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3DS Gets Only One QLD Midnight Launch

3 days to go for the launch of the Nintendo 3DS and Drop Bear Gaming will be attending the only Queensland midnight-launch. That’s right come down to the Indooroopilly EB Games and while you line up to pick up the latest in mobile gaming have a chat to Lucas and Matt and see if you get on the episode 11 of the DBG Podcast. We will also be getting a few photos for the coverage article and you may be one of the lucky people to get a photo with us for the site. If you are interested then get down to Indooroopilly Shopping Centre at 10 pm on Wednesday the 30th and be a part of mobile gaming history when the 3DS drops.

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Happy Birthday FTG

Our friends over at fronttowardsgamer are celebrating their first birthday this week. With so many gaming websites on the net, a site that makes it to one year and is going strong is a great achievement. Head over to the FTG site and get involved. Read more…

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Tipping Competition is Closing In!

With only two sleeps to go til the first day of the 2011 AFL season I think this would be a good time to make some announcements and explain some stuff about our tipping competition! Read more…

Drop Bear App Dance #1

Hi guys and girls, as we now have iPads on the staff I thought I would start sharing my weekly adventures into the murky world of the iOS app store with you all. I like nothing better than finding and learning about new apps and playing the games while on the go. So with that in mind I am going to start collecting apps and letting you know about the best ones and of course the worst. I will make it short and sweet, unless it warrants a more detailed review. So strap yourself in and get ready for a Drop Bear App Dance. Read more…

Episode 8 – Timekeeper Fail
Duration: 01:32:27 • Size: 63.48 MB

This week Matt and Lucas are joined by fellow Brisbane gamer SiouxsieKate to discuss Lucas’ new iPad, some of the last week’s news, popular iPad games that Lucas should buy, the new game from Brisbane developers 5th World, Hogtide. Some of the news we cover includes GDC announcements, Homefront, the iPad2, and our new “Quickfire News” section. We also mention the competitions we have happening right now so make sure you get on board to win some stuff! Read more…

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IGN Captures Aust Favorite Game of 2011

IGN have asked the Australian gaming public to cast their votes on the best retail game of 2011. Not surprising really the votes showed what most best-of lists of 2011 offered; the best game was Mass Effect 2. Read more…

3DS Hands On!

I luckily received the chance to have a hands on preview with the Nintendo 3DS at a showcasing recently.

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Episode 7 – Drop Bears are 2Sly
Duration: 01:11:19 • Size: 48.97 MB

This week Matt and Lucas are joined by a ‘Very Special Guest’ the community manager at GamerTag Radio, Mr. David2Sly. David joins us to add his 2 cents to a few topics that were very hot items in Australia this last week; namely the banning of Mortal Kombat and the 18+ debacle. We start the show by breezing through the ‘What we are playing’ segment and then hit the news: the Fruit Ninja update, Gears of War 3 Beta details and the Unreal Developers Kit being almost given away. Read more…

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2011 Season AFL Tipping Comp?

Here at Drop Bear Gaming we are very keen to build up our community so Lucas and I have been mulling over some ideas for getting more involvement from our listeners and readers. This morning I had a great idea and I want to see how many people would be interested in getting on board with it: running an AFL tipping competition for the 2011 season, free for anyone to join in. Read more…

Tin Man Games Take You To The Undercity

While lead programmer Ben Britten is over in San Francisco for the GDC, Melbourne-based developer Tin Man Games’ founder Neil Rennison yesterday announced the launch of the fifth title in their epic Gamebook Adventure series called Catacombs of the Undercity. The new book is set to return the player to Orlandes City, the setting of the first book, however this time you will be exploring its dark underworld. Read more…

 
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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