Coder by day, gamer and film fan by night. Websites are one of many things I do. A big fan of classic/retro gaming especially of Atari systems. I can also cook. ;)
After spending a little more time in the PC version of Elite: Dangerous using an Xbox One controller (go the Elite!), I FINALLY found the presets to get a similar experience to playing the game on console. I needed to do a little searching in the Frontier Forums but […]
Also known as “the thing which should have come with the Elite Controller“, the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows finally allows gamers to upgrade and hook up those nice shiny Xbox One controllers to their PCs without a cable. The package itself is pretty basic. There’s the adapter […]
After recently posting about how great I think Star Raiders is it was to my great surprise when I first heard it recently on the the Giant Bomb Podcast and later the AtariAge forums that Aric Wilmunder, one time Atari employee and long time LucasArts (nee Lucasfilm Games) developer/legend, released not only […]
The following is my take on recent shenanigans in Elite: Dangerous – so prepare to either be amused at my lack of pilot skills or disappointed at my lack of backbone. 😉 Last night Grocs and I were trying our hand at some Wings in Elite: Dangerous on […]
A mighty big patch for Elite: Dangerous rolled out today for Xbox One that was notable for me in that it fixes a recent bug I had come across with the game crashing when attempting to salvage cargo. So to see it top of the list below made […]
With Oculus finally taking preorders for their Rift Virtual Reality headset, a line has been drawn in the sand for both its launch date and the price point that the company feels is acceptable for the consumer market. With three companies all introducing their own takes on the technology it […]
Atari has been associated with many popular video games over the decades however there is one that is spoken little of today whose influence in multiple genres shouldn’t be forgotten as it may be one of the most important games they ever produced. Star Raiders is a real-time 3D space combat simulator developed […]
This is old news for some, but for anyone whose recently bought into classic gaming through sites like GOG.com and then been disappointed with the quality of the MIDI music via Microsoft’s default driver, there is an alternative that may just become one of the nicest additions you […]
The landscape of movies and television changed a lot in Australia this year thanks to a big push by Internet based streaming services. Where previously viewers were resorting to either VPNs to the USA for Netflix and Hulu or illegal torrents we were finally seeing much of the popular content releasing […]
2015 was a year that saw “Definitive Edition” ports of games finally start to take a back seat to new content on consoles whilst also seeing all the platforms finally start carving out their own niches to make them each unique. So even if we are more PC and […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
The Late Night Session 