http://www.australiangamer.com Australias leading gaming web comic en-us 2006 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:31:00 +1100 matt@australiangamer.com (Matt Burgess) http://www.australiangamer.com/video_review/4267_uncharted_3_drakes_deception.html Matt takes a crack at a video review, a very late take (explained in the video) on Uncharted 3, one of the biggest releases for the PS3 in 2011. The previous game, Among Thieves, was his Game of the... Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:50:00 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/video_review/4267_uncharted_3_drakes_deception.html http://www.australiangamer.com/review/4190_rage.html Matt takes a gander at a controversial and much hyped title, id software's RAGE. The main thing to rage about, here, is of course the capitals, with them being all messed up in both the developer and... Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:10:35 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/review/4190_rage.html http://www.australiangamer.com/review/4090_deus_ex_human_revolution.html With the original Deus Ex being Matt's favourite game evarr, he was the logical person to take a look at this action RPG FPS hybrid concoction. Does it thrill and delight like the original, or is the... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:09:38 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/review/4090_deus_ex_human_revolution.html http://www.australiangamer.com/review/4167_resistance_3.html Matt looks at an FPS on a console and tries not to wish he had a mouse. The Resistance series has alway been missed while he ended up reviewing KillZones, so this time he grabs the opportunity,... Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:34:57 +1000 http://www.australiangamer.com/review/4167_resistance_3.html http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3944_red_faction_armageddon.html Matt takes a look at the latest in a series that's never quite been the top of the heap: Red Faction. Better known for interesting physics than amazing gameplay, Red Faction has stirred things up a... Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:02:06 +1000 http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3944_red_faction_armageddon.html http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3425_enslaved_odyssey_to_the_west_.html Ditching another video review, Matt presents a very late text review of a game that late last year polarised reviewers. Who knows what the video review would have been? It could have changed the... Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:51:35 +1000 http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3425_enslaved_odyssey_to_the_west_.html http://www.australiangamer.com/preview/3695_total_war_shogun_2.html Matt puts on his Otaku hat at the same time as his history buff hat and takes a look at the soon to be released Shogun 2. His experience with the first Shogun was less than spectacular. Can it be... Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:59:57 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/preview/3695_total_war_shogun_2.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3662_mirrors_edge_2_slides_into_the_bin.html ... Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:06:41 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3662_mirrors_edge_2_slides_into_the_bin.html http://www.australiangamer.com/opinion/3658_an_industry_in_crysis.html Matt takes a look at a recent spate of high profile pirate releases, including Crysis 2 and Killzone 3, and whether the terminology really matters, responding to an article by (lesser online... Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:59:51 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/opinion/3658_an_industry_in_crysis.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3638_gaming_friendly_interview_on_colbert_report.html ... Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:28:48 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3638_gaming_friendly_interview_on_colbert_report.html http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3503_time_crisis_razing_storm.html Matt breaks out his sharp shootin' skills and takes a burl at the latest in the long running Time Crisis games, this one for the Playstation Move, arguably the only console really capable of it at the... Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:31:47 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3503_time_crisis_razing_storm.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3576_awesome_half-life_2_animation.html ... Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:28:33 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3576_awesome_half-life_2_animation.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3569_the_holy_grail_of_portable_pc_gaming.html ... Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:00:23 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3569_the_holy_grail_of_portable_pc_gaming.html http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3565_world_of_warcraft_cataclysm.html Resident Wownerd Matt takes a poke and a peek at the latest expansion to hit what is undoubtedly the biggest PC game ever. Does it stack up to the previous expansions, and can anything keep Warcraft's... Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:12:20 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/review/3565_world_of_warcraft_cataclysm.html http://www.australiangamer.com/opinion/3567_whats_right_with_wow.html Matt rounds out his long running "What's Wrong With WoW" series with its logical conclusion, talking about what WoW gets right, why he still plays it despite the aforementioned niggles, and what makes... Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:11:39 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/opinion/3567_whats_right_with_wow.html http://www.australiangamer.com/opinion/3566_what’s_wrong_with_wow_–_servers.html Matt finishes out his long running series of complaints about the World of Warcraft with a poke at the underlying infrastructure that underpins the world itself. ... Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:11:01 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/opinion/3566_what’s_wrong_with_wow_–_servers.html http://www.australiangamer.com/dlc_review/3564_dungeon_hunter_2.html Matt takes a break from playing World of Warcraft to enter dungeons and collect treasure. Having reviewed Dungeon Hunter he was interested to see where this sequel takes the new mini-franchise, and... Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:42:20 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/dlc_review/3564_dungeon_hunter_2.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3563_raskulls_hits_xbla.html ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:29:02 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3563_raskulls_hits_xbla.html http://www.australiangamer.com/feature/3415_youre_not_just_a_gamer.html A lot of news has been coming out lately about the current generation adding new and exciting features to their consoles. Most of these have had something interesting in common – they haven't had the... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:58:08 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/feature/3415_youre_not_just_a_gamer.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3556_use_your_world_of_warcraft_skills_for_good.html ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:36:41 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3556_use_your_world_of_warcraft_skills_for_good.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3551_any_asshole_can_run_a_gaming_website.html ... Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:36:33 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3551_any_asshole_can_run_a_gaming_website.html http://www.australiangamer.com/podcast/3539_yug_moving_to_melbourne_and_the_ags_meet.html Yug and Matt do their last podcast for a while, as Yug is moving to manage the Mana Bar in Melbourne. The boys talk about World of Warcraft Cataclysm and the rumoured Blizzard product schedule leaks,... Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:19:36 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/podcast/3539_yug_moving_to_melbourne_and_the_ags_meet.html http://www.australiangamer.com/competition/3531_win_a__splatterhouse_super_pack.html ... Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:24:13 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/competition/3531_win_a__splatterhouse_super_pack.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3509_double_fines_next_title.html ... Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:28:04 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3509_double_fines_next_title.html http://www.australiangamer.com/dlc_review/3508_costume_quest.html Matt grabs the latest work from beloved developer Double Fine and puts it through its paces. Considering this is the studio from the man who made Monkey Island and Psychonauts there was a lot to live... Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:00:21 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/dlc_review/3508_costume_quest.html http://www.australiangamer.com/opinion/2842_sony_and_how_to_fail_at_interface_design.html Matt takes a look at Sony's track record of interface development and writes up a snarky rebuke for the gaming giant. Does he have the right of it? Should Sony take a good hard look at themselves, or... Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:33:44 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/opinion/2842_sony_and_how_to_fail_at_interface_design.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3499_kinect_not_so_family_friendly.html ... Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:35:12 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3499_kinect_not_so_family_friendly.html http://www.australiangamer.com/competition/3480_retweet_to_win_one_of_three_copies_of_predators_on_bluray.html ... Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:38:07 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/competition/3480_retweet_to_win_one_of_three_copies_of_predators_on_bluray.html http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3470_price_drops_for_pspgo_and_playtv.html ... Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:43:09 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/news/3470_price_drops_for_pspgo_and_playtv.html http://www.australiangamer.com/competition/3457_win_one_of_three_copies_of_enslaved.html Enslaved is one of the first big games for the biggest release season of the year, and it's a solid title. We're offering three lucky people the chance to win this title with the single press of one... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:04:18 +1100 http://www.australiangamer.com/competition/3457_win_one_of_three_copies_of_enslaved.html