameras permitted at PAX? (first time)
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    #10 sado Posted 8/14/2009 9:12:05 AM
    Yeah but the companies organizing the events can choose to disallow people to record their content. If that's the case they will post it at the door of the panel/demo room.
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    #2 PurpleCliff Posted 8/14/2009 1:17:39 AM
    GOOD LUCK AT PAX! (Someone from the Darth Hater team is going right? I forget ...)
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    #4 sado Posted 8/14/2009 2:01:11 AM
    Yep Pete and Sleeper are going, hopefully with press badges too. We will be recording the panels and the demo (if they allow us to) so we can upload them later for everyone to see. This time we should have video too.
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    #14 RogueJedi86 Posted 8/14/2009 2:57:41 PM
    And if they can't, there'll still be the Developer Walkthrough video next Friday for GamesCon. :)
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    #1 sado Posted 8/14/2009 1:00:11 AM
    Something purely for myself:

    Saturday, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, Wolfman Theatre
    Totally Rad Show Podcast and Q&A
    The Totally Rad Show: Live - Hosts Alex Albrecht (Diggnation), Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata bring their Webby and Podcast Award winning geek culture show back to PAX, this time for a live performance. Join the guys for an explosion of movie, video game, TV, and comic book news and reviews, and see what makes this Revision3 show such an Internet phenomenon.
    Panelists include: Jeff Cannata (Host, Totally Rad Show), Alex Albrecht (Host, Totally Rad Show), Dan Trachtenberg (Host, Totally Rad Show)
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