Melbourne · Gaming Journal
Games, read like art.
Slow-burn reviews, hand-drawn strategy breakdowns and honest esports coverage — curated from a quiet studio on Gertrude Street, Fitzroy.
Call: +61 3 9650 9184
What we publish
Coverage, in four rooms
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Long-form Reviews
2,500-word verdicts published every Thursday. Each review sits with a title for at least 20 hours before we score it — no day-one hot takes, no publisher junkets.
Weekly · Free to read · Member notes from A$7/mo
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Strategy Guides
Hand-annotated route maps, boss timings and build orders for the games our readers are actually stuck on. Illustrated in-house, updated after every balance patch.
Fortnightly · Downloadable PDFs · From A$4 each
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Esports Dispatches
On-the-ground reporting from the Melbourne circuit and the wider APAC scene — bracket breakdowns, player interviews and post-match tactical notes within 12 hours.
Tournament weekends · Live blog · Free
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Community Nights
Monthly meet-ups at the Gertrude Street studio: co-op sessions, retro tournaments and reader writing workshops. Doors 6pm, last Friday of the month.
Monthly · Fitzroy · A$12 entry, members free
The archive
Recent features
Silent Cartographer — a 40-hour verdict
Every phase-three boss, timed to the frame
Grand final diary: the Melbourne Invitational
The quiet brilliance of a 6-hour indie
Season 4 build orders that actually hold up
The rookie who read the meta backwards
By the numbers
Eight years, unhurried
640+
Reviews published since 2018
92k
Monthly readers across AU & APAC
48
Community nights hosted in Fitzroy
0
Sponsored scores, ever
From the readers
Watch the reader roundtable
Roundtable · 14 min
"The only site that made me wait a week for a review — and I was glad I did. Their Silent Cartographer piece changed how I play RPGs."
"I flew down from Brisbane for a community night and left with three new co-op friends. The boss guides got me through the season finale too."
"No day-one scores, no sponsor fluff. Their esports diary from the Melbourne Invitational was better than the official broadcast."
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- Studio
- 119 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
- Phone
- +61 3 9650 9184
- [email protected]
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 10am–6pm AEST