STACK #253 November 2025

FEATURE GAMING

What’s your earliest video gaming memory?

Playing against my brothers in Goldeneye 007 on my Nintendo 64.

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

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The Legend of Zelda games hold a pretty special place in my heart.

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What have you been playing most lately?

I’ve recently been running back through Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection , they’re awesome games!

1 POKÉMON LEGENDS: Z-A

JAKE RAMISCH @ JB Rouse Hill, NSW

2 BATTLEFIELD 6

3 GHOST OF YOTEI

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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?

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Honestly, it would probably have to be my PS5 – it’s got a little bit of everything in it from some PS1 games all the way up to the PS4 (plus it even has some sneaky PSP games in there as well!).

I’d say definitely working in a department that I have a passion for.

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7 MINECRAFT

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

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1. What’s the first name of the US attorney that Nintendo’s Kirby was named after? 2. In which war was 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops set? 3. From which game series does the ‘Warriors’ in Hyrule Warriors come? 4. What was the name of EA’s 2008 parkour game? 5. What racing game series is Slightly Mad Studios most known for? 6. What was the debut release from Hades II developers Supergiant Games? 7. In 1992, Sensible Software released a soccer game – what was it called? 8. In what year was the first Anno game set?

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GAME EXAM

10 DONKEY KONG BANANZA

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ANSWERS on page 18

1 What’s the first game that you remember playing? My friend had gotten this cheap 20-in-one console that was mostly variations of Pong . Tennis… Pong . Doubles tennis… Pong . Soccer… Pong . But there was one exciting motorcycle racing game on it as well that we played to death. 2 What was the last game that you finished? The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening on the Switch. Better late than never! 3 What’s your favourite video game/series of all time? Battlefield (duh!). 4 What do you think is the most underrated video game of all time? Battlefield 2: Modern Combat . 5 What’s the game that you most wish you’d worked on? Quake/QuakeWorld . It was a marvel in terms of technology and gameplay when it launched, and I (plus our whole studio) spent way too much time playing it.

THOMAS “TOMPEN” ANDERSSON

Creative director on Battlefield 6 at Battlefield Studios

Link from The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

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