STACK #261 July 2026

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What’s your earliest video gaming memory?

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My mum buying me a PS3 and having to decide whether I wanted it to come with either Battlefield 4 or FIFA . She was not impressed once she saw the Battlefield 4 gameplay...

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

1 007 FIRST LIGHT

Infamous Second Son still holds a special place in my heart as the game that it didn’t even feel like I platinumed.

2 STAR FOX

ZAIN WARWICK @ JB Erina, NSW

What have you been playing most lately?

3 TOMODACHI LIFE: LIVING THE DREAM

Recently I’ve been playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 zombies again. The nostalgia from finishing school and racing home to try to complete the ‘Origins’ Easter egg is really taking me back.

4 LEGO BATMAN: LEGACY OF THE DARK KNIGHT

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

5 MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2

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

It’s awesome interacting with people that also play the games that I enjoy and being able to share experiences with those people. At the moment, we all seem to be stuck playing Marvel Rivals , and everyone shakes their head when I tell them I play Moon Knight!

6 POKÉMON POKOPIA

I would have to pick the PS3, as I made so many memories on that console, like staying up to midnight playing Destiny with my school friends.

7 EA SPORTS UFC 6

8 FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

Are you up to answering all eight of this month’s game related posers?

1. What is the Rhythm Paradise series known as in the US? 2. Which Nickelodeon series, which spawned many games, starred a dopey cat and a bonkers chihuahua? 3. Who is the main protagonist in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag ? 4. What was the full title of the first Mickey Mouse game on the SEGA Mega Drive? 5. To which rhythm adventure series from the PSP is Ratatan a spiritual successor? 6. What’s the name of the shapeshifting cephalopod protagonists of the Splatoon games?

9 FORZA HORIZON 6

10 MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES

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7. What’s the full name of the protagonist in Halo: Combat Evolved ? 8. What was the name of the first Razer gaming mouse, released in 1999?

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1 What was the first game that you played? My dad bought me an Atari when I was six, and I remember playing some sort of shooting game, but I can’t remember the name of it! That was an early core memory that inspired me to get into the game industry. 2 What was the last game that you finished? One quirk about me is that I find it hard to finish games I love. A great game allows you to escape into a beautiful (or dreadful!) world you can’t get enough of, so I tend to slow down before I finish a game, and sometimes I end up not finishing it, and returning to it when I need an escape. I honestly can’t remember when I last finished a game. I’ve been playing all the Resident Evils in the recent years, Cyberpunk 2077 , the Kingdom Come: Deliverance series, Star Trek Voyager: Across the Universe , Strange Horticulture ... but I’ve never finished any of them! 3 What’s your favourite video game/series of all time? It’ll be impossible for me to list just one, but Street Fighter is a large part of me growing up, and I’ve been playing Street Fighter VI as well. Star Control II had a big impact on how I viewed open world games. I loved The Last of Us , The Witcher , and the Mass Effect series, too. 4 What do you think is the most underrated video game of all time? Picking just one feels unfair! If I had to pick a recent one I’ve played, it would be Dahlia View . It’s a beautiful, stylised detective adventure, where you play an old man in a wheelchair, solving a mystery in his neighbourhood. The dark, mature tone and the unique premise of the game is just amazing to dive in. 5 What’s the game that you most wish you’d worked on? That’s a tough one! I would have loved to work on the Dishonored, Thief, or Deus Ex franchises. I’m a big fan of immersive sims. Thief was particularly inspiring for me when I was just a teen.

Creative director on Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced at Ubisoft PAUL FU

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