BNP at Pixel Pop Festival 2018 – Highlights from the Main Stage and Floor

Press Start Early Saturday morning on July 28, I walked into the venue for Pixel Pop 2018 and am greeted by the organizers. They handed me a press badge and asked me to take a sticker to indicate my pronouns, a simple but still appreciated token of exclusivity.

The last time I had been to Pixel Pop was back in 2016 where they occupied a small section of the St. Louis Science Center’s floor. In a short two year period, the event had grown significantly. I’ll let the picture of the main floor do most of the talking.

The people manning the different tables at Pixel Pop are bound not just by a love of video gaming, but gaming in general. A good quarter of the floor was dedicated to all sorts of board and card games, while various indie projects had monitors and controllers available for those will to beta test their latest build. While this wasn’t my first con, it was my first gaming conversation and there is something about all of the computers set up that just engages the audiovisual sensors. I wandered around the floor with my friend, taking up controllers to engage some good ole multiplayer shenanigans and taking turns at single player tables. And when we get tired of the stimulation, we frequented the Main Stage. Passionate Presenters

Through out both days of the Festival, Pixel Pop featured a wide array of presentations and panels that covered a wide gambit of topics. Kevin Snow of Bravemule discussed four key features of accessibility in gaming and helped budding design…