PAX Aus 2015 debrief
Intro (skip to day one if you don’t want to read some mildly uncomfortable personal shit) This weekend past I attended PAX Aus in Melbourne for the third year running. I decided not to cosplay…
Early thoughts on Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
The announcement earlier this year of two new Animal Crossing games, as well as a raft of amiibos and amiibo cards filled me with anticipation, and with the benefit of hindsight… hype. I picked up…
New Style Boutique is getting a sequel
The 20th of November will be a good day for me. That’s the day that the sequel to New Style Boutique on the 3DS hits stores. If you know me, or have read through my…
Why do non-gamers belittle my passion?
Here’s something for discussion, tell me your thoughts: Two of my work colleagues were enthusiastically discussing certain reality TV shows today, talking about contestants and judges, and wondering over how manufactured the drama on the…
Nostalgia gaming replay wishlist
I started writing this post at the start of the year, and set it aside and promptly forgot to go back to it! I finally got round to finishing it, so here it is. I…
Video: Club Nintendo Australia Majora’s Mask Light
You might remember me being excited about this a little while back. Well, today I got a new pretty for my collection!
Nier was Animal Crossing influenced!
So I read an article on Destructoid today about the fishing in Nier and it’s been confirmed that it won’t be included in the new Nier game (hurrah!) It was really quite fiddly, though I…
E3 2015: Round up of what excited me
Well E3 is pretty much over for another year, and there was plenty of hype and a wide range of “accidental” leaks. Heaps of games were announced, and here’s what excited me the most. Bethesda…
Link to Review: Quell, Quell Reflect and Quell Memento
This week I got to review not one, but three puzzle games for n3rdabl3: Quell, Quell Reflect, and Quell Memento. These are really great “sliding block” style puzzles, and they have beautiful relaxing music and…
Link to Review: Chip’s Challenge 1 and 2
Last week I reviewed a piece of gaming history in the form on the newly re-released Chip’s Challenge, which came out on Steam at the end of May. The sequel was also released after more…