Arcade sports games have brought much joy to my life over the years, and it is sad that the fine art of taking a complicated sport and boiling it down to an...
Category - Reviews
In my couple of hours with Zen Studio’s Portal-themed table, I was insulted, harassed, ridiculed, threatened, and in some cases, flat out abused. Oddly enough...
Life is Strange is giving itself a tough act to follow. Ever since playing the first episode, I was left to wonder how things would ramp up and get...
When it comes to themes in gaming, advanced particle physics is not exactly the most common narrative thread. Vengeance, apocalypse, princess-rescuing –...
My initial thought after unboxing the ROCCAT Tyon gaming mouse was, “what am I going to do with all of these buttons?” It seemed a little daunting...
Stevivor awarded best shooter of 2014 to MachineGames’ Wolfenstein: The New Order. Well-deserved, Wolfenstein’s mini-reboot was a love letter to shooters of...
Thick clouds cover the Sunday skies above Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit in Norfolk, England. The hum of 16 open-wheeled Formula Rookie vehicles start to fill...
Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 may be the most educational game I play all year. Did you know that pineapples are actually hundreds of small ‘fruitlets’? How about that...
There’s a lot to love about Foxtel Play, and more to hate. In theory, Foxtel Play sounds great. No monthly contracts. Different, genre-based packages to...
I believe there are two main reasons as to why we play games. The first is to have fun. The second, to challenge ourselves. With Goat Simulator, we should...
Unless you are living under a rock, or don’t have electricity (in which case, how are you reading this?) you know that the latest Marvel Avengers movie, Age...
On 5 June 2013, Undead Labs rewrote the book on how zombie games worked. No longer was it about kill count or headshots; rather, the brutal reality of merely...
Take everything you know about Assassin’s Creed and throw it out the window. Chronicles: China is a wholly different experience — unless...
Just like Halo: Spartan Assault before it, Halo: Spartan Strike is Halo, yet it is not. It’s also a mobile game, but again, it is not. Best on Windows PC...
It’s been a while since I’ve pulled someone’s spine out through their nostril. Tomorrow, Mortal Kombat X hits Australian stores in all its R18+ glory. If...
Twenty20 cricket may be relatively new to the international sports scene but video game lovers will be well familiar with the style as short run fests have...
When Xenoblade Chronicles first released on the Wii in 2010, I was really feeling it. The game represented one of the few full-bodied RPGs to arrive on the...
War for the Overworld is a love-letter, plain and simple. Older gamers will remember Dungeon Keeper as it actually should be: a witty RTS that helped to launch...
Koei Tecmo is an interesting and mixed bag. Imagine your favourite ice cream, cold and sweet and enticing, and imagine grabbing one out of the freezer and...
In this time of re-releases, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is extra-special: it contains the oldest last- on current-gen game, 2012’s Borderlands...

