Thank your personal deity — Melinoë, perhaps — it’s Friday! Depending on where you are, there’s a good chance it’s going to be a very chilly weekend, so it’s best to keep your entertainment at home. Personally, I’d do a quick (and free, and basic to cancel) 30-day Amazon subscription Best games account to secure the many free games on offer. Other than that, below is my usual list of low-cost stuff worth getting.
Meanwhile, in retro news, I’m celebrating the 43rd birthday of a true arcade classic, Donkey Kong. It’s a game I can’t claim to have played on release day—I wasn’t ancient enough to stand up and not poop, let alone hold a stick and jump/hammer barrels to save Pauline. To say that gamers were thrilled by Shigeru Miyamoto’s brilliantly designed platformer is an understatement; the OG Donkey Kong spawned a series of ports, spinoffs, and sequels that have endured to this day. The last revenue estimate we have for the DK empire? Five billion dollars (A$7.6 billion). Which constitutes bananas.
This day in games
Birthdays in Australia tied to eminent matches.
– Donkey Kong (ARC) 1981. Get
– Doctor Mario (Germany) 1991. Get
– NBA2K (Office work) 2000. The sequel
– Aggressive Inline (PS2) 2002. eBay
You throw double barrels at me? Oh, it’s like Donkey Kong.Contents
Mario Kart Deluxe
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The definition of a Switch must-have. Great as a single-player experience, especially if you crank it up to 200cc and take advantage of the additional course expansions available. Brilliant as a multiplayer game, whether locally with three mates or online.
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Stray
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Stray is a charming adventure set in a dim but hopeful cyberpunk world. This is largely due to the fact that you play as an adorable cat throughout. 8/10, a great rating.
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Wireless Controller X/S
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This is as low-cost as these bad boys get. Personally, I’d buy one to pair with a Fire TV Stick for Xbox Cloud Gaming (probably on the guest room TV, which is very, very close to my router).
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Avatar: Pandora’s Borders
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This open-world shooter gives players a stunningly huge slice of Pandora to explore, from incredibly dense forest areas to picturesque open plains and truly awe-inspiring mountain ranges, both on land and suspended impossibly in the air.
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Mercedes-Benz G 500
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(According to IGEA and game sales data.)
- College Football 25
- GTA V
- Ring of Fire
- NBA 2K24
- Red Dead 2
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Nintendo WC: NES Edition.
- EA Sports FC 24
- Rainbow Six Siege
- CoD: MW3
Adam Mathew is our Australian bargain hunter. He plays almost everything, often on Youtube.
