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After Hours: Best Cinema and Entertainment Apps

Never spend a night alone again with these apps: they’re great for going out on the town and getting great entertainment! What were you thinking?

Gaming

Video Games Make It Into Classic FM’s Hall Of Fame

Plenty of countries have a ‘Classic FM’ radio station, including Australia which has ABC Classic FM, but the Classic FM I grew up with was the UK version and it was an institution. I hated it as a kid: it was boring, it was old. Forgive me, I was 7 years old. I liked Bros.

Gaming

Valve Working On A Brand New Source Engine

The folks at /v/ from 4chan headed over to Valve to wish Gabe Newell a happy birthday (in a pretty intricate and ingenius manner) but in the fracas some questions were asked, and it looks like Valve could actually be working on a new Source engine.

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Is This The Greatest Pencil Drawing Ever Made By Man, Woman Or Beast?

Pencil drawing is hard. It’s not like paint. You can’t just launch a pint of Dulux on canvas and say ‘bu-bu-bu-but Jackson Pollock’! Take the above image for example. This pencil drawing, by Adonna Khare, is absolutely massive and the detail is incredible.

Gaming

Kogan Taking Pre-Orders On $49 PS Vita Clone

PS Vita clones are already heading to the market place in China, but it looks as though Australia is set to have PS Vita clone of its own, as Kogan is now taking pre-orders on $49 device that, for all intents and purposes, looks like a machine custom built to play ROMs.

Gadgets

Government To Subpoena Tech Companies On IT Pricing

In Parliament today, the IT Pricing Inquiry reported back on the state of pricing in Australia, and discussed its disappointment with major tech distributors in this country. According to Paul Neville, the Deputy Chair of the committee, there has been a general “reluctance” amongst distributors to engage and discuss issues surrounding price, to the extent that the committee is now planning to Subpoena major tech companies in Australia.

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Karl Urban Talks Judge Dredd, And Why Most Video Game Movies Aren’t Up To Scratch

Karl Urban knows a thing or two about movies based on video games. He’s been in one. He’s also been in Star Trek, The Bourne Supremacy and now Judge Dredd.

Gaming

PAX Australia Is Heading To Melbourne

Previously we’d heard a rumour that PAX Aus (that’s the Penny Arcade Expo) was headed to Brisbane, but it looks as though that may have been a clever ruse. We’ve just been sent a document that all but confirms that PAX Australia is headed to Melbourne between July 19-21, 2013.

Gaming

Read The New R18+ Guidelines, And Prepare For Disappointment

The new guidelines for the R18+ rating have just been released, giving us a concrete idea of what the new adult rating for video games will look like. It’s difficult to tell precisely how these will be implemented by the Classification Board when the rating comes into being in 2013, but at first glance, it does not look promising.

Gaming

This Space Invader Origin Story Is Hilarious, Brilliant, And Sort Of Heartbreaking

Space Invaders: they move mindlessly. In formation, they slowly attack, heading towards earth with a terrifying, robotic certainty. But what happened before these invaders were selected to wage war on humanity? What happened then? In this brilliant comic, we get to see the Space Invader origin story — watch as he is born, grows up, falls in love, has his heart broken and then — tragically — is drafted to war!

Gaming

Is This The Local Release Date For The Wii U?

We’ve just had an anonymous tip, from a local Australian retailer, that Nintendo’s upcoming home console the Wii U will be released in Australia on December 6. In addition, we’ve heard that — in the wake of massive shortages in 2006 when the original Wii first launched — Nintendo is guaranteeing that every pre-order of the console at EB will be met.

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