Design

Australian PC Gamers

Logo design for Australian PC Gamers
Review

Bioshock Infinite [PC]

Yes it’s off to the floating city of Columbia, and straight off the bat Bioshock Infinite doesn’t disappoint.
Video

Your Brain Matters

An awareness campaign for Alzheimer’s Australia, this series of videos is also my first nationally released TVC campaign with Media Saints.
Video

Tourism Victoria – PAX Aus 2013

I worked in my role as Senior Designer & VFX Artist at Media Saints, along with a number of incredibly talented people, to help put together a short advert for the upcoming PAX Aus three day gaming expo, commissioned by the Victorian government…
Design

Imagine Visuals branding

Logo design for Imagine Visuals.
Design

iCrew logo

Logo design for competitive gaming team, iCrew.
Design

Haze logo

Logo for competitive gaming team, Haze.
Design

Deadline logo

Logo design for competitive gaming team, Deadline.
Design

Aspire Logo

Final logo design for competitive gaming team called Aspire.
Design

Ambition Logo

Logo for competitive team, Ambition.
Design

13 Steps logo

Old logo for competitive gaming team, 13 Steps to Nowhere
Design

3V logo
Design

Digital Mind

Logo for group called Digital Mind.
Design & Web

LaManna Direct

I was lucky enough to have an extended contract to work on the development of the LaManna Direct website with Web4.0…
Review

Halo 4 [Xbox 360]

2013 kicks off as I still push through the backlog of games. On the chopping block is Halo 4, the intrepid journey of one lone enhanced-but-ultimately-aging science experiment and his ever more bi-polar AI companion…
Design & Video

South West Celebrates – ONE

This year was the second year I was heading up the marketing and promotions for South West Celebrates, the theme being “ONE”…
Design

Elevate Branding

Elevate is an 18-30s young adults ministry run by South West Christian Church…
Design & Web

Yucca’s 4 Sale

Yucca’s 4 Sale sells various size Yucca plants without the middle-man. Straight from the grower to the buyer…
Design & Web & Video

Pat La Manna O.A.M.

Pat La Manna is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who’s community focus has seen incredible impact over decades of dedication…
Design

Possibly Fading

Four guys who call Brisbane home. They love to play music and they’d love to share their passion with you. They’re Possibly Fading. ..
Web

Lakes Framing Gallery

Lakes Framing Gallery is situated in Melbourne’s western suburbs, and specialize in all things framing…
Design

Blue Raptor Development

Assortment of concepts for Blue Raptor Development’s branding update…
Design & Web

Blissington Street Studio

Logo design and web design for Blissington Street Studio while working at Media Saints…
Design

Arise Church

Arise Church is a brand-new church in the heart of Sunbury, Melbourne…
Design & Web & Video

Conquering California

Conquering California was one of my major projects at Media Saints from 2011-2012. During that time I did everything from the initial branding and style guide, to designing and programming the website, managing the print + web media, and ultimately the color correction and visual effects of the film itself…
Design

CyberGamer Premier League

As CyberGamer moved towards pushing CGPL they requested a nice sharp professional logo to represent the venture, one that stayed true to their current branding and colorscheme, but that was still distinct enough to represent the high quality leagues they were creating..
Article

6 Top Tips for working in Photoshop

Photoshop is one of these programs that you just use for everything, so much so that you start assuming everyone else uses it then you get frustrated when they try to do something in any other program…
Review

Borderlands 2 [PC]

There are few games I’m willing to spend a mass out of money on to get exclusive content from. Actually that’s not entirely true, thus far there has been three or four different titles I’ve preordered in order to gain limited edition collectibles…
Review

Minecraft [PC]

Did you ever make models? Perhaps paint Warhammer figurines? Remember how painstaking it could be but the satisfaction you got from when you finally finished? You didn’t need to over-complicate it with explanations or the greatest painting skills in the world…
Blog

It’s strange.

