Games worth thinking about, dissected properly.
From Fitzroy to your feed — long-form RPG breakdowns, indie spotlights, patch-note forensics and speedrun science. No hype cycles, no review-bombing, just careful writing for players who love the craft.
Our regular columns
Four editorial strands, published on a fixed weekly cadence out of our Fitzroy studio.
Rune Deep Dives
3,000-word teardowns of a single RPG system — from Baldur's Gate 3 reaction economies to Elden Ring poise math. Every piece ships with annotated screenshots and a spoiler-gated section so you choose how deep to go.
Indie Spotlight
We play the games nobody's covering yet — a weekly interview with a solo dev or small studio, half of them from the Australian scene around Melbourne and Collingwood. Wishlist links, no affiliate money, no paid placement.
Speedrun Science
Frame-data breakdowns of world-record routes, explained for people who don't run. We sit down with record holders to map the strat, the RNG, and the exact input windows that separate a good run from a great one.
The Honest Review
No scores out of ten. Instead: who this game is for, who should skip it, and how it feels after 40 hours rather than 4. Members get the review a day early plus our running "worth the full price?" tracker.
The writing room
A small crew of critics, ex-QA testers and lapsed speedrunners working out of Union Street, Fitzroy.
Mara Delacroix
Editor-in-chief
Fifteen years reviewing RPGs; wrote the deep dive on Disco Elysium that got us started.
Theo Nakamura
Indie editor
Former festival organiser who knows every solo dev in Melbourne by first name.
Priya Sharma
Speedrun analyst
Ex-QA lead who reverse-engineers routes frame by frame and explains them plainly.
Callum Wright
Reviews lead
Believes a score out of ten hides more than it tells. Plays everything to the credits.
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Phone
+61 3 9419 8742Studio
56 Union Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Studio hours
Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm AEST