It’s almost painful to think that the last Playup Perth was over six months ago. Thankfully, Playup is back and ready to make a more significant mark on the local scene. The brand has updated […]

The modern platformer is a difficult beast to wrangle one’s head around. We live in a post-Super Meat Boy world where platformers have to be hard as nails to satisfy all those damn speedrunners. On […]

Despite being such a tight-knit community, there are still plenty of games in Perth that fly under the radar. I – and probably most people attending the event – had never heard of Project Wingman […]

It can be challenging to convince people that the Perth games scene is as good as it is. It’s not a matter of quality but visibility, and it’s not easy to advertise local games when […]

ELEX is a game that has a great idea but awful execution. While there are moments to roleplay, the progression feels incredibly forced, and combat is a wholly unenjoyable experience. You can’t go and be […]

Seeing how differently a game plays after a year of development is always fascinating. The controls might be little different, the camera might handle differently, and you can end up playing a very different game. […]

Elegance and simplicity are two sides of a very heavy coin. It’s difficult to flip the coin the right way up, but when it happens, you end up with the likes of Mighty Games. After […]

I know a few terms in Japanese, but I really don’t. If you add shimasu onto the end of a word, it becomes a verb. This ground-breaking discovery has led me to add shimasu to […]

Visual novels have never been on my radar as thrilling experiences in gaming. Picking my preferred waifu that may or may not also be my insectoid daughter from transdimensional Russia would be a great time […]

The ‘90s shooter is experiencing a strange rebirth in the indie scene. Games like Strafe and DOOM have been bringing maze-like level design and non-stop action to a modern audience with mixed results. It only […]