Australia's Retro Gaming and Pinball E-Zine
Are you a Do-It-Yourself kind of person? If you are, then you got to check out this bit of DIY Gamer Kit (with Arduino) from Technology Will Save Us.
Even if you aren’t a DIY’er, this kit would be cool to put together and use.
source: Technology Will Save Us
Want to be the next Jeff Minter? If you want to make a name for yourself in the video gaming industry, perhaps a solid course of education may help.
Evocca College has a Diploma of Digital and Interactive Games course available for you to sink your programming teeth into. You never know, you may be the next Yak.
Espionage is teaming up with Retrospekt and AVCon to bring you ARCADE ALLSTARS! Featuring a lineup of 60 Australian Artists from Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane all in this one massive exhibition.
Arcade Allstars features works based on nostalgic games, retro consoles and general 8-bit awesomeness. Featuring some favourites from Pac-Man, Pokemon, Mega Man, Mario and Zelda.
On the night there will be table top arcade games, NES, SNES and Sega Mega Drive will be set up with games to play. 8-Bit chiptunes will also be provided by local chiptune artists 8175.
During the exhibition, Espionage will also host a freeplay gaming and cosplay night (Friday December 13) as well as a Street Fighter and Mario Kart tournament (Thursday December 19) with prizes for the best cosplay and tournament winner!
What better way to celebrate the end of a great year at Espionage! So come on down for a drink and pick-up some art that would make a perfect Christmas present for any child at heart.
The Arcade Allstars Group Exhibition is on at the Espionage Gallery from December 12 2013 to December 21 2013.
Are you sick of waiting for items to be delivered only to find a card in your letterbox? How about finding items at your doorstep, unsecured?
What if I told you that Australia Post is offering something totally new, totally convenient, totally secure and most importantly, free of charge? Before you start raising your fist at the screen and yelling obscenities, relax, it is all true and very easy to setup.
The service is called 24/7 Parcel Lockers and the motto is, “Collect your parcels when it suits you”. The Parcel Lockers are a convenient alternative to home delivery, making it easy and quick to collect your precious video gaming parcels when it is convenient for you, 24 by 7.
When you register, you will get a unique Australia Post Customer Number and the most convenient Parcel Locker location near you (perhaps that corner 7-Eleven store?). When you shop online, simply use your Parcel Locker location as your delivery address and then wait for a notification (email or SMS) that your item is ready for collection, when it suits you! The only catch, you have 48 hours to collect your item from the time the notification was sent. When the 48 hours lapse, the item is taken to your nearest post office which you would then pick up in the traditional way, via a ‘collect card’.
So what are you waiting for? Go and register and start shopping!
Get ready Sydney, the Game Masters Exhibition is coming to town. Opening on December 13 and running till May 25 2014, this exhibition is not to be missed!
We had the pleasure of attending last year’s Game Masters Exhibition in Melbourne. Our review of the exhibition should give you an indication of what we thought of it and what to expect. We promise, it is highly interactive and you will have lots of fun! Choosing what to play will be your biggest problem.
Tickets are available now.
This post may be a bit off topic, but it’s still quite useful. Let’s face it, we all have batteries of some kind in our devices. The below graphic provides useful information and tips on how to maximise the life of your batteries.
How to maximize battery life [Infographic] by the team at budgetbatteries
This week marks more than just the release of the PS4. Mark down November 12 in your diary. If you like grey matter challenging puzzlers with a quirky premise, then Meatballphobia is your perfect tonic.
Featuring 50 brain-teasing levels of increasing difficulty, Meatballphobia focuses on relaxed problem solving instead of competition. You can play the game at your own leisure — there are no locked levels, no high-scores to beat and no timer. If you get stuck on a level, don’t stress, just go ahead and pick another stage. You can always return to that pesky level that had you in a spin.
Even though Meatballphobia plays like a modern game, its pedigree is from the 8-bit era; from the CGA palette, pixelated sprites, to the engaging chiptune soundtrack — it’s all carefully crafted to take you back in time.
Meatballphobia (Windows/Linux) will be available via Desura on November 12 (PDT) for $2.99USD. The Android version is available on Google Play and Amazon for $1.50USD.
For a lot of gamers, November 15 2013 cannot come fast enough. My primary gaming may be on vintage systems, but hey, even I get excited when I see trailers like this one from Sony. Greatness surely awaits.
source: PlayStation
Want to go on an arcade nostalgia trip? If Tim Nicholls raises £10,000 (Ed: he has now! Woohoo!) on his Kickstarter campaign, the dream will definitely become a reality.
There have been quite a few Kickstarter projects that have piqued my interest and this one has definitely done more than that. Being an avid arcade junkie, this book will be choc-full of memories from the golden age of arcade gaming.
Check out the kickstarter campaign for Artcade. Will you back this?
source: Kickstarter
There is quite a bit of buzz around for Land of ZOM. This indie game (from Netikan Productions) has been in development for over three years. It’s anticipation is killing us non-partially deceased human beings.
Before you start complaining, this game will be free! One particular cool trait of Land of ZOM is its mixed platform world experience – “We believe that all players should be entitled to exactly the same experience, no matter what device they choose to use” – so regardless of your platform, the experience will be identical whether you are playing the game on Android, iOS, Windows, Linux or OS X! The development of this free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game will be closely watched.