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Adelaide AVCon Indie Showcase: A Mixed Bag

Adelaide AVCon Indie Showcase: A Mixed Bag

What do cosplayers, kawaii plushies, Rock Band, indie games, hats, and Balloonicorns all have in common? The answer is nothing – but they...

Valve Officially Announces TF2’s “Pyromania” Update

Valve Officially Announces TF2’s “Pyromania” Update

After spending a couple of weeks having fun screwing around with their fanbase, it looks like Valve’s Team Fortress team (how’s that for...

Does Another Valve ARG Indicate Meet The Pyro is Coming Today?

Does Another Valve ARG Indicate Meet The Pyro is Coming Today?

Across the world, Team Fortress 2 fans are bracing for the game’s next big content update: Meet The Pyro. It’s been hotly anticipated (p...

Editorial – A Rebuttal to “5 Good Reasons Games Are Not Art”

Editorial – A Rebuttal to “5 Good Reasons Games Are Not Art”

The debate over whether games are (or, indeed, can be) art has been a point of contention for years for both gamers and detractors of what s...

Yo Dawg: Minecraft Recreated in Minecraft

Yo Dawg: Minecraft Recreated in Minecraft

A while ago, we reported on a crafty (geddit?) Redstoner’s attempt at recreating Hangman in Minecraft. That, at the time, was pretty i...

Picky Geek: On the Multiplayer Narrative and Emergent Gameplay

Picky Geek: On the Multiplayer Narrative and Emergent Gameplay

The bane of fanboys across the ‘verse, The Picky Geek is a column that takes the glaring faults of popular games, puts them under a magnif...

Porygon-3 STILL Not Under Active Development

Porygon-3 STILL Not Under Active Development

Now, as we all know, Porygon fans have been waiting a long time for an update – Porygon-Z was pretty badly received amongst both fans ...

Half-Life Fans Call for Communication from Valve

Half-Life Fans Call for Communication from Valve

In a story straight from the “It was gonna happen eventually” department, a large contingent of disgruntled Half-Life fans have created ...

Cobalt Alpha Now Playable For Early Adopters

Cobalt Alpha Now Playable For Early Adopters

The semi-closed alpha of Oxeye Games’ 2D shooter, Cobalt, is now playable (if you’ve paid for it, of course). Cobalt is notable for havi...

Square-Enix Hacked, No Evidence of Compromised Personal Data

Square-Enix Hacked, No Evidence of Compromised Personal Data

Square Enix has been the victim of a second server breach, though no data was actually leaked (thank goodness, right?). This follows the wav...

CD-Projekt Chases Witcher 2 Pirates, Disregards Irony

CD-Projekt Chases Witcher 2 Pirates, Disregards Irony

Polish game developer CD-Projekt has decided to pursue legal action against pirates of their game, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, after ...

Minecraft Review – Playing With The Building Blocks of Life

Minecraft Review – Playing With The Building Blocks of Life

Minecraft is one of those rare gems amongst the very best of games – one which truly espouses the “choose-your-own-adventureR...