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Steve Wright

@swright.au

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ πŸ–– πŸ’ Award-winning games journo @stevivor.com. Comms pro @cotavic.org.au. Contributor @trekmovie.bsky.social. Saskatonian. Melburnian. Gamer, hockey player, & fan. TNG. Thoughts mine.

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Also just got a code for Star Wars Dark Forces Remastered, which I didn't realise is already way live.

Great run, much love for it. And $45 too, so if you're a fan, it's worth it.

12.03.2026 05:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(We didn't nominate 'cause I still can't get over the gents behind the Lizzies siding with an influencer who didn't disclose paid work.)

12.03.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway looking forward to all of these good games websites that work really hard to produce material every day getting beaten for Best Outlet by major mastheads that publish maybe two or three games stories a year

12.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Manager & Principal Lawyer - Seniors Rights Victoria - Job in Melbourne - COTA Victoria Council on the Ageing (COTA Victoria) is the leading not-for-profit organisation representing the interests and rights of people aged over 50 in Victoria.

We're on the lookout for Seniors Rights Victoria's new Managing & Principal Lawyer!

This role leads the day-to-day management and operations of Seniors Rights Victoria including ensuring a thriving, positive and collaborative team culture.

Learn more and apply using the link below.

12.03.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool, absolutely love that Complianz was absolutely breaking every link on the site for reasons I still can't explain.

10.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More from me! πŸ––

09.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's truly insane to put out an unfinished profuct and ask reviewers to hold off in their thoughts. You managed to get microtransactions in there at launch...

(It's a live service game that didn't offer pre-release play. Our thoughts are coming sooner rather than later.)

06.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't bother reviewing Scott Pilgrim EX because it's very mid.

Maybe better with a friend, but I wasn't feeling it.

04.03.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Reddit post titled "Australian β€œnew” Nintendo Switch games aren’t factory sealed β€” confirmed by Nintendo"

Post content - I’m an Australian collector and recently contacted Nintendo Australia about something I’d noticed: brand new Nintendo Switch games sold here often don’t come factory shrink-wrapped, unlike the same titles in the US, Europe and Japan.

NSW Fair Trading followed up with Nintendo on my behalf, and Nintendo confirmed that games assembled locally are intentionally not shrink-wrapped. They consider it a commercial decision.

The cartridges are unused β€” so this isn’t about defects β€” but from a collecting standpoint it means Australian retail copies are visually indistinguishable from opened/pre-owned copies.

For collectors, factory sealing is usually part of condition grading, authenticity, and long-term value.

I’m curious how others here would view this:

Does β€œnew” still mean new if it isn’t factory sealed?

Would you treat unsealed retail stock differently in your collection?

Does this affect how you’d value Australian copies vs overseas ones?

Happy to share the Fair Trading correspondence if anyone wants to see it.

Reddit post titled "Australian β€œnew” Nintendo Switch games aren’t factory sealed β€” confirmed by Nintendo" Post content - I’m an Australian collector and recently contacted Nintendo Australia about something I’d noticed: brand new Nintendo Switch games sold here often don’t come factory shrink-wrapped, unlike the same titles in the US, Europe and Japan. NSW Fair Trading followed up with Nintendo on my behalf, and Nintendo confirmed that games assembled locally are intentionally not shrink-wrapped. They consider it a commercial decision. The cartridges are unused β€” so this isn’t about defects β€” but from a collecting standpoint it means Australian retail copies are visually indistinguishable from opened/pre-owned copies. For collectors, factory sealing is usually part of condition grading, authenticity, and long-term value. I’m curious how others here would view this: Does β€œnew” still mean new if it isn’t factory sealed? Would you treat unsealed retail stock differently in your collection? Does this affect how you’d value Australian copies vs overseas ones? Happy to share the Fair Trading correspondence if anyone wants to see it.

So much free time, none of it spent touching grass

03.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

How long do you think Marathon will last?

03.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Let's Talk About the Ending of 'Scream 7' Who is Ghostface? What was their objective? Did any of it make sense? Let's dig in.

Made it to Scream 7. Germain nails it.

Huge franchise fan here. That said, this is all so mid while avoiding the Scream 6 of it all.

Spoilers, obvs.

03.03.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really, really dislike when a publisher provides you access for a preview and then revokes that access for a review. I guess they got what they wanted out of us.

We're Metacritic, OpenCritic, and The Game Awards voting jury. We need this access for so many practical reasons.

02.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 13150 πŸ” 5322 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 184

Make sure to keep sucking the fun out of literally everything, mate.

28.02.2026 03:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pokemon Pokopia Preview: Surprisingly engaging Pokemon Pokopia was a big surprise for Steve, who has left a hands-on preview just itching to play more.

Anyways, here's a preview in which I adored it.

28.02.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

No Pokopia review from us as we're not getting pre-release code (also, this is why we didn't bother with that recent direct).

It's a shame that The Pokemon Company has such a small pre-release list.

28.02.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

OMFG, I'm so glad we can all talk about #ResidentEvilRequiem's Final Puzzle now.

WTF?

26.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two great minds with some great thoughts.

Requiem is fantastic!

25.02.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I adore Alex and I'm always so excited to be able to work with him on a shared passion.

25.02.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We'll always have London X019.

Thank you for everything!

20.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I dunno about you guys, but I'm so pleased that the former COO of *checks notes* Instacart is now driving the good ship Xbox.

20.02.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am so bloody sick of writing about layoffs and studio closures, week after week, sometimes day after day. Sometimes, multiple times in a day.

19.02.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.

I saw a conspiracy theory yesterday that the goal is to eliminate all local data storage and push everything into the corporate cloud where it will be scraped to train A.I. (and exploit us)

And I'm having a difficult time dismissing it

17.02.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 2305 πŸ” 824 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 129

Aaaaand here are my thoughts on #AcrosstheUnknown. :)

18.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A fantastic review from Jam -- we wrote our reviews completely independently, but ended up sharing many thoughts and feelings about the 'what if' sim!

18.02.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This IP is in good hands. :)

Thanks so much to @thomasthecat.bsky.social for the chat, and you can find the full interview over on @trekmovie.bsky.social (it's linked in the article below too).

17.02.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More from me on this week's #StarTrekVoyager game -- link to the full @trekmovie.bsky.social article is in this story. πŸ––

16.02.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In case that news was a shock, she's got two years at minimum, so we're okay.

My wedding ring is just an item, so that's fine too if it doesn't turn up. It just sucks.

15.02.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been drinking way too much since my Mom was diagosed with terminal cancer and I uprooted my life to go be with them in Canada for 8 weeks, so I've done something about that for the last fortnight.

The universe's response? Make me so skinny that my wedding ring has fallen off somewhere. :S

15.02.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And pulling double duty on this over on @trekmovie.bsky.social, of course! πŸ––

13.02.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0