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Conquered: EB Expo 2016

October 7, 2016 By ausretrogamer

As the old saying goes, time flies when you are having fun. This year’s EB Expo has come and gone, and yep, we had fun, lots of it!

A highlight for us was being invited by our Weird and Retro friends to assist in their awesome Retro Gaming section in the Freeplay City area. With 64 classic gaming systems to play, EB Expo attendees were not short on getting their nostalgia fix! From the ultra-rare Philips CD-I development kit, to the Commodore, Sega, Nintendo, NEC, Samsung and Atari wares, there was plenty to reminisce about.

While in the main hall, we got to sit on the Iron Throne, gawked at Optimus Prime, bumped into awesome cosplayers, played on PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox’s latest gear and shopped at EB Games’ massive Mega-Store! No need for more words, we’ll just leave some of our photos from EB Expo 2016 to speak for themselves…

With the sun shining, it was time for EB Expo 2016!

First stop, Hall 6 and straight to the Weird and Retro Freeplay classic gaming area

Time for a Hewson classic! Go Pogo!

The new generation enjoying some old generation gaming!

Whoa, a Jaguar in the wild!

Attendees wowing at the 16-bit computing wonders!

Freeplay City Mario Kart 64 4P Showdown!

More 4P shenanigans on the Nintendo GameCube!

Whoa, a rare beast – the Philips CD-i dev kit!

Which classic system to play first?

Difficult decision: go straight for Hotel Mario or play Transylvania on the Apple IIe?

We weren’t aware that Deadpool was on the C64. And is that Stunt Car Racer on the Amiga? Whoa!

The decision of what to play on next just keep getting harder!

Doing the math on the Jaguars!

The dark side of Sega. Oh wait, look at that beautiful Atari ST!

Busted! Weird and Retro’s Serby blowing bubbles all the way to his own PS4 Pro!

What’s this, an Atari sign and some old wares? Time to shop!

Cosplay heroes!

Time to hit the Great (Main) Hall Of EB Expo 2016

Aha, a chill session may be in order!

The Iron Throne rules this hall!

Anyone want a test drive?

Hang on, we want a test drive in Optimus Prime!

Hulk Smash!

Lego Xbox!

Lego Kong Ride and some sweet Poke Balls!

A work of Lego art!

We found Pikachu! Quickly, where are our Poke Balls?

Shop till you drop at the EB Games Mega-Store!

The temptation is strong in these ones!

Stocking up on a few goodies *wink*

We’ve hit the motherload of retrogaming goodies!

Surely we can squeeze this beauty in our checked luggage…

Scarily beautiful!

Bumped into the famous Nintendo brothers…

Mind blowingly cool!

Of course we had to go here too!

Woohoo, just dance!

Jump on the tractor!

Gonna grab a seat at Nintendo-land

Let’s all play! Got lots of streetpasses here *winks*

The Nintendo posing podiums!

Another posing podium!

Heading over to Xbox

Forza Horizon 3 was quite popular!

Dr. Curlytek conquered the VeloDrone!

Waiting their turn patiently for some VR

Aha, there they are!

The unmissable PlayStation exhibit!

Wowing the masses with PlayStation VR

Dare to enter!

Driveclub VR = WOWSER!

A well deserved award!

All good things must come to an end. Till the next EB Expo…

Madman Anime Festival: 2016 Highlights

September 10, 2016 By ausretrogamer

We hit our inaugural Madman Anime Festival in Melbourne (Sep 3 and 4) with great expectation and let’s just say, we weren’t disappointed. From being wowed by the awesome cosplay, checking out wonderful special guests like Cristina Lee (voice of Sailor Mars from Sailor Moon) and Makoto Furukawa (voice of Saitama from One-Punch Man), to the great exhibitions and the ever tempting merchandise, there was something to see, do and buy! Speaking of merchandise, we could not leave the festival empty handed, so Ripley and a few of her friends had to come home with us.

If you missed out on the Madman Anime Festival, then check out our highlight pics from this great event.

We arrive at #MadFest

We are armed with our guide

Before we enter the main floor of the festival, we meet Asuka!

Whoa!

OK, let’s do this!

Star Wars temptations

Hahahahaha!

Glamours at Banpresto

Dragon Ball Z represent

“Fire Fist” Ace

Goddamn that’s a big Gundam!

ausretrogamer Ed, Alex Boz can’t resist the urge to pose!

Play time! Final Fantasy XV (pre-release) action!

The Jedi readies his lightsabers

Stopped in our tracks

Oo’er, merchandise!

The great wall of goodness

Anime cinema!

Hey, it’s an anime festival!

Awesome cosplay

Get your weapon ready Ripley, aliens are nearby!

Aliens!

Thundercats classic

Very wicked stuff indeed

Even SBS PopAsia were getting in on the act

Oh yeah, One Punch Man!

