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A 4,000-word deep dive into open-world pacing
We write long-form RPG guides, unearth indie gems, and post reviews that actually finish the game first — all from a light-filled desk in Sydney's inner east.
Our story
Grown one save file at a time
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2017
A single JRPG diary
It started as one Surry Hills gamer logging a 90-hour playthrough. The notes turned into essays, and the essays found readers.
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2019
The indie desk opens
We began covering Australian and Pacific studios, giving small teams their first proper long-form review coverage.
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2022
Members and guides
Reader-funded membership launched, letting us publish spoiler-safe walkthroughs and monthly build breakdowns without ads.
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Today
42,000 readers strong
A small editorial team publishing three deep pieces a week, still writing from that same plant-filled room on Albion Street.
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