Jackson Murphy

CD-ROMs were a part of many people’s first experiences with computers. They hold such marvellous creations including The Secret of Monkey Island, Resident Evil and SimCity 3000. Cracking the plastic case and inserting the disk into your beige coloured box that makes clicking and whirring noises was a ritual for many. Monoclelord explores the sights … Read more

On the 6th of June, Kleanup Games released Chromadi on Steam & Mobile.Scrolling the endless feed of new releases on Steam is often discouraging. Filled with low quality titles and games your grandma wouldn’t be thrilled about. But as you and I both know, good video games do release, pretty often actually! And after 30 … Read more

Kampfinsel is a browser-based MMO that evokes nostalgic and slow paced vibes of browser MMO games of the 2000’s. My personal history with the genre is Lords of Ultima which only had a 4 year lifecycle before being entirely shutdown. The appeal of these games is that they are social spaces accessible on any device … Read more

EXIT: The Game is a series of puzzle games made in Germany by Thames & Kosmos.Each box, rated 1-5 according to difficulty, contains a narrative driven series of puzzles with similar design elements to escape rooms. They can be done solo or with a small group of people, taking anywhere between 2-5 hours to do. … Read more

Earlier this year, I took a trip to my hometown in Sydney, Newtown. Myself and Juli mostly went to see the Umbilical brothers with some friends but it was also a chance to re-explore some of the novelty and op shops that King St Newtown has to offer in abundance. One particular store had a … Read more