kotaku longreads

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

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

    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,…


  • A Game Exhibition Where Everything Is Destroyed

    A Game Exhibition Where Everything Is Destroyed

    Every year, BarSK in Melbourne holds a special event. It’s a game jam that runs for over half a day, from the morning to just past midnight. And when the clock hits 12.30am, something special happens. Everything that everyone has worked on, images, assets, source code: it all gets deleted, never to return.