I kept hearing all the stories from Supanova, all the friends from across Australia that I know all culminating on the one location in Melbourne, evidently it would of been great to catch up with Yug again as it’s been awhile…
Blog

[week 13] Kuler

Week 13 and it’s a week to remember, as it’s the week I built my new PC to replace the one I’ve had for 10 or so years…
Blog

[week 12] Riff

Week 12 was a full-on week. Out almost every single day, rarely getting a chance to sit down. However it was a good to get out and about. By the end of it all I was exhausted, I just wanted to sleep…
Blog

[week 11] Why Hello

Week 11 saw me out and about all over the place. I went with ~airetosE to the theatre for the first time in several years. I went with ~jasecc to watch my brother’s last Athletics Carnival in high-school…
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[week 10] Draw Something

Week 10 is fairly late, the onset of yet another free game app craze resulted in many coffee breaks becoming lengthier and battery lives on everyone’s phones dwindling to nothingness…
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[week 9] Waiting

Week 9 was a week of waiting. Waiting for car forms to go through various departments, waiting for the launch of a magazine we’d been working on…
Blog

[week 8] Roses

Week 8 rounded out with a busy weekend. I spent over eight hours behind a sound desk over the course of two days, pretty sure I should of just slept under it overnight rather than going home…
Article

After Hours returns in 2012 for Series 5

NetGameRadio is proud to present After Hours series 5 Saturday Nights from March 3rd. Join Bench, Josh, and the netGameRadio staff as they play some games and talk the latest goss in the gaming world…
Blog

[week 7] The hand you’re dealt

Week 7, was different to how I expected it. Friday night played poker with the boys, we talked about life; what we were hoping for in 2012…
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[week 6] Adaptable

There’s been this random shift to a point where there always seems to be someone over. My office is a rather large space and it’s quite adaptable to whatever we throw at it…
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[week 5] Photobooth

Week 5, I couldn’t decide on a pic: so many were taken it was hard to find one that really embodied everything that went on…
Blog

An hour of overburdened perfectionist Prose

Growing up I was always one to not wish to offend. It seemed every small decision in my mind was some potential confrontation that I over-rationalised…
Blog

[week 4] It’s Hot

Week 4, late again but with the week that has just been this is the earliest it could be done…
Blog

[week 3] While the moment lasts

Week 3 of the project and I was so flat out it got pushed into the early hours of the proceeding week to try and write it, needless to say I’ll be going off PST at the moment and say good morning to everyone on the West Coast…
Blog

[week 2] Midnight Melodies

Week 2 of the project and it was sitting in the back of my mind to somehow, throughout the course of the project, depict my work life…
Blog

[week 1] While it lasts

Started doing 52-week project for 2012 to see what happens this, what’s already looking to be, a significant year…
Design & Video

Digital Distribution Summit

The Digital Distribution Summit 09 was put on by Film Victoria in Melbourne in 2009. The summit brought together an international cast for a full-day of discussion, panels…
Article

6 backing tracks to my life

If you’re like me though, there’s certain songs that stand out above the rest. You remember the moments you first heard them…
Review

Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 [PC]

Like the stress I feel over work projects during Q4; a new Call of Duty game being on the shelves each year is just as predictable. So what’s the opinion on this year’s installment especially with competition in the market this time around? Lock and load for Modern Warfare 3…
Review

Batman : Arkham City [PS3]

First on the chopping block is Batman Arkham City, the grunge-tastic bat-fest where player demands to take the excitement of playing as a “somewhat” all new in-game Batman to a larger arena of crime-fighting mayhem; has resulted in all the prisoners in Gotham ending up in a city-in-a-city. Enter Arkham City, stage left…

Whopper Oh Yeah! on YouTube

Whopper Oh Yeah is now on YouTube, check out the server trailer.

Whopper Oh Yeah! launches new site + Creative Countdown Clash

Folio Updated

Finally finished going through my backlog of stuff I’ve worked on, at least the stuff I was paid for; let’s not get into everything else I do; and updated my folio. Go ahead and check it out, Facebook Like what you Like, share it around, comment etc. :D

Design & Web

We Do Care

A non-denominational group promoting tolerance amongst all Australian citizens regardless of age and cultural background…
Design

Refactored i.T

Refactored i.T specialises in the design and development of business solutions both on the web and in the office…
Web

Redskins Basketball Club

The Redskins Basketball Club offers young people from various culturally diverse and linguistic backgrounds the opportunity to enjoy playing basketball…
Design & Web