Gundams Galore!

The heroes weapons await

A Jedi’s saber doesn’t come cheap

Outside cosplay action

Spring cosplay!

Cosplay at its best!

Hitting the Madman Cosplay Parade!

And it begins!

That is one mad weapon!

The parade gets serious!

Clever cosplay – the Madman logo

Amazing cosplay

Armed forces

Super cute Pikachu

Adorable cosplay!

Best in show!

Dead-awesome!
image source: Madman Anime Festival

We salute you
image source: Madman Anime Festival

WOW
image source: Madman Anime Festival

Gotta catch them all!
image source: Madman Anime Festival

Fury Fingers Joins Forces With Tripod!

June 18, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

Fury Fingers are back, and this time they’ve brought a friend – none other than Tripod!

The Fury guys have made an hilarious video for Tripod’s (equally hilarious) song ‘Head of Zombie (Body of Hottie)’ to promote their performance of ‘This Gaming Life’ at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

Video source: Fury Fingers on YouTube

Check out these awesome behind the scenes photos by Steamkittens.

Iridessa Studios – Miss Che Cosplay as the Orc Queen

Axe Massacre Cosplay as the Space Fish

Daisy Fryer as the Zombie

Zalaria Cosplay as the Witch

Behind the scenes

Keep up-to-date with Fury Fingers’ videos on YouTube and Facebook.

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Highlights: Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2016

June 13, 2016 By ausretrogamer

Oz Comic-Con commanded us to ‘unleash your inner geek’ – and we were very happy to oblige. We came, we saw, we played, and we conquered Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2016.

From the awesome cosplay (which never ceases to amaze us!), freeplay gaming areas, fantastic artists, comics and pop culture gear, to the TV/movie superstar celebrities (like Lucy Lawless, John ‘Captain Jack Harkness’ Barrowman, Robert Patrick, David Anders and Rose McIver) – Oz Comic-Con 2016 had something for everyone.

Of course we spent a considerable amount of time in the gaming zone – the Spider-Man Vault Edition pinball machine in particular – but we were also sure to check out the rest of the con. We walked the floor and were thoroughly impressed with the range and quality of cosplay as well as the stunning artwork on show.

Rather than waffle on, we thought we would let our photos give you a glimpse into what was an awesome Oz Comic-Con!

We hope Mulder and Scully have their Oz Comic-Con tix!

What should we do first?

Look who we found in the gaming zone: Oz Comic-Con Content Manager Guy ‘Yug’ Blomberg, Scott Kellett and Rob Caporetto)

Whoa, a surprise celebrity dropped in – Tony Stark wasn’t on the guest list!

Who you gonna call?

The cutest Marty McFly at Oz Comic-Con

Gaarrgghh! My eyes!!

Oo’er, that Marvel artwork!

LED goodness!

My spidey-senses are tingling!

The TARDIS found some time for a game

Blast those pesky aliens!

On-site movie make-up

Teenage Mutant Ninja … Turtles?

This Clone scout trooper wants you!

What posers!

I’m a very cool Batman cosplayer

Watch out for the Blue Elf Death Knight

Forget Conan, this Female Barbarian means business!

The Flower Card – beautiful!

Awesome display at Cosplay Central part 1

Awesome display at Cosplay Central part 2

Who got water on the Mogwai?

Amazing TARDIS dress made from duct tape at the I’m a Craftaholic booth

This cosplay makes my millennium

Cool retro bikes spotted outside the MCEC

We worked up a decent thirst

I spy with my little eye… great cosplay

By the power of Grayskull!

Poor C-3PO!

What’s in the box?

Na Na Na Na Naaa

Radio controlled R2-D2 – wow, nice!

Stern concentration

Gotham City Sirens

Groovy

Tabletop action

Awesome TWD cosplay

The Baseball Furies came out to play

Rebel scum!

Ms ausretrogamer completes level 1!

Ready to fight!

Amour-azing!

Steam Punk-tastic

Where’s Rick Grimes when you need him?

Game on

Wow!

We have no complaints about this awesome ‘No-Face’ cosplay

One more go before closing time

So, there you have it – we had a great time at Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2016. We’re already looking forward to 2017.

Supa Cosplay at Supanova Expo Melbourne 2016

April 23, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

We love watching cosplay – the wigs, the makeup, the lycra, the armor, the props – wow! We especially love seeing the amazing variety of characters and interpretations people come up with. Well, our fellow Melbournians did us proud at the recent Supanova Expo, here are our cosplay highlights from the 2016 Supanova Pop Culture Expo Melbourne.

Amazing dwarf makeup – we think this was done by the Weta Workshop

Kool Kylo Ren Kosplay

This – This is Negan, and he is awesome
(surprisingly, this was the only Negan we came across)

A stunning display at the Torb and Reiner booth

Punky Bowser

Ready… Fight!

