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games April 30, 2022
The fantasy world of FromSoftware’s Elden Ring is challenging but it richly rewards curiosity and patience.
games December 4, 2021
The new Australian game Unpacking is an intimate experience of domestic realism.
games November 13, 2021
Games such as Far Cry draw on colonial histories but seldom move beyond the imperial gaze.
games September 18, 2021
The Artful Escape’s exuberant style and psychedelic soundtrack can’t mask its essential superficiality.
games September 4, 2021
We Know the Devil on Nintendo Switch
The release of dark visual novel We Know the Devil on Nintendo Switch may herald a more inclusive industry, but it’s far from marketable ‘diverse content’.
games August 7, 2021
Phantom Abyss, the new asynchronous multiplayer game from Brisbane-based studio Team WIBY, promises to take the social stress out of online gaming.
games June 26, 2021
A moving parable that looks at the effects of colonial trauma, Mutazione invites the player to co-create its soundtrack.
games May 1, 2021
Naphtali Faulkner’s first-person photography game Umurangi Generation is a fun dystopian romp that develops into an insightful exploration of the insidiousness of fascism.
games March 20, 2021
Some of the most profound evolutions in video games are occurring in smaller DIY story games such as Under a Star Called Sun.
games January 30, 2021
Newsroom simulation Not For Broadcast gives an insight into the farce of producing media under a repressive regime.
