STACK #235 May 2024

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GAMING FEATURE

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What’s your all-time favourite game series? I don’t think I have an ‘’all-time” favourite game, it changes as I as a person change, but one that has stuck with me and I remember fondly is the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl games. All of my cousins and siblings played together whenever we were in the same room, spending hours battling each other, participating in beauty contests, and going to the underground chasing each other for stealing our base flags. A core memory for me for sure.

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1 MARIO KART 8 DELUXE

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

What have you been playing most lately?

2 PRINCESS PEACH: SHOWTIME!

Being able to work in an area where I can learn more about my hobby and even talk to others about it is awesome - it feels great to get others into gaming.

I’ve been really into Baldur’s Gate 3 . This game is insane on how the story telling and mechanics work. Nearly all of the characters are so loveable. I get so drawn into the world and the environment I lose track of time whenever I play it. It definitely deserved its GOTY win.

3 EA SPORTS FC 24

What’s your earliest video gaming memory?

4 STELLAR BLADE

When my family and I moved to Australia, I didn’t have much stuff to do or things to play with since we left nearly everything back in our home country. One day, my dad came home with a box full of games and a PlayStation. I watched him play Tomb Raider and Resident Evil 2 for the first time and I was blown away at how cool everything looked. I wanted to start playing immediately, and that’s when I fell in love with video games.

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

5 SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER

My PSP. Such a great console to have, and it had so many good, iconic games. The tiny disks were also so cute, too!

6 MINECRAFT

7 NINTENDO SWITCH SPORTS

MERCH MONT H M H of the

Super Mario - Mushroom Box Light

Super Mario - Acrylic Light

8 GRAND THEFT AUTO V

9 HOGWARTS LEGACY

Super Mario – Piranha Plant Posable Light

Super Mario – Green Shell Light with Sound

Light up your gaming space with these wild Mushroom Kingdom lamps.

10 RISE OF THE RONIN

GAME CHANGERS! A YEAR IN GAMING The ever-creative Nintendo brought something new to the table, an online multiplayer sensation took off, and all sorts of classic consoles kept on shrinking…

2018

Never ones to shy away from experimentation, Nintendo introduced a new variation on the “toys to life” theme to the world with Labo. Featuring two main parts - a game, and sheets of cardboard featuring precut shapes to press out and assemble - the initial release’s big draw was the Variety Kit. This featured remote control “cars”, fishing, piano, handlebars, and a house that

While it arrived via early access in late 2017, it was 2018 when the free-to-play multiplayer online blast that was Fortnite started going supernova. The main attraction was the Battle Royale component, which saw 100 competitors skydive onto an island and then scrounge for gear to enable them to defend themselves from everybody else. The game also launched with the cooperative survival module Save the World , and it

While miniature recreations of classic games machines weren’t new in 2018, it was quite the golden year for them, following Nintendo’s wee takes on the NES and Super NES. The first cab off the rank, the NEOGEO mini from SNK, brought a less common console – due to the price of its massive game cartridges originally – back to life, in a mini arcade unit with built-in screen. The classic Commodore 64 home computer also had the shrinking treatment in the form of THEC64Mini, and by

could be interacted with in various ways, usually involving inserting a Joy Con or Switch screen into the build. Great sustainably, that was also Labo’s weakness, as many of the parts weren’t up

year’s end we saw the arrival of Sony’s original PlayStation reduced in size and with “Classic” added to its name.

has continued to grow since with additions including LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and the Rock Band- like Festival . It now boasts over 500 million players.

to the rigours of kid play.

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