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Game On 2.0 in Tasmania

Rachel Soma — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:45:06 +0000

Get ready to play your way through the history of video games at the international blockbuster exhibition Game On 2.0.

This action-packed celebration of video games culture has thrilled more than one million players of all ages around the world and is exclusively in Tasmania at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston.

Game On 2.0 tracks the development of videogames from the earliest computer games to arcade-era hits and the very latest from today’s billion-dollar industry. With more than 120 playable games, as well as rarely seen consoles, controllers and collectables, this is a showcase of games history like no other.

Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery – Exhibitions@Inveresk.
>>download flyer (293k pdf)

Game On 2.0 exhibition
Saturday 3 July – Sunday 3 October 2010
Open daily 10 am to 5 pm
Plus Late Night Thursdays until 9 pm
QVMAG @ Inveresk, Launceston

Tickets: Full $15 / Concession: $12 / Family (2 Adults, 2 children) $45

Super Mario Wii

Rachel Soma — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:06:15 +0000

Gamer Activism, Zombie Style

Rachel Soma — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:18:01 +0000

In the wake of Left4Dead 2 being refused classification in Australia a lot of facebook groups and forum threads have sprung up to wail and wring their hands, but some groups have decided that what they really need is public protest – with gore.

Facebook group “Gamers for a proper rating system in Aus” (one of dozens of similarly titled and focused groups) is planning an EPIC ZOMBIE LURCH to get gamers out of the house and raise their decomposing fists to the sky and tell the Attorney General that we want an 18+ rating for games.

The cynic in me wonders if the organisers are also wanting for some brains, as traipsing around the city covered in muck may not be the best way to tell the AG that we’re grown-ups and can choose what games we want to play.

So Wii Fit says you’re fat? Well I’m kinda down with that

Rachel Soma — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:09:00 +0000

Nintendo DSi – Region Locked and Lengthy Delays

Rachel Soma — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:39:05 +0000

Nintendo Australia have confirmed that there are no short term plans to release the DSi Down Under, and we’re probably looking at a “late 2009″ shipping date. Don’t think you can skip the long wait by ordering one from Japan, Nintendo has confirmed that both downloadable games and DSi-exclusive software will be region-locked, meaning Japanese games won’t play on an Australian or American DSi and vice versa. Regular DS games, on the other hand, will continue to be universal, and you’ll still be able to play Japanese imports of regular DS games on a locally regioned DSi.