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Upcoming | BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne 2010 Oct 2 & 3

September 26, 2010 Reply

If you’re a lover of the crouch punch and spend your afternoons quarter-circling your way to victory, then you shouldn’t miss the second annual Battle Arena Melbourne fighting game tournament. Presented by CouchWarriors and sponsored by THQ, Madman Entertainment, and Sega Australia.

Battle Arena Melbourne
When: October 2 & 3
Where: CQ, Event Room 2, 123 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

The game line-up includes Super Street Fighter IV, Tekken 6, Blazblue Continuum Shift, Virtua Fighter 5, Soul Calibur 4, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Super Smash Bros Brawl & Melee, plus DIY and Social play.

Check out the official site for all the info: http://bam.couchwarriors.org/

Review | Bleach the Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion

September 19, 2010 1 comment


Available now on DVD from Madman Entertainment

Bleach is an anime series that has been around for a long time now, spanning many seasons and three separate movies with a fourth being announced. That said in traditional PAL style we’re a little behind with the second movie “The DiamondDust Rebellion” being released only recently in Australian shores.

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Review | Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days

September 12, 2010 Reply

Developer – IO Interactive
Publisher – Eidos
Available on – Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Reviewed on – Xbox 360

Having never played Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, Dog Days was an interesting introduction to “gaming’s two most notorious criminals“. The game’s multiplayer demo showed a lot of promise and I was quite looking forward to trying the full game. What I found was not at all what I was expecting. Read more [+]

The Official Space Meat Podcast – Episode 02: Special Directors cut

September 6, 2010 Reply

In this special directors cut episode (read: I couldn’t be bothered editing) Liam and Van are joined by fellow Space Meat writer and resident Anime expert, Brad! They chat about the Melbourne International Anime Festival, the Walking Dead trailer, their favourite cancelled TV shows, and many other unplanned tangents.

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Review: Tomorrow When the War Began

September 3, 2010 Reply

I know I’ll lose a lot of respect from friends and relatives in admitting this but I never read any of John Marsden’s critically acclaimed and fanatically loved young adult book series growing up. Crazy and unbelievable I know, but I guess I was just the sort of kid who was more concerned with where his next hit of creamy 16 bit video game goodness was coming from. So yes, I went in to this film fairly ignorant about the story and completely clueless as to the tone of the series. Read more [+]

Review: Green Day Rock Band

September 1, 2010 Reply

Developer – Harmonix Music Systems / Demiurge Studios
Publisher – EA
Available On – Xbox 360 / Playstation 3 / Wii
Reviewed On – Xbox 360

Because it was the obvious next step after The Beatles right?

Right?!

It’s almost moot to talk about these games at this point. Everyone out there seems to either be a die hard Rock Band fan or a dedicated Guitar Hero or they just have absolutely zero interest in plastic musical instrument games whatsoever, but whatever, we’re here so let’s talk about the latest full band rhythm game to hit the scene, Green Day: Rock Band. Read more [+]