An upcoming game starring a naughty goose combines stealth gameplay and puzzle solving, allowing players to cause mischief and mayhem on a small farm. It's silly fun that I never knew I wanted until I saw the trailer. 

Australia has a long, proud history of making video games extending back to the (figurative) dawn of time. But while plenty of gamers will remember the days of Shane Warne Cricket and our contributions to much more serious genres (like Dark Reign and Krush, Kill N Destroy), contributions over the last couple of years are sometimes forgotten.

So to help celebrate our national day of not being at work and generally overeating, here's a look at 7 of the best Australian games of recent times.

A little while ago myself and Amanda were given the chance to sit down and have a chat with Michael and Lindsay from Rooster Teeth's Achievement Hunter, ahead of RTX Sydney in February. But to make things a little interesting, we decided to play a game while we talked.

One of Australia's weirdest games, in fact.

I feel kind of bad that I get to write about this and Mark doesn't. He loves weird humanoid worms.

Hell, just rewatching this video is weirding me out a little.

We first wrote about Push Me Pull You almost two years ago. I was excited for this messed up video game back then and I'm excited about it now. Finally, it's gotten an official release date.

It makes its debut on the PlayStation 4 on May 3.

And it has the best trailer.

Remember Push Me Pull You? We covered it fairly extensively last year. Back then we called it the most disgustingly cute video game ever made.

Now, as it edges closer to release, absolutely nothing has changed.

What's sometimes missed in the narrative surrounding Australian games development is the high level of innovation developers are bringing to the table. Parallels: The Freeplay 2014 Showcase is an event designed to display that high level of creativity with some of the most innovative games currently being made in this country. You should totally go!