Opinion by Matt S. Rack off, Senator Fifield. For those of you who aren’t plagued by the incompetent, useless government currently indulging its power fantasies in Australia, we have a hyper-conservative party in power that, in the same week announced plans to become a global leader in arms manufacture and…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. I don’t understand why the largest print magazine out there, Game Informer, decided to frame a “question” about whether games should be political as a question. But that’s exactly what it’s done with Video Games Should Embrace Politics. The problem with this heading – and the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of Australia’s major games industry bodies, iGEA, has published an open letter to Senator Mitch Fifield, the person who’s meant to be in charge of initiatives to support and grow the local game development industry. He is the Arts and Communications minister, after all, and…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As all Australians know, there’s a federal election coming up in a little under two weeks now. Under normal circumstances this wouldn’t hold much interest to a gaming website, but as we’re an Australian publication, and as one political party has just announced something of intense…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. One of the most common sayings that I see around the place is that “politics has no place in games.” It’s a line of argument that I strongly disagree with, as it implies that games lack artistic validity. As I argue in my latest piece on…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Liyla and the War of Shadows is a free game that you’ll be able to complete in ten minutes. It’s also a game that I consider to be essential, and the most important game that you will play in a very long time. Developed by a…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Election campaigns are rarely a time when politicians will come out with grand plans for the arts. After all, something like the arts, that directly encourages and fosters culture, intelligence, and improves a nation’s global reputation, can’t possibly be as important as tossing off about how…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. I honestly can’t imagine a more difficult topic to approach through a video game than one of the most dramatic, important, and political events that has happened in modern history; the Islamic Revolution of 1979 that took place in Iran. Related reading: Another interview about Iran,…
Read MoreIn today’s edition of Friday afternoon nuttiness, an Australian politician, belonging to the Liberal Party of Australia, has written an opinion piece about the importance of the government supporting game development in Australia. You can read that piece here. There are noble words in that piece, to be sure. The…
Read MoreThose of you with a more keen interest in politics might be aware that Australia has a new Prime Minister (and I suspect all our Australian readers are aware of this, of course, since the news has been unavoidable the lat couple of days). A fellow called Malcolm Turnbull ran…
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