What We Learned This Week: PAX Hangover!

I promised you last weekend that this week would feature a ton of PAX East 2011 content, and I wasn't telling tales. The Penny Arcade Expo went down a week ago, and we've spent the last seven days working our fingers to the proverbial bone to churn out a ton of videos, previews, interviews and a whole lot more. It was a true labor of love, of course. PAX East was amazing. Check out the PAX Site to see what I mean.

Here's our slate of excellent web shows for your watching enjoyment:

• Feedback: Feedback was on location with a special guest: Bioshock's Ken Levine!
• The MMO Report: Casey takes a look at Guild Wars 2's casting professions.
• Sessler's Soapbox: Adam Sessler talks about how Bioshock's world is one he wants to save. 
• Fresh Ink: Blair Butler's review of Punisher is anything but a punishement. BB also checks out Jennifer Blood, Wulf, The Invincible Iron Man, Northlanders, Wolfskin, Thunder Agents, Fear Itself Prologue: Book of the Skull, and Carbon Grey.

And now the news...

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Monday

• Check out the Pitch Your Game Idea panel at PAX East 2011!
• Bethesda has officially announced Prey 2.
• Check out the Women in Gaming panel at PAX East 2011.
• Batman: Arkham City will be out in stores on October 18.
• Major video game companies like Square Enix are helping to conserve energy.
• Want to know what video game legal issues still concern the experts? Check out what they said at PAX.
• According to tweets from the company, Nintendo's factory was not damaged in earthquake.
• Minecraft is bringing us all closer together as gamers. But how is that happening? Find out from this PAX East panel.
• Pax East beat all previous attendance records for the Con.
• Tribes: Ascend has been announced by Hi-Rez Studios.
• BioShock 2 for the PC is getting free DLC today.
• According to the head of the company that makes Angry Birds, console games are dying.
• Get ready to hear Tetris, Mega Man, Asteroids and more like you've never heard it before.
• StarCraft 2 and My Little Pony have somehow been mashed together into the most amazing video about intergalactic war
• Do you prefer your games to be long, fun, or both? Find out what people think from this PAX East panel on Length vs. Mirth.

Tuesday

• Watch a kitchen handstand fail and more on Around the Net!
• Ubisoft has announced Rocksmith, a new music game.
• Check out our review of Homefront.
• ArenaNet answered a ton of fan questions during its Guild Wars 2 panel at PAX East. Check out our latest preview for the details.
• Check our new releases list to find out what games are hitting your platforms of choice this week.
• This gameplay video for Brink will blow your puny mind apart.
• We spoke to Kaos Studios' Tae Kim about the "yellow peril" in Homefront. Find out what he has to say, and how the game addresses it.
• Check out our first preview of Call of Juarez: The Cartel and find out exactly how bloody this game can be.
• Capcom is donating 100 million yen to help victims of the earthquake that hit the Tohoku
• Mass Effect 2's facebook page is teasing upcoming DLC Arrival with new screenshots.
• Blizzard is toying with the idea of putting Diablo 3 on consoles as well as on PC.
• The first-ever trailer for Prey 2 will be on X-Play tonight.
• Batman: Arkham City's campaign will take eight hours to finish if you're a ninja according to Rocksteady's Dax Ginn.
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow DLC Reverie will be released on the Xbox Marketplace and PlayStation Network on March 30.
• Check out the audio from the PAX East StarCraft 2 podcast panel: State of the Game Live.
• Inspired by all the in-depth discussion at PAX East, Adam takes a moment to talk about how important world building is in video games
• "Mario" is a SXSX short film that documents the life a of a plumber named Mario
• We take a close look at the iPad 2!
• Nintendo was nice enough to send us a console early so we can make sure to provide you with all the 3DS content you crave.
• Prey 2 has officially been announced and X-Play has an exclusive live-action trailer to prove it.

