Editorial: Do Video Games Hate Women?

Do video games hate women? This is a question I was surprised no-one asked in the wake of the recent and colourful speech made by our Prime Minister.

Misogyny is apparently all around us: receptionists make less money than CEO’s, there…

Review: Black Mesa (PC)

Black Mesa is a recently released fan mod for Valve Softwares Source Engine, a remake, or revision of Valve’s forever classic Half Life, modified from almost the ground up of the source code of Half Life 2.

Review: Fable: The Journey (XBOX 360)

Fable: The Journey is an interesting experiment as it takes a ‘core-like’ gaming experience, making it a Kinect only motion-based video game.

It’s probably safe to assume most in the gaming industry see Kinect — the motion sensing…

Review: Forza Horizon (XBOX 360)

Forza Horzion marks a huge turning point in not just the Forza series, but the video game racing genre as we know it.

Racing games have largely been about closed circuits, racing towards some pre-determined end — usually a trophy. Forza Horizon…

Introducing Ben: Super Mario’s Long Lost Brother

The Mario Bros. series is well loved the world over, with millions and millions of game sales being logged all over the planet.

You would’ve heard about Mario and Luigi, but did you know there was a third brother?

Nnooo Discuss escapeVektor and the Australian Video Game Industry

Recently, Aussie-Gamer crashed the Sydney, Australia based studios of Nnooo to have a sit down chat with founder and Creative Director Nic Watt and Business Director Bruce Thomson.

Review: Assassin’s Creed III (Xbox 360)

In the next true sequel to the original Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed III takes players to the lush lands of Colonial America.

Promising to provide players a finite conclusion to the series protagonist’s, Desmond Miles, story…

Review: Need for Speed: Most Wanted (PlayStation 3)

Criterion Games, best known for their work on the Burnout series has taken the helm of the long enduring Need for Speed franchise with the latest release, Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

Review: Pokémon White Version 2 (Nintendo DS)

Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 bucks a trend we’ve come to expect from the Pokémon series, acting as the series ‘ first ever direct sequels.