Bookkeeper Please

Bookkeeper Please can provide your business with bookkeeping services and your own MYOB accounting system…
Web

Splits 4 You

Splits 4 You specialises in the supply, installation, repair and maintenance of split system air conditioners throughout Melbourne…conditioner.
Design & Web

Baker’s Electrical

Baker’s Electrical Services Pty Ltd was established in 1996. It has been a growing and thriving business within the Western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia…
Design & Web

adPresenter

adPresenter provides professional presenters to be placed on your website, allowing for an online presence that’s engaging…
Web

Adiemier Arabian Estate

Adiemier Arabian Estate is a 70 acre horse property located in Macedon Victoria, Australia…
Design & Web

The Inspiring Trio

The Inspiring Trio, a group of speakers that present on turning hardship into opportunities. Pat LaManna, and Ahmed and Emmanuel Kelly speak about their experiences and how they are the people they are today…
Design & Web

Positive News Australia Association

Positive News Australia Association endeavors to help tackle issues of suicide, depression, and other social problems…
Design & Web

Life is Faith

Life is Faith is a collection of topical memoirs by Pat La Manna O.A.M…
Web

20th Man Fund

20th Man Fund is involved in fundraising events and programs around sport, recreation and drama, to help prevent kids falling into the clutches of crime…
Article

The new Office Look

So it’s been a while since I actually took the time to take some decent photos of my office…
Blog

Youth Alive Victoria 2011

So Media Saints did the video production again for this year’s Youth Alive Victoria…
Blog

Late Night Recording Session

Past few weeks there have been a flurry of different projects that I’ve been working on. Last night was a big push on another such project…
Blog

Photos from South West Celebrates – The Journey

You may have seen the branding and subsequent promo stuff in the midst of my folio. Well here’s a few photos from the event…
Design & Video

South West Celebrates – The Journey
Article

Call of Duty Experience $1mil Comp

Monash’s Computer Games Boot Camp 2011 will be the setting for the Australian qualifiers for Activision’s Call of Duty Experience Tournament, bragging a $1,000,000 prize for the winners…
Article

Portal 2 Soundtrack : Volume 2 is out

Game soundtrack lovers or just Portal fans (I should just say gamers) should get up and get in on the action of the latest Portal 2 Soundtrack Volume release…
Blog

So it begins

The family is off to Queensland, I’m at home for work. What could possibly happen in the first hour?
Article

Computer Games Boot Camp is on again for 2011

Monash University is set to kick of its Computer Games Boot Camp (CGBC), the biggest event on any high-school gamer’s calendar…
Design

Battlefield 2142 Shoutcast Promotions

A fair few forum posters designed to promote netGameRadio shoutcasts of Battlefield 2142 games/competitions…
Design

Battlefield 2 Shoutcast Promotions

A fair few forum posters designed to promote netGameRadio shoutcasts of Battlefield 2 games/competitions…
Design

The Weekly Jam branding

The Weekly Jam podcast series branding and promotion…
Design

Sunday’s Steve & Pablo branding

netGameRadio’s Sunday’s Steve & Pablo radio show branding and promotion…
Design

Smithy’s Sunday Night Brawl branding

netGameRadio’s Smithy’s Sunday Night Brawl branding and promotion…
Design

Sisko’s Saturday Sessions branding

netGameRadio’s Sisko’s Saturday Sessions branding and promotions…
Design

Saturday Night Madness branding

netGameRadio’s Saturday Night Madness radio show branding and promotion…
Design

The Inside Battlefield Show Branding

netGameRadio’s the Inside Battlefield Show branding and promotions…
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The Inside Battlefield Show 2009 Branding

netGameRadio’s the Inside Battlefield Show 2009 branding and promotions…
Design

Got Metal branding

netGameRadio’s Got Metal music radio show branding and promotions…
Design

EVE Anzac Day Special 2011 Promo

netGameRadio’s EVE Anzac Day Special 2011 Promotional Poster…
Design

Shan’s Shenanigans branding

netGameRadio’s Shan’s Shenanigans Radio show branding and promotion…
Design

Chart Hero branding

netGameRadio’s Chart Hero Music Radio show branding and promotion…
Design

Blackbox branding

netGameRadio’s Blackbox Radio Show branding and promotion…
Design

Beyond the Game Branding

netGameRadio’s Beyond the Game Radio show Branding and Promotion…
Design

Alt + Shift Branding

netGameRadio’s Alt + Shift Music Radio Show Branding and Promotion…
Design

After Hours Branding

Branding and promotions for netGameRadio’s After Hours radio show…
Design

After Hours Season 4 Branding

New branding for netGameRadio’s After Hours radio show for Season 4…
Design & Web

