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Join Luke, David and Lisa forĀ this episode of Checkpoint on JOY where they speak to developer Martin Stradling ahead of his game, Rita, being involved in the PAX Aus... LEARN MORE The post Topic: Rita, PAX and MIGW with Sporktank developer Martin Stradling appeared first on Checkpoint.
We discuss Assassin's Creed Shadow's delay and its removal from Ubisoft's booth at PAX AUS 2024 and how that will affect the show. Show Dot Points Ciaran expresses regret for past comments about PlayStation. Local gaming events can foster community engagement and excitement. Fans highly anticipate the Legacy of Kain remasters. Overwatch's current focus on skins over gameplay is concerning. The Tokyo Game Show showcased a variety of new games and trailers. Game Pass is expanding its library with classic JRPGs. The hosts reflect on the importance of local showcases for indie developers. There is a growing interest in games that highlight unique storytelling. The gaming community is eager for more diverse and engaging content. The conversation highlights the evolving landscape of gaming and its impact on players. PAX Week is set to feature exciting events like the Cult of the Lamb rave. The marriage ceremony at PAX is a unique addition to the gaming event. The Day Before's crowdfunding campaign has sparked controversy in the gaming community. February 2025 is shaping up to be a massive month for game releases. The Steam Deck offers a more streamlined gaming experience compared to the ROG. Battery life and boot time are significant factors in choosing a handheld gaming device. The hosts express excitement for indie games showcased at PAX. Community engagement is crucial for the success of crowdfunding campaigns. The gaming industry is seeing a shift towards more polished game releases. The Steam Deck's ergonomic design enhances the gaming experience. Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo Resources Aspyr & Crystal Dynamics Reveal Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered, Launching Dec. 10, 2024, on PC & Consoles Xbox TGS 2024 Broadcast: All the trailers and news from the show - Explosion Network Big Games Night Out 2024: All the details on this free MIGW event - Explosion Network The Day Before dev is back, this time with a Kickstarter - and nope, absolutely not February 2025 is now absurdly stacked with big games | PC Gamer https://x.com/UbisoftANZ/status/1839530412495777812 Arcade Couch Credits: Music by: Dylan Blight Art by: Cherie Henriques Summary Show Notes: Created by Riverside.FM AI Integration All Episodes: https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/ Support Us: http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion
Lots to cover this week as Zack and Darcy tackle the wonderful slew of announcements from Gamescom 2024 and dive into the Melbourne International Games Week program! MIGW is running 3-13 October with so many events, from theatre shows to play-tests to educational workshops. Tune in to hear what we're keen for and if you see us there - say hey! We're also talking game preservation as a new report from the National Film and Sound Archive, in collaboration with The Strong National Museum of Play and BFI National Archive, found that games are being lost to time. You can find the full report here: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/international-video-games-preservation Games discussed: Borderlands 4, Batman: Arkham Shadow, Monster Hunter Wilds, Frostpunk 2, Goat Simulator Remastered, Overwatch, Marvel's Avengers, Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Make sure to share the show around and get in touch with us on Instagram @PlayerOneSYN You can listen to Player One live on SYN Media every Monday from 8pm. Tune in on 90.7FM, DAB+, or via the SYN website, syn.org.au. Ā See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join Elliot, Luke, Charlie and Ceri Hutton the Director of Industry Development & Programs at the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association as they talk through this years Melbourne International Games... LEARN MORE The post Checkpoint MIGW Recap with special guest Ceri Hutton! appeared first on Checkpoint.