Wednesday

• This Battlefield 3 gameplay video continues the story as the squad searches for a sniper.
• Check out our Okamiden Review to find out if you want to take Chibiterasu on an epic adventure.
• Rocksteady Studios has revealed the first details about The Riddler's expanded, more substantial role in Batman: Arkham City.
• We talk to Cory Butler, a producer on Star Wars: The Old Republic, about the MMO's Space Combat.
• Portal 2 was at PAX East and it was definitely a fan favorite
• Duke Nukem Forever's booth at PAX East had ladies, playable builds of the game and a throne for fans to sit on.
• We get an exclusive look at the villain safehouse in DC Universe Online.
• We sat down with the legendary Don Bluth during GDC to talk about Tapper World Tour, and the legacy of Dragon's Lair.
• Check out a few new screenshots from The Last Guardian.
• Go Around the Net with Sara Underwood and Blair Herter!
• Special guest Ken Levine joins us at PAX East on this episode of Feedback to talk Irrational, PAX, and the SEGA Master System.
• Star Wars: The Old Republic already has 1.5 million players registered to participate in the beta.
• Swarm, the game that lets you control Swarmites, will be released on PlayStation Network on March 22. (March 23 on XBLA.)
• Doodle Jump has been announced for Kinec
• Mass Effect 2's facebook page has posted another screenshot from the DLC, Arrival
• We spoke with professional StarCraft 2 commentator Mike "HuskyStarCraft" Lamond at PAX East.
• Mega64 have a special kind of appreciation for Heavy Rain.
• Homefront isn't the first game to hit you over the head with propaganda. Check out these other games that are heavy on the subtext.
• Off Duty Gamers once again breaks down the latest Battlefield 3: Fault Line Episode.

Thursday

• Mass Effect 2 took home the best game award at the BAFTA Awards.
• Check out this video where the attendees at PAX give their best game ideas.
• California Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle. Berle ruled that Activision provided enough evidence to allow its $400 million lawsuit a
• We previewed Faxion at PAX East, the new free-to-play MMO that pits angels against devils.
• A magistrate has decided Sony can subpoena PayPal to access George Hotz
• Peter Molyneux, the main-boss at Lionhead Studios, has admitted to making up game features
• G4 staff talk about video games where you can get virtually drunk on St. Patrick's Day.
• Casey lists Guild Wars 2's crafting professions, explains how you can start your Star Wars: The Old Republic guild early, and reads s
• We haven't seen a Mario game from the first person perspective
• Dino D-Day is now available for pre-order.
• It suggests the NGP will either cost $250 or $350 depending on the model you buy.
• Actress Jeri "Seven of Nine" Ryan has been confirmed for Mortal Kombat Web series.
• Mass Effect 2's facebook has uploaded another screenshot from Arrival.
• Open worlds are nothing new, but now indie games are getting in on the action. Check out these open world indie titles that you can p
• FEAR 3 made an appearance at PAX East 2011.

Friday

• BattleBlock Theater is the next game from developers The Behemoth
• We got to hang out with the producer of Orcs Must Die! Chris Rippy at PAX East.
• Upcoming action-RPG Deus Ex: Human Revolution was at PAX East 2011 so fans could get a sneak-peek at the game.
• The Mass Effect 2 DLC "Arrival" has a release date on March 29.
• Some DLC for delightful Russian doll simulator Stacking is coming.
• Check out this footage and interview with Shoot Many Robots' creators.
• Take a look at the new TV ad for Portal 2, it's just great.
• River City Ransom 2 is coming to consoles in Japan.
• We've got a preview of Fallen Frontier, straight from PAX East 2011.
• According to the game's site, Gun Loco has been canceled.
• Find out if Goku can rid the world of The Jersey Shore in this week's Links Of TheFeed
• We put our hammer-wielding skills to good use in our first hands-on look at Thor: God of Thunder.
• Check out the latest details from Elder Scrolls Skyrim.
• Comics Punisher Max, Jennifer Blood, Xombi and more reviewed on Fresh Ink Online
• Has Angry Birds jumped the shark by adding advertisements?
• A very smart Legend of Zelda fan has a new piece of art in his home.
• Does the video game industry have a problem with sequelitis? Nearly every game these days is a sequel. Is this a problem?
• We got a chance to check out Lord of the Rings Online "Echoes of the Dead" at PAX East.