When Wil Wheaton came on stage, rapturous applause filled the hall. I may have clapped, I honestly don’t remember. What I do remember is thinking “That man has kissed Ashley Judd. I must have his lips.”
If you fancy yourself a whiz with the M4A1, a crack shot with a .50 cal or your team’s designated tree cutter when a MK46 is in your hands, Southern Event Management is giving you the opportunity to put your skills to the test in a bid to collect a cool $2000. All you have to do is play lots and lots of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Marco Boncordo, from Melbourne, used to work in the city eight years ago. Back then, on Orr Street, there was an incredible piece of grafitti art featuring all of SEGA’s popular mascots. Now, as Alex Kidd is all alone on a bleached white wall, almost as if everyone else from his time has left him, moving on to bigger and better things, as he remains, frozen in time, on a wall in Carlton. Sob.
The Mana Bar is expanding, opening a bar in the suburb of Fitzroy in Melbourne. It’s been a long time coming – the bar was originally supposed to open in December 2010, but now co-owner Guy ‘Yug’ Blomberg and the team have announced a final opening date for the bar – Saturday July 16.
Last June, 19-year-old David Rowntree grabbed a sawed-off shotgun and went on a two-day criminal rampage, stealing two cars and committing multiple burglaries. Now Rowntree tells a Melbourne court that he felt like a computer game hero.
It may have only opened in Brisbane this March, but the Mana Bar – Australia’s first bar dedicated to video games – is about to spread its message of games and booze to the rest of the world.
