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It’s a PAX Australia 2019 extravaganza this week! We chat about all the new hotness from the show floor including looks at the Final Fantasy VII remake, Marvel’s Avengers, Minecraft Dungeons, MediEvil, Cyberpunk 2077 and DOOM Eternal. All this and a tonne of new RIOT Games announcements and the big ... Read more

Recorded live at PAX Australia 2019! Luke & Matt team up with Fiona & Vivian from team Pixel Sift to chat about all the hotness from the biggest weekend in Australian video gaming. First looks at new AAA titles, what’s coming from Australian indy developers, fascinating augmented reality experiences, and ... Read more

This week we’re getting spooky… It’s time to hunt nightmares on the moon in the new Shadowkeep expansion for Destiny 2, experience the wonder of Horizon: Zero Dawn again, and take a post-apocalyptic road trip in Overland. We also kick off our new Party Stream of the Month review series, ... Read more

Video games are certainly happening this week, with looks and thoughts on Sayonara Wild Hearts, the Link’s Awakening remake, Untitled Goose Game, and more on Borderlands 3. We also muse on the impacts of current big personalities in the video games industry. Which larger than life figures represent the best ... Read more

This week we’re joined by modding prodigy Brandon Pearce (aka. Kingbdogz) to discuss his work on The Aether mod pack for Minecraft, discovering notoriety at a young age, and finding a path through mods into games development. Also – Borderlands 3 early impressions, stepping back into the Resident Evil 2 ... Read more

This week sees the Dragon Clan hit the boards of Armello, we wrap on more Astral Chain, Colonel Sanders gets his flirt on, and Luke attempts a totally insane Destiny 2 quest. GameDad also tests the team on local industry knowledge with a home grown games quiz, leading to hilarious ... Read more

We’re totally in Control this week – literally! In addition to chatting about Remedy’s new supernatural action game, we swing into Astral Chain for a round of intense anime combo battles. We also take a look at the issues of game classification and censorship this week, considering the different impacts ... Read more

Jetha Chan joins us in the industry chair this week to chat about how a crazy punt took him on a fascinating journey into the world of Japanese games development, and all the differences between that experience and working back in the west. We’re also taking a peek at Dicey ... Read more

We’re embarking on an immersive intergalactic adventure this week as we dive proper into No Man’s Sky: Beyond and test out the new space explorer’s VR experience. We’re also talking Gamescom news, the results of some Switch tinkering, the latest Death Stranding uh… leaks… and taking the challenge in the ... Read more

It’s been an interesting journey over the past couple of years for Virtual Reality since hitting the consumer gaming market, and this week we’re revisiting the tech to discuss some of the highlights and hopes remaining for the future. We’re also taking a Short Hike, stepping back into Detroit: Become ... Read more

This week we’re delving into the detail of Destiny 2’s Dawning event, discussing team party ethics in Fire Emblem Three Houses, and speculating on the utility of the WoW Classic Connections service to help players find their long lost allies. It’s also Party Game of the Month review time, so ... Read more

We crack into some great new games this week, discussing our first impressions of Wolfenstein: Youngblood, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses. In addition, we reminisce on the formative experiences of our gaming youths, speculating on which games we wish we had experienced in the past, and the results of their ... Read more

In this episode, we’re traveling back in time to mess with the very fabric of history – and pose the question: What would happen if certain key games from the past failed at release, and what if others that didn’t find success actually did? We also take the time to ... Read more

We take our medicine this week testing out Dr. Mario World, get caught in a loop within The Outer Wilds, and investigate what the heck KFC restaurants in China are doing with fat Final Fantasy Chocobos. We also attempt to answer the ever-divisive question of exactly which past year has ... Read more

One of our all time favourite segments returns this week in the form of “Jank or Prank?” Where we quiz each other on whether a game is real or not based on a nutty description alone. We also cover the big Warframe reveals from Tennocon 2019, the newest Pokémon that ... Read more

In this episode, we take a familiar walk down the streets of Kamurocho in the new action packed detective thriller Judgment, dissect the fallout from Valve’s blunders on the latest Steam sale, step back into Divinity: Original Sin 2, and prepare to defend our cities from the unyielding hordes of ... Read more

Damon Reece (@demanrisu) from Route 59 Games drops by this week to give us the word on the upcoming coffee fueled supernatural visual novel game – Necrobarista, and regales us with tales of the trails & tribulations that come with working as a lead narrative designer. We also take tours ... Read more

Drop a beat and feel the flow – this week’s episode is all about the Rhythm game genre! On this theme we’ve got review discussion of the newly released Zelda / Crypt of the Necrodancer mashup Cadence of Hyrule, but we also take time to chat about Space Engineers, the ... Read more

Video game Christmas is here in the form of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, and like Christmas – E3 comes with a healthy dose of over the top commercialism. Never fear though, the party is on hand this week with a mega sized episode to filter through all the event news ... Read more

It’s been a week of explosive hijinx as we adventure through the latest Sea of Thieves content, embark on new monster hunts in Dauntless, and get excited for a dystopian London future with news of the new Watch Dogs sequel. It’s also Party Game of the Month review time, so ... Read more