Women-Led Games may be one of the shorter showcases this weekend, but don’t let that fool you: there are some really incredible titles from some really incredible people here. The show is hosted by Lianna Ruppert. I’m not going to lie, I’ve followed her on Twitter for what has to…
Read MoreList by Harvard L. This week saw International Women’s Day come and go; one of the rare moments where the games industry does (for the most part) stop to properly celebrate the vital role that women have in producing the games that we love. Without the incredible talent of women…
Read MoreWell, this is great news! For years now we’ve had to put up with the Australian government at national level doing what it can to undermine the development of the games industry. Most of the funding and development work has had to come out of the state governments after the…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. The recent release of inFamous: First Light has got me thinking. As a standalone DLC, it’s pretty good value, and it certainly has a lead character in Fetch that is an order of magnitude more interesting than the Delsin the tool. But this DLC pack also…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. UPDATE: It looks like the outcry has succeeded in getting the IeSF to completely reverse its decision. Good on the organisation for realising that it screwed up, we say. E-Sports is a new concept. Thanks to the success of games like Starcraft, League of Legends, Street…
Read MoreThis is inspired by a post I saw on Chic Pixel’s blog on women in video games, and how, especially in the Japanese games industry, they still tend to conform to stereotype and are designed to appeal to male gamers. It got me thinking – what are some of the…
Read MoreThis is inspired by a post I saw on Chic Pixel’s blog on women in video games, and how, especially in the Japanese games industry, they still tend to conform to stereotype and are designed to appeal to male gamers. It got me thinking – what are some of the…
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