Opinion by Matt S. Two weeks ago, I was talking with Sebastian Perri, the Incubator Coordinator at the Canberra Campus for the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE). I was chatting with him as research for an article that I was in the process of building, and as part of it,…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It’s no secret; in recent years the Australian games industry has been struggling. A high dollar and increases in the cost of living has lead to studio closures and as a result the number of game developers working here is a fraction of what it once…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. Gameplay that is fuelled by creativity can often be a doubled edged sword. While creative players may flourish, those who prefer to kick back and follow a prescribed route through the game while mashing some buttons will struggle to find the most out of the experience…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. To explain who Don Bradman is for our American and Japanese readers, I’ll talk in terms of sports more familiar in those nations; In basketball, Michael Jordan has the most points per game on average in NBA history, at 30.12. His nearest rival was Wilt Chamberlain…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. In a bid to “cut red tape” and make the classification process easier for those selling digital copies of games, the Australian Government is considering signing up to the International Age Rating Coalition; a group of national classification boards across the world that have partnered to…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Games that are so profoundly effecting that they are truly haunting are few and far between. But Homeless, which is a fully playable freeware game online, has such a strong point to make that it’s a game that will stick in my mind for many years…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s finally happening! After a complete mess of a production cycle that saw Ashes Cricket ultimately cancelled last year, the other cricket game that was in production, Don Bradman’s Cricket, has finally been given a release date. It hits shelves (perhaps only Australian shelves?) on April…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’m all for games being used as a outlet for political activism. What better way to make a point than to get the players directly engaging with the material? Of course, if you do make a game that is a work of political activism, then the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Last year we covered an upcoming collectible card game (CCG), by some talented Australian developers that had the wonderful idea of fully animating all the art work in all the cards. That game, Infinity Wars, needed a lot of work when we played it in a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Here’s a bit of depressing news; MCV Pacific has published the list of the 100 best selling games in Australia in 2013. GTA V won, unsurprisingly, but aside from a couple of Nintendo-developed 3DS games (Pokemon, Animal Crossing and Luigi’s Mansion), four games in the entire…
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