Tight gameplay mechanics Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii reach new heights and make a strong case for more fast-following spin-offs that recycle assets. The first trailer for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii confounded me. After jumping into the series last year with Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, I wondered if the… Read more »
Airwallex put the pedal to the metal for its ‘Shifted Perspectives’ campaign at the launch of the Formula 1 season in Melbourne this week, handing out startup grants and chatting to homegrown McLaren driver Oscar Piastri. The fintech sponsors the UK F1 team McLaren, originally founded in 1965 by Kiwi engineer, innovator, entrepreneur and driver… Read more »
Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft, is one of the world’s richest men. He is also a highly controversial figure. On one hand, he contributes to social, medical and environmental causes through his foundation, making grants worth more than US$77 billion ($A123 billion) from its inception to the end of 2023. On the other, he has… Read more »
Last week marked one whole year of writing a weekly column on video games. It is my answer to my quarter-career crisis, where I love working for myself in comms but wanted a new challenge that harked back to my roots and grounding as a reporter. My goal: Create a platform for smart, approachable commentary… Read more »
Everywhere I turn I hear another story about how burnt out everyone currently is. How everyone is overworked. That they’re at their breaking point. In fact, Deloitte did a survey on professionals in the workplace, stating “77% of respondents say they have experienced employee burnout at their current job”. Now before we start pointing fingers and… Read more »
While the Tesla CEO is busy rage-tweeting, Roman saluting, dialling into far-right German political rallies, cutting aid funding and sacking US government workers, sales of his car brand in Australia, as well as the rest of the world have gone over a cliff, with January’s poor results continuing in February. The plunge for Nasdaq-listed EV… Read more »
Who knew Pokémon Moon’s aloof captain Mallow lived a second life as a fashion queen? I’m at the fourth gym in Pokémon Black Moon 2. In the original game, it belongs to Elesa, an electric-type trainer seemingly modelled after Lady Gaga. In that game, she battles you on a catwalk, after you face off against three… Read more »
Before Infinite Lives was conceived and launched this time last year, there was another name floating around for this newsletter: Utility Jigglypuff. It was an in-joke among my mates that just wouldn’t die. Hot off watching a video from Aaron “Cybertron” Zheng, a competitive Pokémon player, professional commentator and YouTuber, I was explaining how the hyper-competitive side of this… Read more »
The odds were not on my side. I had a two in three chance of dying to this boss, and there was very little I could do about it. I’m over halfway through Fantasian Neo Dimension and without realising, I’ve stumbled into a trap within the game. I noticed this weird-looking bubble on the world… Read more »
Startup coworking and private offices provider Tank Stream Labs is heading to South Australia setting up shop in Adelaide’s CBD, as part of an expansion that also includes a premium workspaces in Martin Place, Sydney. Tank Stream Suites Adelaide will open in July this year at 63 Pirie Street, a block from Adelaide Town Hall,… Read more »
It’s unlikely Australia’s competition watchdog, the ACCC, took notice of Sony’s global outage a few weeks ago. But if they did, it could provide some insightful guidance for its latest inquiry where its touching on the murky framework that governs digital access to games. Sony’s PlayStation Network suffered a major outage in early February that… Read more »
If you’ve ever had a meal at di Stasio’s Citta in Melbourne, or watched the Matildas play Japan last week, you’ve seen the work of Kamilaroi artist Reko Rennie. Rennie’s 8-minute video, OA_RR, driving a Rolls Royce in burnouts in the desert country of his grandmother, plays behind the bar at the Italian restaurant, and… Read more »
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a real-time strategy (RTS) game, a genre which has fallen from grace in recent years. That style of game has more or less been replaced by battle arena titles such as Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) and League of Legends. It’s one of a handful of games that… Read more »
Daniel Petre once worked with Bill Gates and has achieved amazing tech success – along with the riches that come with it. Here he shares what the real meaning of having money is, and what he’s doing with his. I wasn’t wealthy growing up. My parents were Romanian immigrants who came to Australia after… Read more »
This is the first in a series of articles looking at how professional game reviews shape the industry. As a flurry of February releases hits gaming devices, a new report is set to perhaps rekindle an age-old gaming industry debate. Published this month in the Journal of Business Research, new research has drawn a line between critical… Read more »
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