This week’s episode is a little later than usual, but that’s because it’s live from PAX Australia!
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Why I won't be buying Spider-Man or Red Dead Redemption 2 this year
I count myself as a “gamer” (for better or worse), but I’m going to give two of this year’s biggest titles a miss… for now.
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What's your go-to game for relaxing with?
Some games are hard, some games are easy, and some games just let you put your brain in neutral.
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Flea Market Micro Handheld Arcade Game Review
The Flea Market Micro Handheld Arcade Game is sort of cheap, but it left me anything but cheerful.
Continue readingNintendo Switch turns 1, Aussies swap broadcast TV for small screens: Vertical Hold Episode 168
Did Nintendo do enough in its first year to get you to Switch? Speaking of doing enough, is the Australian government doing enough for the local games industry? All this plus the slow death of broadcast TV in the latest episode!
Continue readingWhat's hot at the Penny Arcade eXpo in Melbourne? Vertical Hold PAX Aus 2017 special
We’re live at #PAXAus, talking everything gaming in our special episode!
Continue readingPAX 2016: Retro, VR and AAA Games: Vertical Hold Episode 100
We hit 100 episodes and talk all things PAX 2016, from VR gaming to retro with special guests 2SER’s Nic Healey and Ausretrogamer’s Alex Boz!
Continue readingOmnibus: Game Of The Year Edition Review
Omnibus is a funny game, not so much for its humour, which is pretty basic, but for the humour you can derive by turning it into a party game.
Continue readingEnter The Gungeon Review
Enter The Gungeon is what happens when truly groanworthy puns get in bed with an old school bullet hell dungeon crawler. What, that’s not a valid genre? It very much should be.
Continue readingGamechangers: From Minecraft To Misogyny Review
Gamechangers: From Minecraft To Misogyny manages something quite remarkable. Not so much in dissecting the Gamergate phenomenon,but in how it presents it in a comfortable, easy to read fashion for wider audiences to understand.
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