Liveblog: Texts from EGX Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Liveblog: Texts from EGX Updates from the gang as they explore the show Feature by Alice O'Connor Associate Editor Additional contributions by Ed Thorn James Archer Katharine Castle Liam Richardson Ollie Toms Rachel Watts Rebecca Jones Published on Sept. 23, 2022 3 comments The RPS treehouse is quiet today, with most the gang gone to that London for EGX 2022. We're running a Steam Deck Zone filled with minicomps and have a showcase of games with weird controller experiences, and I imagine they'll also be playing games, chatting, attending talks, loitering, expanding their LinkedIn networks, and other such expo activities. Kindly, they're going to check in across the day, texting us all with updates on what they're seeing, doing, and (I imagine) eating. And Ollie might join in from home with cat photos. Our live coverage of this event has finished. Coverage 08:53 am UTC Morning. Am starting the day the right way: trying to do leg stretches on the Elizabeth Line – James Archer 08:55 am UTC I have spent two hours playing Dead Rising on the Steam Deck, as god intended – Liam Richardson 08:55 am UTC I am wondering if it's even an allotment if it doesn't have a view of the train tracks. – Rebecca Jones 08:56 am UTC Don't start waving that Steam Deck around on the showfloor Liam. Security will lock you up in the Steam Deck Zone prison if you're not careful. – Katharine Castle 08:56 am UTC Will they let me nap in the Steam Deck Zone? I woke up at 5:30 this morning and I'm already flagging. Last time I was up that early for work it was to shoot raptors while wearing a mech suit. This job is weird. – Liam Richardson 09:06 am UTC Yesterday the Community Zone had some very nice beanbags and deckchairs. I cannot vouch for whether they are still nice today. – Katharine Castle 09:06 am UTC I got out of bed at 8. Poor planning on Liam's part, really – James Archer 09:10 am UTC Yesterday I was playing the Goat Simulator 3 demo. My single note was: "Obscene bananas". – Katharine Castle 09:26 am UTC Surely the highlight of the entire show. – James Archer 10:03 am UTC I've already lost everyone because I was doing a panning shot of a wall. I'm scared and alone. – Liam Richardson 10:07 am UTC Godwhacker says: Hey, you've got the mad "Home Turf" pool table there! It was on display at another event I went to, be sure to get a video of you playing it. It's the most depressing pool experience you can have We're gonna try! – James Archer 10:23 am UTC Having a nose around The Leftfield Collection. Favourite so far: Albedo Approaches Zero, a (space)walking simulator on a moon peppered with monoliths emitting tinkling alien tunes. Eerie but moreish. – James Archer 10:30 am UTC Does anyone dare me to buy the Roadhog hook? – Liam Richardson 10:33 am UTC 11:30am feels early to go feral, but I'm in favour of it. – Alice O'Connor 10:45 am UTC Just played a demo for what I thought was a dating sim but turned out to be like Untitled Goose Game with bad cupids. I am, needless to say, still on board. – Rebecca Jones 11:02 am UTC Oh - hello there. I appear to have found my way into this liveblog by accident. I sadly couldn't be at EGX today as I'm busy taking care of this gorgeous creature and his sister. Say hi, Harvey! – Ollie Toms 12:29 pm UTC We have lunched. I think this is also the first time I have ever spoken to Ed in person?? We had a very nice chat about Xenoblade 3, which Ed just played on his holiday. Now, though, back to PC games! – Katharine Castle 12:29 pm UTC Earlier I played an excellent game called Ninja Or Die, and I did not do the latter! A resounding success. – Katharine Castle 12:29 pm UTC About to watch Ed fight Hayden in Street Fighter 6. Ed is pointing more forcefully at the screen, my money's on him. – James Archer 12:31 pm UTC The screen tearing on these monitors is horrendous. Turn on FreeSync, sheesh – James Archer 12:38 pm UTC Hayden won. Then I lost to Liam. They're having a final now and - oh wow, Liam's getting pasted. – James Archer 12:47 pm UTC I lost both of my matches. I don't think I'll ever recover from this. Might go home. – Ed Thorn 12:54 pm UTC I want to pet the little (large?) Planet Of Lana bot over at the Thunderful stand, but there are too many people watching and I don't want it to be weird. – Katharine Castle 13:57 pm UTC A shrine to Kim is rapidly forming on the Disco Elysium booth: – Katharine Castle 13:58 pm UTC Almost caved and bought a body pillow. – Ed Thorn 13:58 pm UTC Ed you can't just say that and leave it at that. Kiryu body pillow? Majima? – Alice O'Connor 14:02 pm UTC Unspecified cat girl. Had Kiryu been there, I'd be clutching him to my chest tightly right now. – Ed Thorn 14:16 pm UTC Speaking of cats... Kira is currently busy adjusting to a life with fewer people in the house than usual. She hopes the EGXers are having a good time though! – Ollie Toms 14:16 pm UTC No, YOU just bought a Danganronpa canvas print! – Rebecca Jones 14:18 pm UTC Hell I'm lost in an impossibly long corridor – Liam Richardson 14:29 pm UTC It's been nearly an hour since I played Morse at the (our?) Future of Play stand and I'm still feeling the dopamine. The satisfaction of learning a language, sort of, combined with the joy of sinking some putz's battleship? Brilliant. – James Archer 14:33 pm UTC Checking out The Leftfield Collection and highly recommend The Wings of Sycamore! Cool artstyle! Flying planes! Exclamation marks! – Rachel Watts 14:35 pm UTC Aha, a PSX. One of my favourite flops. – James Archer 14:50 pm UTC Chucklefish have such a lovely Eastward stand. – Katharine Castle 14:55 pm UTC Since there wasn't a queue, and the guy taking IDs as an anti-theft measure didn't recognise me, I've gone undercover to see how the Steam Deck booth rolls. Def good if you want to try one out and - no, wait, everyone here uses standard Y axis controls when inverted is clearly better. Shame. – James Archer 15:02 pm UTC Did they... kill PewDiePie? – Katharine Castle 15:03 pm UTC I just played a game where you run a cozy bookshop by the sea and I think it's inspired me to change careers on the spot – Rebecca Jones 15:23 pm UTC Caught James in his natural environment. – Katharine Castle 15:24 pm UTC The Kim wall grows... – Katharine Castle 15:30 pm UTC PC gaming strikes again in the LAN zone. – James Archer 15:31 pm UTC Ed has found Judgement running on a Steam Deck. Ed is happy about this. Well done James. – Liam Richardson 15:45 pm UTC – Katharine Castle 15:47 pm UTC Rebecca and I played Funtasia, a chaotic 1v1 racer with cute visuals. Our philosophy was slow and steady, we're two ladies who don't need to rush – Rachel Watts 15:47 pm UTC Wildfrost stand looking nice! – Rachel Watts 16:15 pm UTC We're done for the day! Thank you for joining along in our text journey. Now it's time for a nice sit down and warm cuppa. Have a good weekend folks! – Katharine Castle Comments More Features What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Have You Played... Star Trek Online? Boldly going where no PC has gone before CJ Wheeler 17 hours ago 27 Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? 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