Sublime PC Gear branding

Branding for Sublime PC Gear…
Article

Ubercharged Team Fortress 2 now Free 2 Play

Valve’s Team Fortress 2 is on Day 4 of it’s Uber Update has finally introduced us to the Medic, oh and is also now totally free 2 play forever and ever.
Blog

Coulton monkey

Random songs on my iTunes has taken me to listening to Jonathan Coulton, the mastermind behind Still Alive (Portal) and Want you Gone (Portal 2)…
Blog

AusBF is still alive and kicking

AusBattlefields, the stomping grounds for Australia’s Battlefield communities, is back up after their server crashing back in 2010…
Article

After Effects : The Must have Plugins

The weapon of choice for Motion Graphic Designers and Visual Effects artists, After Effects has been my “home away from home”. Countless hours spent and long nights rendering out in the best quality I can fathom. It’s a great piece of software on its own, however where it really comes into the realm of professional post-production is with the array of plugins available for it…
Blog

Welcome to the Jungle

Bench rambles about the paradigms of internet culture, and takes a look at the different facets of cello music, including his favorite picks…
Article

Bookmark Rundown

Looking at what’s worth bookmarking, for this the first… the top places for any Motion Graphics Designer…
Video

Bible College 2nd Semester 2010 Promo

Promo for South West Bible College’s 2nd Semester in 2010…
Video

Leaders Training Day 2010

Leaders Training Day 2010 Promo Video…
Review

Need for Speed : Hot Pursuit 2010 [Xbox 360]

Bench reviews the turbo-driven, story-lacking Need for Speed : Hot Pursuit 2010 on Xbox 360…
Design & Video

The Gathering 2011

The Gathering is an annual combined Youth Event based in the South West of Melbourne, Australia. I take care of the branding and promotion of it each year…
Design & Video

Youth Alive Victoria Groundswell Metro West 2011

Youth Alive puts on regional Christian youth events as well as large state events. The second Youth Alive Metro West branding and promotion I’ve done…
Review

Call of Duty : Black Ops [PC]

After all the controversy between Activision and Inifinty Ward in the past 12 months, the pressure was on Treyarch to step up and produce an exciting and new chapter to the saga that is Call of Duty. It would appear they haven’t disappointed…
Blog

Impulse iTunes purchase pays off

Ever since I realised I could purchase products off iTunes through the use of my account, and so simply; i’ve been prone to impulse purchases…
Article

After Hours Series 3

After Hours Series 3 explodes onto the airwaves Saturday Nights from 10pm. Join myself, Josh, and the nGR boys (and girls) for a night on the town…
Article

Pure Pwnage finds its way to ABC2

I remember going through the latter half of school watching Pure Pwnage, the antics of Jeremy (teh_pwnerer), Kyle and FPS Doug filling the computer screen…
Article

Black Ops PC looks grim

After gamers got all up-in-arms about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, being shipped without the possibility of dedicated servers…
Article

Call of Duty : Black Ops Multiplayer Teaser

As an avid Call Of Duty Fan from way back when you could count the titles on one hand…
Article

Rest in Peace Toni ‘cyx’ Daniloski (Mousesports)

Toni (cyx) Daniloski, one of the world’s best cyberathletes playing for mousesports, has tragically died after complications from a car accident yesterday in Frankfurt, Germany…
Article

X|Media|Lab: Film X-tended

Media Heavyweights flocked into the Australian Center for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne today for X|Media|Lab’s Pro-Day Conference, Film X-tended…
Article

