pax aus 2015

  • When Two Best Friends Make Games (And Only One Sells)

    When Two Best Friends Make Games (And Only One Sells)

    Mark Serrels

    31

    Australian Game Developers Matt Trobbiani and Chris Johnson are best friends. They do everything together. They grew up in Adelaide together. They did a Computer Science degree together. They made video games together, released video games together. But when Matt released Hacknet and Chris Johnson released Expand, everything changed. One game made its creator rich,…

  • PAX Australia Through A Cosplayer’s Eyes

    hayleywilliams

    15

    It’s hot. It was raining ten minutes ago and I’ve just returned from touching up my smudged makeup in the bathroom — only to start sweating it off again the minute I get outside. I’m waiting for my friend who has spent the whole morning applying her full body paint, only now arriving at the…

  • An Australian Studio Pitched To Create A VR Tie-In For The Martian

    Alex Walker

    We knew PAX Australia would showcase a variety of VR experiences, but perhaps just as interesting is the experiences that weren’t made. Norman Wang, Opaque Media Group’s project lead on Earthlight, to talk about VR. Our chat veered off into the team’s collaboration with NASA and the potential avenues that could lead to, and Wang…