Alex Walker

Alex Walker is a former editor of Kotaku Australia and is known for his work covering video games, industry issues, technology and esports. He has written across ABC Technology & Games, games.on.net, PC Powerplay, Techly and others. Alex broke into the industry as a specialist esports reporter and has been repeatedly nominated in the Australian IT Journalism awards for Best Gaming Journalist, Best Technical Journalist, Best News Journalist and Best Columnist. Alex has also been reporting on Australian esports since 2003, across Counter-Strike, Starcraft, Quake 3 and Call of Duty, even going as far as to have a stint as a sponsored player in Counter-Strike and Starcraft 2.
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  • Valheim, As Told By Steam Reviews

    Valheim, As Told By Steam Reviews

    Alex Walker

    10

    It’s a new year, and naturally that means a new survival game is popping off on Steam. The latest hit: Valheim, a Viking-themed survival adventure with a lot of fires, a lot of boats, and apparently, a lot of tiny lizards called Necks. The game has rocketed to the top of Steam’s player charts in…

  • Gigabit NBN Just Dropped Below $100 A Month

    Gigabit NBN Just Dropped Below $100 A Month

    Alex Walker

    3

    There’s been some pretty good NBN deals this week already, but MyRepublic’s gigabit NBN deal has just blown them all out of the water. Typically, gigabit NBN in Australia will cost you over $100 a month. That’s really not a huge surprise. It’s even a good deal compared to a lot of other major Western…

  • Let’s Remind Ourselves How Absurdly Good Mario Games Are

    Let’s Remind Ourselves How Absurdly Good Mario Games Are

    Alex Walker

    3

    There’s a great comment flying around, one that says that Mario games accomplish more in a couple of hours than some AAA games do over 20 or 30. That’s a little unfair, but it does highlight an especially brilliant trait of Nintendo and Mario games: design that you can see. A lot of games concentrate…