Welcome to Silent Hill – quick, where’s my Rock Drill?!

So much Star Wars

Boba Link: The Zeldalorian bounty hunter

The steampunk elf king

You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper

Wow – Fallen Captain, Destiny

Marvel-ous cosplay by David Cunning a.k.a. Delta one cosplay

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Supanova Temptations

April 20, 2016 By ausretrogamer

If checking out the wonderful roster of TV stars and the awesome cosplay wasn’t enough, Supanova Pop Culture Expo (in Melbourne) hit the trifecta this past weekend by tempting its visitors with cool gear, from comics, novels, animation cels, action figures to Game Of Thrones leggings – let’s just say that there was something for everyone!

As we walked around the main hall of Supanova, we found ourselves stopping at each stall and taking a good hard look at what wares were available for purchase. The temptation was strong to buy everything in sight, but we had to be mindful of that dreaded credit card sitting in our back pocket.

There were plenty of items we would have loved to had taken home, but for now, we’ll just reminisce about them…

We stood and stared at these for hours! Well, ok, we stared for minutes!

Tada! The (evil) Doctor is in da house!

Shoot that Well Walker in the head!

It is Judgement Day! The menacing T800 is coming to get us!

Flipping the bird at Iron Man

Wanna go back to ’85?

Where do we even start?!

The most evil bust in the universe!

The most evil statue in the universe!

Let’s bag this, Mario!

Magic mushroom?

Look who we ran into!

House Targaryen!

We bet on House Stark!

Oo’er, nice framed Zelda artwork!

Oh man, Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake! Now that’s a blast from the past!

Whoa! Where is Jabba The Hutt?

More Star Wars goodness!

Where do we even start here? Oh look, it’s Daryl Dixon!

We might need a few bags here! *wink*

‘Boom Raider’ By Fury Fingers Films

January 22, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

You already know we love Fury Fingers Films’ work, and now we have one more reason to love them because they’re back with another amazing video game parody film – this time they have set their sights on Rise of the Tomb Raider. In ‘Boom Raider’ watch Lara (played by the very talented ShiveeeJam) work hard to find just the right shot to make that red barrel go ‘BOOM!’.

Video source: Fury Fingers Films on YouTube

Photographer Steamkittens visited the two day shoot to take some behind the scenes and still shots – they are simply gorgeous. Here are just a few, visit their album on Facebook for the whole set.

Be sure to subscribe to the Fury Fingers YouTube channel, like their Facebook page, and follow them on Twitter. Also like / follow ShiveeeJam (Facebook & Instagram) and Steamkittens (Facebook & Instagram).

Source: Fury Fingers Films on YouTube
All images: Steamkittens

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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OMG: A Wearable Mega Man Helmet!

January 9, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

We don’t need to say much more than ‘OMG: A Wearable Mega Man Helmet!’. Note: expect to see a lot of Mega Man cosplayers at upcoming events.

Source: Technabob

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Cosplay At PAX Aus 2015

November 3, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

One of the best things about PAX Aus is the opportunity to people watch, or cosplay watch to be precise. Here are our favourites from PAX Aus 2015.

The Alien Prom Queen of PAX Aus 2015

This cosplay’s a triumph. I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.

Be my (Jill) Valentine!

The Cute is strong with this one

This Rimmer cosplay is smegging tickety-boo!

Butts…

It’s-a me, and Mario!

All PAX Aus myths have been busted

Hi, can I play ‘Sid Meier’s Pirates!’?

Prepare for trouble! Make it double!

Dino-Rider

Ausretrogamer vs. Predator

Boys from the Rebel Legion Hoth Base

It’s Batman at PAX, man

A Gorgeous Black Widow

Fear and ~~loathing~~ Joy ~~in Las Vegas~~ at PAX Aus 2015

Brain slugs love PAX too

Mad PAX: Fury Road

At PAX, no one can hear you scream

The family that cosplays together, stays together

Now you’re cosplaying with power

Gotta Go Fast!

Beautiful!

Master Chief

Big Daddy

Super Mario World War Z

Wario and Luigi

Boba Fett – casual Friday

Awesome Zero Suit Samus

Bad boys

Zatanna

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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EB Games Expo 2015: It’s A Wrap

October 9, 2015 By ausretrogamer

What do you get when a bunch of great friends invite you to Sydney to participate and assist in their retro gaming exhibit at one of the biggest gaming events of the year? You get a huge rush of adrenaline mixed with a massive dose of fun that lasts for 5 days!

This past weekend, I attended the EB Games Expo 2015 (EBExpo15) in Sydney, assisting the Weird and Retro crew in their Interactive History Museum (IHM) exhibit. Even though I have now come back to reality, the buzz of EBExpo15 is still high – I hope the buzz lasts a little while yet.

