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Gaming Feature Article PC / Mac PS5 Xbox Series S Xbox Series X

February 13, 2022February 13, 2022 Guy 1476 Views Rainbow Six Siege, Rainbow Six: Extraction, Shooter, Tactical, Teamwork, XCOM

Rainbow Six: Extraction, Review

Our resident Rainbow Six: Siege sharpshooter, Nina, returns with thoughts on Ubisoft’s recent spin off PvE shooter Rainbow Six: Extraction.

Up until recently I was a long-standing Rainbow Six: Siege fangirl, but I have drifted away from Siege in recent months.

I don’t like how Ubisoft have allowed what was a great team based, tactical “Clancy” game, morph into a pretty toxic, run and gun shooter. Funnily enough my actual love of Rainbow Six: Siege started back in 2018, not with the core game, but with brief Operation Outbreak event.

Feature Article Gaming PS5

February 5, 2022January 29, 2022 Richard Armitt 1495 Views Bethesda, FPS, supernatural, Tokyo

Ghostwire Tokyo, preview

Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to watch an invite only Ghostwire Protocol preview, hosted by Bethesda Europe’s Kye Sutton.

Apart from the odd teaser Ghostwire Protocol was pretty much an unknown to me. I went in both cold and ready to be sold. What I came away with was a warm feeling of excitement and a new IP to look forward to.

Gaming Feature Article Hardware Microsoft Nintendo PC / Mac Playstation PS5 Xbox Series X

January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 Richard Armitt 1222 Views

End of Year Wrap 2021

2021, pandemic year 2 and again a feast of video game goodness was to be had. Join us in the End of Year Wrap 2021 to pick over some memories.

It’s always interesting to get a diverse view across the team of what hit and missed us this last twelve months.

Gaming Feature Article PC / Mac Playstation PS5

October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 Richard Armitt 1937 Views Arkane, Bethesda, FPS, Time Travel

Deathloop retrospective

After guest writer Mark delivered a hefty Deathloop review previously. Dylan and myself thought it would be worth having a Deathloop retrospective to chew over some of the key elements.

We’ve chatted back and forth over an extended period. Rather than a review crammed into a short period we wanted to follow our own journey.

Thanks to Bethesda ANZ for the review codes.

Gaming Feature Article Hardware Video Content

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 Richard Armitt 1705 Views Classic Arcade, Coin-op, Homemade, Jamma, Pandora Box, Retro

Building the Arcade Dream, Part 2

Part 2 of the series, where I build my own Arcade Machine.

There is plenty of mystery surrounding the homemade arcade scene, until you get under it’s skin. Wherever you live there will be local knowledge and country related forums. This is as true in Australia as it is elsewhere. On the way to picking up and deciding on which cabinet I was going to tackle first I came across lots of useful resources.

Google and Youtube are absolutely your friend, especially if you’re an okay-ish handyman like myself.

Gaming Feature Article Hardware Video Content

August 8, 2021May 8, 2022 Richard Armitt 2073 Views Arcade, Classic Arcade, Coin-op, Homemade, Jamma, Pandora Box, Retro

Building the Arcade Dream, Part 1

Growing up in the 80’s gave the Arcade Machine a special place in my heart. While I wasnt ever able to fervently feed all my money into them I knew my way around. There was a time when you could stumble across a cabinet literally anywhere, from the local greasy spoon cafe to the common room at college. It was the best of times, etc. Even school swimming lessons would see us running across the road at the last minute after crowding a dark back room in a takeout. Shouting out ‘dibs’ on your mate’s last man in Frogger.

This is part one of a series. I’ve made my decision to go with the path of least resistance, in the next instalment I will share a wealth of useful resources I’ve been finding to make sense of the process. Along with some updates on the build itself.

For now, join me in wistful yearning to be able to play The Speed Rumbler again.

Gaming Feature Article Indie Game PC / Mac Preview Xbox Series S Xbox Series X

July 10, 2021 Gerard Campbell 995 Views Devolver Digital, independent developer, PC

Death’s Door preview (PC)

If Devolver Digital is the king of the independent video game, then Death’s Door is the latest jewel in its already glittering crown – and what a big, beautiful, glittering head piece it is!

In fact, Death’s Door could be the sleeper hit of the year that I knew nothing about, but I’m glad I know about it now.

Gaming Feature Article PC / Mac Playstation PS4 PS5 Sony

July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 Gerard Campbell 1743 Views Bend Studio, Bikers, Open World, Sony, Zombies

Days Gone PC technical review

Once upon a time, you would never have imagined seeing a PlayStation game appearing on a Windows PC but now it’s becoming more and more common place.

First, we saw Guerilla’s Horizon Zero Dawn make the leap from PlayStation to PC, then we were graced with Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding (although HZD was a rough port at launch that required a fair bit of work to get it working properly). Now, it’s the turn of Days Gone PC, a zombie-filled adventure across a post-apocalyptic American mid-west, starring grizzled biker Deacon St John. It’s a technical marvel that really show cases what is possible with PC gaming.

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June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Guy 864 Views Mass Effect, Sheppard

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (PS5)

There are certain things in life that are just “good”. Cold feet in front of a warm fire, the smell of freshly cut grass or just sitting on the sand watching waves lapping at the beach. Well, there is another thing to add to this list…playing Mass Effect in 4K with HDR and 60 frames per second!

I am a massive Mass Effect fan-boy! Having played through Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3 multiple times, read all the books, watched all the anime. I even still have a N7 badge on my backpack. Guilty of being a Mass Effect nerd of the highest order; so this write-up is most certainly a fans appraisal of this Mass Effect trilogy remaster.

Feature Article Gaming LEGO

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 Richard Armitt 1632 Views BrickResales, Brisbane, LEGO, Lego for Adults, Pre-Owned, Star Wars

BrickResales, Brisbane

BrickResales is Brisbane’s best kept LEGO secret.

After running their business as a successful pop-up for many years Judy and Greg took the plunge late 2020 into a bricks and mortar showroom. You could say they haven’t looked back. Over recent years LEGO has been back on another resurgence.

Especially in the hands of some during COVID lockdowns and undoubtedly on the coattails of LEGO Masters success.

BrickResales should be somewhere every LEGO lover knows about.

Gaming Feature Article iOS PC / Mac

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Richard Armitt 1345 Views #DOGE, #DOGEcoin, Crypto, Elon Musk, Gene Simmonds, Snoop Dogg, To The Moon

Confessions of a DOGE Crypto Virgin

A few weeks ago, before I knew about DOGE Crypto the only Crypto I was familiar with was the badass little alien from Destroy All Humans. His (allegedly) life-size statue is staring over my shoulder right now.

Then there was the sudden flurry over trading Gamestop shares in the U.S. Which lead to people suddenly understanding stockmarket terms like Shorts, Bears and ‘Stonks’. Maybe not the last one.

I figured a shallow dive might be a fun feature.