Monash Computer Games Boot Camp kicks off

Monash’s Computer Games Boot Camp has kicked off for 2010, seeing over 700 high-school students flock onto the campus at Clayton, Victoria…
Blog

I’m Pacman

I’m Pacman! Christian Bale has nothing on Walter Scott from the United Kingdom in an adrenalin-fueled saga of Audio Gamer Mayhem…
Article

Strap up for 2010′s Boot Camp

Monash University is at it once again with what is fast becoming the biggest Video Game related Conference in Australia…
Article

Status Report on R18+

98.2%. That’s how many of the 59,678 submissions to the Discussion Paper were Pro 18+…
Article

SMH gives choice: pro-filter or pro-rape

Sydney Morning Herald appears to of only just gotten its head out of the sand, with a story released yesterday using the Japanese game…
Article

After Hours Returns for Series 2

ZOMG Can it be possible? Yes it is. After Hours is returning for Series 2 here in 2010…
Review

Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 [PC]

It’s the game the name of which is on the lips of the pc and console communities during these the final moments of 2009. Simultaneously being one of the most successful games of the year and also one of the most controversial, Modern Warfare 2 (MW2) from Infinity Ward is the next installment in the already hugely successful Call of Duty series…
Blog

A Chapter of 10%

7 years ago I sat in a classroom as our teacher informed us of a cultural paradigm, one which stated that after high school you’d only really see about 10% of all students from your graduating year level, ever again…
Blog

Atkinson targetting MW2

Alas yet again I find that South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson as a topic of discussion amongst the news writers and readers of the gaming and eSports communities…
Blog

Got bored, made a Blog

SO if you haven’t noticed, this particular blog has cropped up from absolutely nowhere…
Article

After Hours FINAL EPISODE

This Saturday November 7th kick back to to Bench, Josh, and the nGR crew on the final episode of netGameRadio’s After Hours for the season, an unscripted, unrehearsed and totally chaotic show where anything goes…
Blog

Melbourne Gamers Meetup 3

With the approach of the 2009 eGames Expo, multitudes of gamers young and old prepare to flock into Melbourne Victoria…
Article

Digital Distribution Summit Wrap-up

BMW Edge at Federation Square, Melbourne, was the setting for the Digital Distribution Summit held on September 22nd 2009. Presented by Film Victoria, and featuring a lineup that included some of the leading names in the games industry, the DDS was a one-day conference that aimed to present invaluable market insight, networking, and discussion in regards to Digital Distribution and it’s effects on not only developers, but publishers and retailers as well…
Review

Batman: Arkham Asylum [PS3]

One of the most anticipated games of the year and understandably so, Batman: Arkham Asylum from Rocksteady and Eidos is quite the cinematic gaming experience with a variety of gameplay styles and a more then adequate storyline to boot…
Article

GameDamage releases a new Trailer

Australian produced videogame television show “GameDamage” have released a new trailer for their upcoming series…
Blog

Digital Distribution Summit

Film Victoria presents the Digital Distribution Summit, a huge game development conference that is being held in Melbourne, Australia this Tuesday 29th…
Review

Arma II [PC]

Since the dawn of time man has had a desire to create the greatest game ever; it would look gorgeous, play realistically and man would feel fulfilled. ArmA II isn’t it…
Article

DICE VIP CounterStrike 1.6 National Cup

This weekend has seen Melbourne’s CounterStrike 1.6 LAN scene erupt with the DICE VIP National Cup, just weeks after the Plan B1G CounterStrike Source Nationals…
Review

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood [PS3]

July saw the release of Ubisoft’s Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, a “spaghetti Western styled” First Person Shooter that takes players on a wild ride revolving around gold, Outlaws, Apache, Mexicans, and much more…
Blog

LucasArts respawns dormant games into existence via Steam

Lucas Arts has capitalized on previous titles through relaunching 10 classic games on Valve’s Steam…
Article

Midway sold to Warner Bros. for $33 Mil.

