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Review: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. (3DS)

July 23, 2013

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If I think carefully about what attracts me to the RPG genre and keeps me coming back for more, I can come up with a fairly definitive list of features. It’s a genre that has been my personal favourite since I discovered Dungeons & Dragons when I was about seven…

Show report: The first-ever PAX Australia. The first of many (we hope)

July 23, 2013

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Last weekend was the first time the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) was held in Australia. Developers, gamers and the cold weather all came down to the Melbourne Showgrounds for the weekend to celebrate all the things we love about this hobby. Being as this was the first time PAX had…

Review: Deadpool (PC)

July 22, 2013

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If you were to ask me what makes Deadpool so popular I could try to explain his love for breaking the fourth wall, his lust for women, or his never-ending hunger for chimichangas. Or, I could show you his video game. Deadpool, the mercenary with a mouth wants to star…

Review: Bloody Harry (iPhone)

July 22, 2013

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I think I just woke up in the early 90s. While the surge in indie games has brought an overabundance of retro titles, FDG Entertainment’s Bloody Harry does not even claim that its game has a retro appeal in the game’s description on the iOS Marketplace. Yet, it’s one of…

Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (3DS)

July 22, 2013

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Sonic the Hedgehog for the Game Gear was a legitimately solid title that, while flawed in several regards, still managed to establish itself as a viable alternative to the Mega Drive release. It was an even more impressive effort considering the game was not developed by Sonic Team but by…

Review: Motorbike (PSN)

July 22, 2013

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Trials HD meets a sandbox in a game that’s seriously flawed. I don’t really want to beat up on developer baKno’s Motorbike. Really, I don’t, but there’s just so much wrong with this game that I don’t think I can come up with anything positive to say about it. Motorbike…

The analysts speak; sales, budgets and the next-gen console war

July 21, 2013

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Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion as to where the gaming industry is headed in the immediate future. With the next generation of consoles fully looming upon us now, there are a number of questions to be answered on what we’re to be faced with in the next couple…

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July 21, 2013

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With the announcement that Index Corporation would be looking to sell off its assets as it struggles through bankruptcy, the games industry has naturally looked towards the fate of Index’s champion developer and publisher Atlus. There have been a lot of theories thrown around, and one of the most popular…

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July 19, 2013

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Atsushi Miyauchi, director of Dynasty Warriors 8, likes Australia. The first time he visited it was for his honeymoon. Now he’s down under a second time, to speak to media at the first PAX Australia about the imminent release of Dynasty Warriors 8, a game that from early reviews and…

Friday 10s: Famicom turns 30, here’s 10 must-play games

July 19, 2013

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Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…

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