In an events center filled to capacity with high-performance gaming computers, ten-foot tall mech displays with moving parts and chainsaw wielding cheerleaders on zombie school buses, it was an iPad tank game with a (wonderfully) terrible pun name that held my attention the longest.

My first endeavor as the official SXSW correspondent for the UPROXX Network (spoiler alert: I'm the only one who lives in Austin) was to take in the festival's ScreenBurn Arcade, the Alienware-sponsored three day expo that has become the hip new place for video game industry announcements, product demos and game tournaments.