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Sony Announce Personal 3D Viewer

Are you sick of living in a world where you can’t play 3D games on a 750 inch display in your own home? Well worry no more my friend because the Sony Personal 3D Viewer is here. Read more…

Episode 26 – Game Of The Year 2011
Duration: 01:41:04 • Size: 34.7 MB

On this episode of the DBG podcast we celebrate the gaming highlights of the year that has just past. One of our resident writers Chloe (aka Lamb_Chop) joins Lucas, Matt, Susie and Tim for our 2011 Game Of The Year extravaganza with each of us picking our 3 favourite games of the year to discuss and we throw in a few honorable mentions too. Be sure to let us know what you think of our choices in the comments below!

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2011 – Reflections From The Eyes Of A Drop Bear

Today is New Years Eve, a time for reflection on the past year and a time to start setting goals for 2012. We launched Drop Bear Gaming officially on January 1st this year so I thought this would be a perfect chance to sum up the highlights of 2011 for DBG and gaming in general. A lot happened this year in gaming as well as some major milestones for us as a site so join me as I reflect on the last 12 months. Read more…

Lamb_Chop’s Dev Diary – Creating A Positive Workplace

Working productively within a group can be tough. Especially when it comes to game development where people can have very different personalities that can sometimes clash. I’m hoping these tips will help people to work better and be happier within the group environment. Read more…

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5 Reasons Why It’s A Great Time To Be A PS3 Owner

No one can deny that 2011 has had some rough times for PlayStation, from Geohot’s jailbreak of the system to the PSN getting compromised by hackers and then going down for 2 months in the aftermath of that. It hasn’t been all bad though, and I’m about to tell you why the end of 2011 is turning out to be a fantastic time to own a PS3. Read more…

Quickflix Streaming On PS3 Launches Today

It’s been a long time coming but finally Australian PS3 owners have a subscription on-demand video streaming service similar to Netflix in the US. Read more…

EA’s latest IP Syndicate gets banned in OZ

Below you will find the official statement from EA regarding the Refused Classification (RC) decision of Syndicate in Australia:

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Episode 25 – The Wall
Duration: 00:21:10 • Size: 9.699999999999999 MB

In this weeks show Matt’s gone walkabout, however Lucas and Susie introduce a new member to the DBG team; a friendly voice to long time listeners and now a permanent cast member. Susie announces the winner of the long time coming Modern Warfare 3 comp and Susie and Lucas discuss how to win more great games before the years end. As its almost time to say goodbye to 2011 the team begin discussing nominations for the first annual Drop Bear Game of the Year award, but they need your help! Comment, leave an iTunes review and email podcast@dropbeargaming.com to go in the running to win prizes.

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The Last of Us Revealed

Sony and Naughty Dog managed to stun the gaming community during the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2011, not with the game it’s now developing but more that they had managed to hold on to an exclusive announcement. When was the last time anything was revealed at a conference or awards night in this industry that wasn’t leaked days before? Read more…

Need for Speed: The Run

EA’s long running Need for Speed series sees another iteration this year, this one called simply The Run. Grab a car, strap yourself in and get ready to race across the states (America), East to West coast, against 210 other cars. Will you need the perfect run to topple this game, read on to find out.

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Lucas
The Podfather/Convo Controller
Super salesman by day, Batdad and Gamersutra by night. As a self-confessed technology pacifist, he prefers to sit on the console-war fence and play games on his PC.
Matt
PlayStation Fanboy/Motormouth
Electrician by trade and yet also highly skilled at finding time to game around work and family commitments. A PlayStation fanboy with a platinum count and obvious podcast bias to prove it. Thinks DC is clearly superior to Marvel. Has been known to rant.
ABOUT DBG

Started in January 2011 by brothers Lucas and Matt, Drop Bear Gaming has been operating for over 7 years offering a fresh and relaxed perspective on the video game industry. The website is a passion project more than anything and it is our distinct pleasure to continue bringing entertainment to our listeners and viewers.

The guys release a podcast episode every two to three weeks and over the years they have welcomed guests from developers, publishers, and other gaming outlets onto the show.

Disclaimer: From time to time Drop Bear Gaming receives copies of games for review in either physical or digital format from publishers or their associated PR companies. All reviews are based on the merits of each game on their own. Whether or not we were supplied the copy is not taken into account when compiling our reviews.

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