Deep-Dive Reviews
Scored across 8 axes after a minimum of 20 hours played. New verdict every Tuesday and Friday, embargoes honoured.
Twice weekly · always spoiler-tagged
Melbourne Gaming Blog
Folded fresh takes on the games that matter.
Reviews without the hype cycle, guides that respect your time, and indie spotlights from the crew crammed into a studio above Hardware Lane.
Read, quoted & syndicated across the scene
Pixel Southbank
Docklands LAN
Fitzroy Arcade Co.
Yarra Esports
Carlton Cartridge
What we publish
Coverage cut along clean lines.
Five editorial desks, one voice. Every piece is fact-checked in-house and published on a schedule you can actually plan around.
Strategy Guides
Boss walkthroughs, build orders and 100% completion routes — updated within 48 hours of every major patch.
Patch-tracked · no paywalled tips
Indie Spotlights
We hunt the Melbourne and wider AU indie scene, interview the makers, and cover games before the algorithm finds them.
Weekly · devs interviewed direct
Esports Reports
On-the-ground coverage of AU tournaments plus roster news, meta breakdowns and post-match analysis you can read in five minutes.
Match days · courtside from Melbourne
Hardware Bench
Controllers, handhelds and peripherals tested for weeks, not minutes — with real frame-rate numbers and honest AUD value calls.
Monthly · bought, not gifted
The Weekly Fold
Our Sunday newsletter folds the whole week of AU gaming news into one calm read — deals, drops and the odd hot take.
Sundays 9am AEST · free
From the studio
Snapshots from the beat.
The crew
Writers who actually finish the games.
Priya N.
Editor-in-Chief
RPG lifer, 12 years on the beat, runs the review desk and the coffee machine.
Marcus T.
Esports Lead
Ex-caster turned analyst. Courtside at every AU final, notebook always full.
Eloise R.
Indie & Features
Champions small studios; has a dangerous soft spot for pixel-art platformers.
Daniel K.
Hardware Editor
Solders his own testing rigs. Will tell you the truth about that handheld.
Reader mail
What the community says.
The patch-day guide update saved my weekend raid group. No fluff, just the build order that actually worked.
Jordan M.
Brunswick, VIC · March 2026
They reviewed our tiny co-op game before anyone else even replied to our emails. Sales tripled that week. Genuinely kind people.
Aisha L.
Indie dev, Collingwood · Jan 2026
Finally a hardware review that admitted the fan noise. Bought the handheld anyway, but I knew exactly what I was getting.
Sam W.
Geelong, VIC · Feb 2026
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- Phone+61 3 9639 6728
- Address57 Hardware Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
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- HoursMon–Fri 9am–6pm AEST · newsletter ships Sunday