It all started three days before EB Games Expo 2015 – we picked up the rental truck, packed all the retro gaming gear and pop-culture goodies and set off for our ‘retro road trip’ to Sydney (Ed: we’ll save the story of the retro road trip for another time). Once arriving in Sydney, the bump-in was relatively easy, with all of us working in unison, we had setup the Interactive History Museum (IHM) with items from the 80s, 90s and 00s, from retro gaming systems, retro video games, to a myriad of pop-culture gear, we had three decades worth of nostalgia covered in the one area.

Once EBExpo15 kicked off, it was great to see attendees flocking to the IHM area and enjoying themselves by playing video games they hadn’t seen since they were a child or wowing at the sight of the Sale Of The Century board game with Tony Barber in the 90s section. The age range of attendees was varied, but each person that took a trip down memory lane in the IHM was not disappointed – there was something to do and see for everyone. There were plenty of compliments, which always makes you feel that all the hard work was worthwhile, like this one from a very happy patron, “Your stand was my favourite of all time!!! Thank you for showing the next generation the amazing technology advancement from when I was a kid to now. I was born in the 70’s, so my childhood of gaming was experienced in the 80’s and it was wonderful to relive all those great times. Once again, thank you.”

EBExpo15 wasn’t just about the IHM. The main hall was packed with modern gaming with all the big players in the industry being present, from Sony Playstation Australia showing off their VR headset, Xbox Australia garnering interest with their Xbox One wares, to Nintendo Australia and New Zealand doing what they do best – gaming and running gaming related competitions. And what exhibition is complete without amazing Cosplay. At EBExpo15, there were cosplayers representing every medium – TV, gaming, comics and movies. The cosplayers were all equally amazing to see and humble when approached to be photographed.

Like all good things, EBExpo15 concluded on Sunday (Oct 4). After 5 days in Sydney, we had to pack up the gear (Ed: very carefully!) and make our way down the Hume Highway back to unseasonably warm Melbourne. So, was it all worth it and was it fun? Let’s just say we had the gunnest time ever! Roll on EB Games Expo 2016!

Thank you to the Weird and Retro team: Serby, Stacey, Jerry, Pedro and Kano for allowing me to share in the EB Games Expo 15 shenanigans!

Where on the road to…… EB Games Expo (Sydney)

Pit-stop – the Ice Man (Jerry) enjoys a bit of cocktail action

Isuzu trucks – they are not so squeezy

We arrive at Sydney’s Showground!

Pass picked up – time to go in and start setting up

The Interactive History Museum – let’s go in!

Totally 80’s – computers!

Totally 80’s – consoles!

Never forget the 90’s!

The mighty SNES

The Jaguar museum piece was a personal fave!

The Noughties represent!

Taking a sneak peek at the PlayStation exhibit in the main hall

Freeplay City – the calm before the storm!

Retro Gamer Rival (Pedro) making us drool over his mint warez!

Getting our gear on before the start of EB Expo 15!

Drool worthy!

Stuffing our faces – a growing body needs sustenance!

I love this computer. There, it has been said!

The write-up for the Jag was pure gold!

Taking more sneaky peeks into what PlayStation will have for us in the near future

Yours truly making some last minute adjustments to the 90’s museum display

Loving the view!

It’s showtime! The IHM proves popular with all patrons

Yay, Zool action!

The popular 90s!

Weird and Retro’s Serby enjoying a bit of bongo action on Donkey Konga!

Mega Man made it to the expo!

Sonic enjoyed on the Mega Drive by the new generation

Even the dark side of the force enjoys a bit of retro gaming

I wanna bust out the Barry Crocker tune now!

Checking out the main hall during our breaks

Serby enjoys an old classic on new hardware. Oh wait…..

The EB Games mega-store was MEGA (and always packed)!

So many temptations in the EB Games mega-store

Whoa, Lego Mario and Luigi!

More Lego retro gaming creations! *want*

Speechless!

Oh my gawd! This is my kind of arcade!

Meanwhile, back in the IHM, we find Link and his Fairy!

May the force be with you!

16-bit Mortal Kombat WaR!

My childhood in the 80s!

16-bit goodies

XBox royalty!

If only this was $9.99!

Busting out the vinyl

Spin that wheel! I’m a make you feel….

Taking a pinball break! This means WaR!

Spooky!

Whoa, that’s green!

Ubisoft crashes the party!

On my best behaviour

Sonic competes at the Nintendo stand!

We made it on the Gamespot #EBExpo15 social media wall!

Best tattoos at show!

Mini Luigi beating his bro on Super Mario Kart

Star-Lord and Drax the Destroyer enjoying some Dayyyyytoooooona USA!

Ah, all good things must come to an end.

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