PAX East 2022 is already a catastrophe
I picked up my PAX East 2022 badge last night, and I found a strange note attached to it.The note, written in crayon,instructed me to go under the nearby footbridge for a meeting at 9PM. I know a lot of strange people in the industry, so this wasn’t all that surprising. Also, I’m a 45-year-old video game blogger. The chances of me being seen as valuable enough to be kidnapped are (hopefully) pretty slim. So I packed up my valuables in my car, called my wife and son to tell them I love them, and headed under the bridge.
There was a little door down there, about four feet high, with the words “KEBAKO’S MIGHTY MIGHTY MIGHTY PAX BOOTH” drawn on with sparkly puff paint. There was no doorknob, but I managed to pry it open with my fingernails. That was risky, as the door was very rusty. I crawled in and the door drifted shut behind me.
It was pitch black, so I whipped out my phone and used it as a crappy flashlight. I also hit the record button on my audio notepad app. If I was going to die down there, I at least wanted some record of my ill-advised final moments.
But I didn’t die. Instead, I took the recording of what happened and turned it into a video. The visuals are just for reenactment purposes, but everything you hear is 100% real.
So what just happened to me?
My guess is that this was all to promoteLimited Run Games’ release ofCat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche.I have quite the history with the game, being one of the first people toreport on it being a legitimate WayForward original, so I wasn’t entirely surprised that I got some “special treatment” fromthe team behind it.But discovering that Kebako, the titular cat girl, is a real person? That was a shock to even me.
And the bonuses in theCat Girl Without SaladLimited Run Collector’s Edition are just as real. Real money. Real robot squids. Even real tattoos! For a game that many thought was just a joke, this is a seriously cool package.
The Collector’s Edition and Regular Edition ofCat Girl Without Saladare both on sale at Limited Run until July 27, 2025, without salad or any plans for a future re-release, so grab this bowl of colorful brain candy by the tongs and dig in while you can.
