Jack and Jason are at Bitsummit, the Independent Games Festival at Miyako Messe in Kyoto! We get the low down on the weirder games there like BARC from Interactive Materials Lab and BearRunner Any% RTA from Shunte. We also hear from Clara Reeves at Hipster Whale about the upcoming console release of Crossy Road Castle!
The team heads to 84hashi, a secret gaming bar in Shibuya, Tokyo and speaks with the owner Chokan about how it came about and his future plans for the bar.
Jason chats to Witch Beam's Wren Brier & Tim Dawson about their latest game, Unpacking, shifting genres and so much more!
Follow Wren & Tim on Twitter: @wrenegadey @ironicaccount
Chad Toprak was the director of Freeplay, an independent game festival in Melbourne for many years. Join Jason as he chats to Chad about running the event and more!
Follow Chad on Twitter: @mrchad
As part of Meg's interview series, she sat down with Steph Panecasio to talk all things lockdown, gaming, cars, journalism, working from home and more!
October 3, 2024
There’s a lot to love about Astro Bot. As a platformer, it’s second to none, with absolutely satisfying movement and control. The level designs are a delight, always managing to find a new...
October 17, 2024
This week Dermie and Jason analyse the week's big gaming news including why you should be watching CrackerMilk, PAX Aus, the modern retro game scene, the current Palworld situation, Nintendo making alarm clocks, Steam Deck officially coming to Australia, videogame media being racist against Black Myth Wukong again, the AAA industry's jump to Unreal Engine, a new Halo studio, and Dermie asks what the hell Microsoft is actually doing these days.
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[Please note that when talking about the lengths of contracts at Microsoft, Dermie thought he was a high profile streamer and got the numbers 10 and 18 mixed up.]