Archive for August, 2010

The Mana Bar Expands!

August 28th, 2010 – 1:18 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Events,Games

Happy Days! Any adult gamer that likes to get their drink on should have checked out the Mana Bar by now, with all the press and positive reception going on it’s hard not to hear about the nightlife bar taking over Brisbane’s Valley district with geeks getting into video games and custom themed drinks. Well [...]

Review: Tears to Tiara (Collection 1 – Episodes 1-13)

August 23rd, 2010 – 12:54 am Posted by: Brad

5 years ago on the PC yet another eroge (erotic game) TRPG was released to the masses named Tears to Tiara. Cue to 2010 and after having the game released as a non-eroge version as well as a Playstation3 port with added content, naturally an anime series was next as other eroge (Fate/Stay, Tsukihime, etc.) [...]

I’ll See Your Deer Head Trophy…

August 20th, 2010 – 9:56 am Posted by: Van
Filed as: Games

…and raise you a Bowser head trophy. Maybe you didn’t like paper-craft before, but you know you do now. [via SpriteStitch]

All-Time Greatest Game Villain

August 20th, 2010 – 9:27 am Posted by: Van
Filed as: Games

Gamespot’s got its All Time Greatest Game Villain battle underway. There’s some classic names there, including some old lovables that you know won’t make it past round 1, but you’re just glad to see there nonetheless. The Pac-Man ghosts, in particular. But if you know what’s good for you, you’ll be voting for Purple Tentacle.

Gran Turismo 5: Go-Kart Mode

August 20th, 2010 – 8:59 am Posted by: Van
Filed as: Games

Mario Kart who? Okay, that’s going a bit far, but nonetheless – here we are. Go-karts in the upcoming Gran Turismo 5. Funnily enough, it’s not all that surprising, really. Most, if not all professional racing drivers get their on-track start in go-karts, even as young adults. So making the genre available in GT5 is, [...]

Melbourne Anime Festival August 20th to 22nd

August 19th, 2010 – 11:04 pm Posted by: Brad
Filed as: Events

The Melbourne Anime Festival (Manifest) is running this weekend at the Melbourne Showgrounds and has the theme ‘Mecha VS Magic’ in this incarnation (it’s 11th year running). Expect to see various panels on how to get into anime and Japanese culture as well as more specific genres of anime such as mecha anime. That said, [...]

The Official Space Meat Podcast – Episode 01: Walken vs. Wild

August 17th, 2010 – 12:17 am Posted by: Liam

Decades of training, years in the making, minutes to set up, seconds to f*** up. The Official Space Meat Podcast is here! Hosted by site founder and editor Liam Marcon, listen as he chats popular culture news and topics with fellow Space Meat writers and even the occasional special guest. In this pilot episode Liam [...]

Bioshock Infinite

August 15th, 2010 – 7:27 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

2K Games have recently announced the return of the legendary Bioshock series in Bioshock Infinite, a new title in the hands of original developer Irrational Games. Rising from the depths of the sea into the opposite extreme Bioshock Infinite will be set in a city suspended 30,000 feet in the sky known as Columbia. I [...]

Mafia II Demo Available Now

August 12th, 2010 – 4:03 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

A demo for 2K Czech’s upcoming open-world shooter Mafia II is now available on PS3, XBOX 360 and PC via the Steam network. Sequel to the 2002 hit Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, this new sequel will recapture the spirit of Mafia in the 40′s and 50′s in a whole new story and city. [...]

First Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Footage

August 10th, 2010 – 9:25 am Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Games

The next installment in the Call of Duty series Black Ops is coming from developers Treyarch again and they’ve just released a first look at what multiplayer will be like. Some interesting new weapons and tools can be seen in this trailer such as a remote controlled explosive toy car and back-stabbing knives that while [...]