This week on the Drop Bear Gaming podcast Lucas is away, and will continue to be away for the next 2 episodes, so Matt and Susie are holding the fort. Matt hosts this week with discussions about Transformers, Team Bondi’s development crunch time news, Extra Life and more. Read more…
Video • • July 10, 2011 9:50 am
Lets see how our Video Editor is going with his second entry of Portal 2. Watch as the man with the strange accent attempts to kick some Blue and Orange circle butt.
Announcement • • July 7, 2011 8:19 pm
Last year it was my pleasure to take part in Sarcastic Gamer’s Extra Life 24-hour gaming marathon charity effort. Extra Life calls on gamers to dedicate a straight 24 hours to gaming, to raise money for children’s cancer hospitals all over the world. This year Drop Bear Gaming will have a team taking part and we would love for you to join us and help raise money for a local hospital. Read more…
News • • July 6, 2011 4:41 pm
Online News site DigiTimes posted an article late Monday claiming to have inside confirmation that Sony are to begin production of the PlayStation 4 as early as 2011.
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Episode 17 is here and this time Matt is away but Susie is back and she has brought along the honorary drop bear Game Taco’s own Wall aka Tim Saitta. They discuss hackers, EA buying PopCap, the 2011 FreePlay Awards, the opening of the Melbourne Mana Bar, a bit of a chat about Dead Island and the R18+ rating discussion, and much more. Have a listen and have a laugh and let us know what you think of the show with an email or an iTunes review.
Video • • June 30, 2011 8:39 am
Our video editor has pieced together a group of walk through Vids for your entertainment pleasure. Check out part one here.
News • • June 29, 2011 5:06 pm
Our good friends at Tin Man Games have released Gamebook Adventures 1: An Assassin in Orlandes as a LITE version, offering you the chance to try it for no cost.
News • • June 27, 2011 11:09 am
EA are really taking the casual game space seriously, after buying the Australian iOS development company Firemint, they have now turned their sights on PopCap. In a rumoured takeover price of US$1billion (that’s about $53.20 in Australia), this look’s to be the largest take over of a social gaming company in history.
News • • June 23, 2011 3:53 pm
In the May 2009 Australian Federal Government Budget the Labour Government announced its plans for a new Research & Development Tax Credit, this was to replace the Research and Development Tax Concession. It was designed to provide a tax offset and encourage companies to invest in research and development in Australia. On May 15th 2011 the Government announced the cross bench support for the new Tax Credit.
News • • June 19, 2011 3:03 pm
Have you heard of Minecraft? If not, where have you been! It’s a block building game with some of the most basic graphics you will ever see on a game, developed this side of 1980 anyway. If you haven’t played this amazing game and want to or just want to know what the hell is going on in the game, check out this video.
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.
