Opinion by Lucy I. The seventh gaming console generation began nearly eight years ago in 2005, but it’s finally come to the end of an era. It’s time for us to look back over the last generation of home consoles. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii. Over the last eight years,…
Read MoreWith Call Of Duty: Ghosts, the Australian Classification Board again lets down the Australian public
Opinion by Matt S. The Australian Classification Board has seen fit to give Call of Duty: Ghosts a MA15+ rating. This is the second-highest classification available in Australia and is intended to bar children under the age of 15 from playing the game under any capacity. But it isn’t the…
Read MoreOpinion by Chris I. With all the hype surrounding the vastly approaching next generation gaming console releases, it’s a joy to see gamers’ excitement filling the web and forum pages across the Internet. But as I see what’s to come with these new consoles, it’s become quite apparent that it’s…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Yesterday, Australian industry body, iGEA, and Bond University, released the Digital Australia 2014 report. This report has been an annual release since 2005, and charts the demographics of people that play games within Australia, as well as their attitude towards games. The full report can be…
Read MoreArticle by Aidan B. The EB Games Expo turned out to be a great opportunity to reflect on some things in games that we may not typically think about in our daily lives. There were a lot of great panels that gave some real insight into different issues within the…
Read MoreArticle by Owen S. Massive multiplayer online gaming can be quite a daunting experience. Especially when attempting it for the first time. More so when trying to play with strangers. The player might feel anxious, nervous and their only goal might be to come through the experience with a positive…
Read MoreEarlier today Square Enix announced its own crowdfunding initiative; Square Enix Collective. In partnership with Indiegogo, Square Enix is offering independent developers the ability to post up their game ideas, and if they’re popular enough they’ll gain funding via Indiegogo, and publishing support via Square Enix. If it was just…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. $60. If you’re going to buy the complete set of optional downloadable costumes available for Dead or Alive 5 (that being all the costumes released for the previous versions of the games, Dead or Alive 5 and Dead or Alive 5 + on the Vita), you’re…
Read MoreOver the last couple of weeks Disney has released a few “companion apps” to its rather wonderful Disney Infinity console game. The first of these was a little throwaway. Action! Was clearly designed for kids who have been dragged away on a trip and whose parents didn’t want to spend…
Read More– Article by Matt S. It’s almost predictable now. Big budget game gets released, draws some criticism by a critic (wow, critics being critical! WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?), and BAM! Because someone dared to say something mean about their favourite game, a bunch of entitled and less-than-rational people…
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