For a long time Midway Games Inc. has been circling the bankruptcy drainpipe as it filed for Chapter 11 earlier in the year…
Article

Plan B1G National Cup

The Australian Counter-Strike scene saw the Plan B1G National Cup take place this weekend. In the wake of the collapse of Anything Interactive, B1G League stepped in with little time to arrange the new competition as flights were booked, dates were set, and the community was prepared for an epic showdown…
Review

Dark Signs [PC]

Black Hats, White Hats, Grey Hats, names like Kevin Poulsen, Adrian Lamo, and most reputably Kevin Mitnick. Hypothetically the origin of the fad of online handles, hacking and cracking provides an allure for both the right on wrong reasons. Being able to sit behind a computer and delve into what lies behind others supposedly secure systems sounds so enthralling…
Review

Oni [PC]

Back from the graveyard, or at least the bargain bin if you scrounge hard enough, is the greatest game to come out of Bungie West, the California studio of Halo mastermind, Bungie. Oni is a 1997 third-person extrrrrravaganza…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

Amsterdam’s Power Supply was under threat because of the development of Killzone 2…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

Nintendo will be releasing their MotinPlus snap-on attachment for Wii remotes on June 8th…
Review

Stormrise [PS3]

It’s been dubbed a revolutionary in RTS gaming for the console and understandably so, it’s Stormrise, developed by Brisbane-based The Creative Assembly. Released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, the game features two opposing “human” forces in a battle that seems to span a now-apocalyptic-wasteland of a planet…
Article

2009 Wacom Expo featuring Intuos 4

Over 4 years in production, finally Wacom has released their next Graphics Tablet, and already I want to have its babies. It’s just that awesome…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

County Police Departments are angered by Grand Theft Auto mods providing authentic depictions of real police vehicles within their county…
Review

Killzone 2 [PS3]

Long has it been since my days of the console, and yet through my phone breaking..again and a strange turn of events one of which involved a dot matrix printer circa 1980, i find myself in possession of Killzone 2, the game which almost broke Amsterdam’s power supply during its final development phase by Guerrilla Games…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

Microsoft’s UK head of Xbox Neil Thompson has stated that they see downloadble content and Xbox Live as a ‘complementary’ addition to boxed product…
Review

Motocross Madness [PC]

Still as fun as the day i first got it, this Windows 95 antique continues to entertain even now 11 years since its original August release. It was the first motocross game to incorporate separate player and motorcycle physics, this is MotorCross Madness, in all its glory…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is complete, and ready to be released worldwide on April 24th according to Atari…
Review

Sins of a Solar Empire [PC]

Sins of a Solar Empire (SoSE) is the child of Canadian developer Ironclad Games, and features a real-time strategy that spans across the galaxy. With a beautifully navigated huge 3d environments and highly detailed planets, asteroids, ships and stations SoSE is very nice on the eyes…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

It seems like my favourite topic has continued to crop up into the spotlight once again…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

Now i know i try to avoid being opinionated when presenting the news each week, but this next story i can’t help myself…
Review

WWII Fighters [PC]

Dug up from the remnants of last century here’s WWII Fighters, a game that serves to remind me that people’s lives should not be put in my hands. Released in 1998 by a quaint group called Jane’s Combat Simulations, evidently owned by Electronic Arts…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

The Economic Crisis has dealt all lines of the economy a serious blow, including the Royal Air Force who…
Article

Australian Gamer

Every week at least 20,000 listeners will hear the voices of what some have called “comic genius” and “the Roy and H.G of Australian gaming”…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

In America the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that the anti-video game legislation, passed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005, is unconstitutional…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

Activision is threatening to sue Electronic Arts over the publishing rights to Double Fine’s action game, Brutal Legend…
Article

News Around the Watercooler

Epic Games, known for the Unreal series, has found itself in an awkward position….
Review

Fallen Haven [PC]

It just so happened that while away visiting relatives as has become the typical custom during the festive season, I came across an old game I had been given a long time ago. Upon playing, my proverbial gaming appetite had returned once again…
Review

Call of Duty: World at War [PC]

Activision are back again this year, releasing “Call of Duty : World at War”, the 5th instalment of the already popular Call of Duty series. Developed by Treyarch, who we also behind Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty : World at War takes you into the rugged and gritty action of WWII like never before…

Design

Shan’s Shenanigans branding

June 24, 2011

netGameRadio’s Shan’s Shenanigans Radio show branding and promotion