Pinfest – how one mad idea came to fruition
December 2011. After months of work, Chris and Dom Slevin opened their dream business, Pizza n Pinball, in Broadmeadow. (A Newcastle suburb, 2 hours north of Sydney) The brothers combining their...
View ArticlePinfest: In the crazed mind of a Wizard
There are some great pinball players coming to compete at Pinfest tonight… Richard (RGR), Scotty (Cruiserman), Rob (TIN), Mitch (DataBeast), just to name a few. But what goes on… in the crazed...
View ArticleDig Dug, Tapper guy… it’s Wreck-It Ralph trailer 2!
Wow, this just keeps looking better and better. Lots of cute ‘game phenomena’ moments (when a character dies, they reappear “flashing” for a few seconds) with game characters (well-known &...
View ArticleOne small click for mantas, a giant leap for bundlekind
Blah blah blah “too many bundles…” HANG ON A SEC, THIS ONE’S AWESOME! Bundle in a Box (“the only thematic bundle around”) went all ‘adventure’ games last time, but this time it’s SPACE GAMES and it’s...
View ArticleThe best of the best of the best: Pixel Prospector’s finest
Earlier this year, we celebrated the birthday of a great indie game players/makers resource with a rather popular lookback over it’s past three years. Now, we bring you news of Simon Kaizen’s latest...
View ArticleThe real Spanish inspirations behind Maldita Castilla
Late last year Spanish indie game maker ‘Locomalito’ released his latest ‘big’ game… The beautifully Ghosts n Goblins-esque Maldita Castilla. Just prior to the game’s release, I got chatting to...
View ArticleThis game’s ####ing awesome
Wow, this has made my day. One of my favourite songs (+ clips) in years [<-- language warning, also scenes of thrift shops] has been parodied by a New Zealand Group and turned into a lovesong to...
View ArticleStrider remake due 2014. And it looks… GREAT.
True story. Back in 1996, I was living in Tamworth NSW. There, just off the main street was a flight of stairs. Up those stairs was a pool hall. And in that pool hall was a small arcade, with about...
View ArticlePinball Paradise for the next 50 hours – part 1
If you love pinball and live within a few hours of Newcastle (Australia, I add for our UK readers) – get.in.your.car.now. For the next 50 hours, Newcastle (& nearby Caves Beach) will host more...
View ArticlePinball Paradise for the next 50 hours – part 2
In our first post today, I told you about some never-seen-before pinball action on offer tonight in Newcastle. And now it gets even bigger. THIS WEEKEND, Pinfest returns to The Caves Beach Hotel, and...
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