Jeremy has returned to Pax Aus and is back to tell us about all of the games he saw on the show floor, as well as his time at Melbourne International Games Week.Make sure you head toĀ MiniMap.com.auĀ to watch this episode in video form, to check out all the fun new gags we can do on video!This Episode of the MiniMapCast was streamed LIVE on Twitch! To catch more MiniMap Streams, you can head to Twitch.tv/MiniMapAu Ā If you want to support us, make sure to head toĀ patreon.com/MiniMapAuYou can follow us on Twitter here:@MiniMapAu@obiwanjezz@jun_ess@KJPalmer_24Special thanks to Shook for allowing us to use their music on our podcast. You can find them atĀ shook.bandcamp.comĀ andĀ twitter.com/iamshook
PresentersĀ Vanessa Toholka and Dan Morganti bring us a Melbourne International Games Week special episode. Our hosts chat with Dan Golding, PhD, about the 2022 edition of local game-maker showcase festival, Freeplay Parallels, and ACMI senior producer Vincent Trundle discusses using videogames to enhance learning, a topic of the Teacher Summit at Games For Change Asia Pacific festival.Plus the latest gaming news from around the world.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/byte-into-itFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/3RRRFMByteIntoIT/Twitter: https://twitter.com/byteintoit
Hosts Vanessa Taholka and Dan Morganti are joined by ex-Byte into It host, writer, composer and board member of Free Play, Dan Golding; plus Senior Producer of Schools Program at ACMI Vince Trundle, on special events at ACMI during Melbourne International Games Week.Ā Website:Ā https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/byte-into-itFacebook:Ā https://www.facebook.com/3RRRFMByteIntoIT/Twitter:Ā https://twitter.com/byteintoit
Jeff Van Dyck is a BAFTA award winning composer and sound designer, who has worked on FIFA, the TOTAL WAR series, and most recently UNPACKING as one third of Queensland based studio Witch Beam Games. Jeff shares the story of how he came to work with a small indie studio after working Triple A titles for years, the story telling in each of the pieces of music and how the next project TEMPOPO mixes rhythm and puzzle solving. You can catch Jeff Van Dyck at Melbourne International Games Week as part of APRA AMCOS High Score, presenting the closing keynote on Sunday 2nd of October. Support SIFTER's independent gaming journalism by buying us a coffee on KoFi or some merch on the SIFTER STORE Join the SIFTER Discord to be part of the conversation SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Kyle Pauletto, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer. Thanks to Omny Studio for their support of SIFTER.Support the show: https://sifter.storeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Melbourne International Games Week 2022 (MIGW) is a hybrid event from 1-9th October. It kicks off with ACMI's Big Games Night In ā a chance to play the most exciting new Australian games for free, and from the comfort of your own home. Games include international success Cult of the Lamb, the dreamy, pastel-laden Drive me to the Moon by Olivia Haines and Call of the Golden Valley, a murder-mystery game. ACMI's Arieh Offman, who curated the program, could speak alongside any of the game-makers involved.In today's program we chat with Jacob Leaney, game developer and songwriter/producer here andĀ Daniel Teitelbaum here from Games for ChangeĀ which is running theĀ The Games for Change Festival as a hybrid event from 4-6 October within MIGW.
Albert Chessa and Quantumyth in association with MIGW 2021 present: 'Patterns, Podcasts and Parables: The Works of Albert Chessa' in an exciting hour keynote presentation with a 30-minute Q&A at the end. Have you ever wondered how video games are the future of art? Albert Chessa explores the fusion of future of art with you being the essential ingredient that makes this artform not only exist, but be what it is. There is boundless creativity, unrestrained by the physical work and the ever-emerging technology that surrounds us and has becomes integral to our lives. As an independent Australian artist Albert Chessa loves gaming, calling it 'humanity's most powerful and empathy-engaging artform'. Since 2015 and across 300 episodes, he has built a 300-outlet strong, 100% independent podcast network, speaking with figures such as Danielle Bisutti (God Of War), Tommie Earl Jenkins (Death Stranding), and Daniel Roebuck (Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order). He is developing games inspired by GenDesign (The Last Guardian) and Giant Squid Studio (The Pathless) via his studio, Quantumyth. Come experience his story. ACMI How will videogames influence the future of art? The fusion of artistic vision and the essential ingredient of humanity (you) is what makes videogames as an artform unique. Boundless creativity is no longer restrained by physical work, and ever-emerging technologies that surround us and have become integral to our lives. Join artist, media producer and storyteller Albert Chessa for this keynote presentation exploring how videogames and interactivity are evolving the very nature of art itself. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/albertchessa/message
Checkpoint Intimates is a weekly podcast where two members of the team go one-on-one on a topic that they both feel strongly about, talking in a more deeper and, yes, intimate context. This week, Elliot [ā¦] http://media.blubrry.com/350726/p/joy.org.au/checkpoint/wp-content/uploads/sites/330/2020/10/20201018-Checkpoint-Intimates.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:40 ā 16.2MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Intimates: MIGW + Umbrella Party Studios appeared first on Checkpoint.
