STACK #250 August 2025

FEATURE GAMING

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What’s your earliest video gaming memory?

JULY 2025

Playing Battletoads on my cousin’s NES back in the early ‘90s… and not getting very far!

AUGUST

1 RUGBY LEAGUE 26

What’s your all-time favourite game or game series?

2 DONKEY KONG BANANZA

’ s ROVING REPORTER

My favourite game is Shadow of the Colossus . My favourite series is Metroid, by far.

3 MARIO KART WORLD

What have you been playing most lately?

4 DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

MICHAEL MARSHMAN @JB Liverpool, NSW

Balatro . It’s super-addictive to the point that I have it on multiple platforms.

5 SUPER MARIO PARTY

JAMBOREE - NINTENDO SWITCH 2 EDITION + JAMBOREE TV

You can only have one games console from any era – what would it be and why?

What’s the best thing about working in games at JB?

6 TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER 3 + 4

Probably the Nintendo Switch. It has a fantastic library and with the online subscription you have access to a plethora of classic games that shaped the industry.

The people I work with. We’re all a bunch of chill nerds who are having a good time!

7 MINECRAFT

8 NINTENDO SWITCH SPORTS

Are you up to answering all eight of this month’s game related posers? 1. In which fictional US city was 2002’s Maf ia set? 2. On what fictional planet is 2006’s Gears of War set?

3. Who was the main antagonist in 1992’s Kirby’s Dream Land ? 4. On what computer system did the Metal Gear series debut? 5. In what year did SEGA’s Shinobi originally hit arcades? 6. What was the Story of Seasons series known as outside of Japan until 2014? 7. In which Australian city were the creators of 1982’s The Hobbit , Beam Software, based? 8. Which manga artist created Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ?

9 GRAND THEFT AUTO V

GAME EXAM

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ANSWERS on page 22 of the GAMING section

1 What’s the first game that you remember playing? Super Mario Bros. on the original Nintendo Entertainment System. 2 What was the last game that you finished? I just finished Dredge and Blueprints . I mean, I don’t know how you finish Blueprints , but I got to room 46. 3 What’s your favourite video game/series of all time? Outside of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series, I’ll say Mass Effect . 4 What do you think is the most underrated video game of all time? Planescape: Torment , an oldie and a goodie. 5 What’s the game that you most wish you’d worked on? I’ve got a lot of hours in Call of Duty. So really, any Call of Duty game would be awesome.

Game director on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 at Iron Galaxy KURT TILLMANNS

Mass Effect

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