Episode 156 - PAX West 2026 Wrap-Up with Sully from Kaiju Cabal

Zine maker and brand new friend of the pod Sully (aka Kaiju Cabal on the socials) joins the program this week for a wrap-up of Ben’s PAX West 2026 attendance shenanigans! It’s rather serendipitous that Sully keeps a list of words, loves to pick things apart, is genuinely curious, and has tons of questions about stuff. After an introduction to Sully focusing on their late-age autism diagnosis and their chosen artistic medium, they explore the stacks of Polaroid photographs and piles of tchotchkes Ben collected for each day of PAX this year.

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00:00:20 - An introduction to Sully from the hotel studio, wet spiders, and a mom draws a line00:04:05 - Diagnosed as autistic, food and spoons, invitations to engage, and Andrew’s project 00:11:14 - Sometimes making connections takes work, curious brains, and humble PAX origins00:14:54 - Piles of stuff, Polaroid photographs, weirdly shaped potatoes, and pictures of dinner00:17:57 - Clowntown time traveling, wanting to punch someone, and going on a no-fun run00:21:56 - Appreciating the concept, fun allergies, Jackbox inspirations, and being whimsical00:25:36 - Pandemic party game popularity, required skillsets, and feeding the hippopotamus 00:29:30 - Let’s talk about thumb drives, taking down the RIGHT system, and a miscalculation00:34:18 - Ben’s audible, Blocks for Babies summary, some CPS concerns, and the Cenobites00:40:07 - EpiPen for fun, War of the Western Deep, the Don Bluth style, and player choices00:43:03 - Ether or Aether, Car Wars combat, Ben’s delayed answer, and meeting the team00:52:40 - Reviewing day 2 materials, misidentifying an olive, and meeting some game legends00:56:32 - Pinball legality, Dr. Pepper story, sailboat pinball, and niche Halloween costumes01:01:06 - Super Cucumber, a husband and wife duo, collaborations, and being the arbiter01:04:31 - The Fallout pinball machine, watching the show, the art, and testing the mechanics01:09:44 - That never happens, not Mannequin, the Pinball 2000 concept, and George Gomez01:12:52 - Intrigued by cult paraffinalia, Ladder Lad trailer impressions, and ladders on stairs01:17:29 - Johnson and Dan, a BYOCRT console, and teasing the best business card winner01:21:49 - Verb names, Sully’s description of Ty’s business card, and working-class symbols01:23:55 - DESOLUS, architecture and portals, a layman’s trailer critique, and angel accuracy01:26:59 - Flamecraft, Monster Couch’s focus, cute artisan dragons, and you had me at cats

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