Adelaide · Est. 2019
Scrawled on the blackboard, played till dawn.
A Kent Town gaming blog that trades hype for honesty — full playthrough reviews, spoiler-safe raid guides, and the kind of controller-cramping hot takes you'd argue over a flat white.
As chalked up across the local scene
2.4M
reads a year
640+
games reviewed
18k
newsletter regulars
6 yrs
on the Adelaide beat
How we play
From boot screen to byline
No sponsored fluff. Every piece follows the same four-step ritual before it ever hits the blackboard.
Full playthrough
We finish the campaign — 40+ hours where it counts — before a single score gets chalked up. No trailer takes.
Bench testing
Frame rates, load times and controller feel logged across PC, PS5 and Switch so the verdict matches your rig.
Second opinion
A second writer replays the trickiest hours so a review never rides on one person's Tuesday-night mood.
Chalk it up
Final piece, honest score out of 10, and a plain "buy / wait / skip" call written up on the board.
What we cover
Pick a column, grab a coffee
Full Review
Deep-dive verdicts after a finished campaign, scored out of 10 with a plain buy/wait/skip call.
Free to read · new drop every Thursday
Indie Spotlight
First-look coverage of Aussie and Kiwi indie studios most outlets skip right past.
Free to read · fortnightly
Backlog Verdict
Is that two-year-old title worth it on sale today? Honest re-reviews with current patches in mind.
Free to read · monthly
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From the regulars
What readers scrawl back
★★★★★
Their Emberfall II review talked me out of a day-one preorder and into waiting for the patch — saved me the exact frustration they warned about. First outlet I actually trust.
★★★★★
I cleared the Tidebreaker raid on my first attempt because of their loadout guide. Clear, spoiler-tagged, and no 20-minute video to scrub through. Bookmarked forever.
★★★★★
The Blackboard Game Night on Rundle Street is the best AU$10 I spend each month. Met half my current co-op crew there. Coffee's genuinely good too.
Get in touch
Pitch us, or just say gg
Got a South Australian studio we should cover, a correction, or a review request? Drop a line — we read every message from the Kent Town desk.
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