Checkpoint Intimates is a weekly podcast where two members of the team go one-on-one on a topic that they both feel strongly about, talking in a more deeper and, yes, intimate context. This week, Elliot [ā¦] http://media.blubrry.com/350726/p/joy.org.au/checkpoint/wp-content/uploads/sites/330/2020/10/20201018-Checkpoint-Intimates.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:40 ā 16.2MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Intimates: MIGW + Umbrella Party Studios appeared first on Checkpoint.
Checkpoint Intimates is a weekly podcast where two members of the team go one-on-one on a topic that they both feel strongly about, talking in a more deeper and, yes, intimate context. This week, Elliot [ā¦] http://media.blubrry.com/350726/p/joy.org.au/checkpoint/wp-content/uploads/sites/330/2020/10/20201018-Checkpoint-Intimates.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:40 ā 16.2MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Intimates: MIGW + Umbrella Party Studios appeared first on Checkpoint.
Elliot, Luke, Edie & Sam chat about MIGW 2020, and Elliot chats with Fran Kerlin from Creative Victoria. On this episode, the crew talk about Melbourne International Games Week 2020, the gaming community in Melbourne, [ā¦] http://media.blubrry.com/350726/p/joy.org.au/checkpoint/wp-content/uploads/sites/330/2020/10/20201008-Checkpoint-Topic.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:25 ā 70.4MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Melbourne International Games Week 2020 appeared first on Checkpoint.
Elliot, Luke, Edie & Sam chat about MIGW 2020, and Elliot chats with Fran Kerlin from Creative Victoria. On this episode, the crew talk about Melbourne International Games Week 2020, the gaming community in Melbourne, [ā¦] http://media.blubrry.com/350726/p/joy.org.au/checkpoint/wp-content/uploads/sites/330/2020/10/20201008-Checkpoint-Topic.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:25 ā 70.4MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Melbourne International Games Week 2020 appeared first on Checkpoint.
Elliot, Luke, Edie & Sam chat about MIGW 2020, and Elliot chats with Fran Kerlin from Creative Victoria. On this episode, the crew talk about Melbourne International Games Week 2020, the gaming community in Melbourne, [ā¦] http://media.blubrry.com/350726/p/joy.org.au/checkpoint/wp-content/uploads/sites/330/2020/10/20201008-Checkpoint-Topic.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:25 ā 70.4MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Melbourne International Games Week 2020 appeared first on Checkpoint.
Well you probably have heard the news by now, PAX Australia won't be going ahead in October this year, joining PAX West which has also been cancelled for 2020. In its place is PAX Online, a new digital festival that runs over 9 days between September 12 and 21, streaming content 24 hours a day. Luke Lancaster of ReedPop Australia shared what it was like when he realised that physical conventions just wouldn't work in 2020 due to COVID-19. Music in this episode is "Shopping for the Future" by Bit by Bit Bert and you can find it on itch.io This episode of Pixel Sift is hosted, produced and edited by Executive Producer Gianni Di Giovanni
Well you probably have heard the news by now, PAX Australia won't be going ahead in October this year, joining PAX West which has also been cancelled for 2020. In its place is PAX Online, a new digital festival that runs over 9 days between September 12 and 21, streaming content 24 hours a day. Luke Lancaster of ReedPop Australia shared what it was like when he realised that physical conventions just wouldn't work in 2020 due to COVID-19. Music in this episode is "Shopping for the Future" by Bit by Bit Bert and you can find it on itch.io This episode of Pixel Sift is hosted, produced and edited by Executive Producer Gianni Di Giovanni
MiniMap went to PAX Aus 2019! We played AAA titles, indies and saw demos from vendors. We also discuss Destiny 2's new expansion, as well as the longest time we've spent playing a video game at once.If you would like to support this show, as well as this website, consider going to www.patreon.com/MinimapAUYou can follow us on twitter here:@MiniMapAu@obiwanjezz@jun_ess@KJPalmer_24
After Melbourne International Games Week, June, Jeremy and Kerry are back to discuss one of the biggest releases of the year. Jeremy also talks about the differences between being an aspiring developer or an aspiring games journalist during MIGW.