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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
truLAN in 2024 was overall successful but not as successful as it could have been.Getting an ABN and the business registered were big steps. Along with doing about half of the TAFE business course I actually got a few clients and made some profit. It was an enjoyable and eye opening experience. A google maps … Read more
Did you know that on new years, people make resolutions or goals for what they plan to do over the next 12 months? One of my largest money sinks in 2024 was video games, and that’s okay! I really enjoy the medium and its often a social thing for me or a way to unwind. … Read more
truLAN has never been super well defined in terms of what it offers. It all started out with an old used DELL PowerEdge server that I got from eBay combined with a raspberry pi device. At one stage, truLAN was a collection of raspberry pi devices all interconnected and serving different roles.One pi would run … Read more