Welcome to Good Game Spawn Point!

Bajo, Hex and D.A.R.R.E.N. prepare for another episode of gaming goodness.

Gamer News

This week Hex brings us the latest news from the world of gaming...

Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. at E3 2012

Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. bring us the latest news from E3.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II

The developers have listened to the community and Sonic has returned to his speedier old-school controls and they’ve also reunited Sonic with his old buddy Tails.

Episode 19

Steven 'Bajo' O'Donnell

Stephanie Bendixsen

Episode 20

Episode 18

Bajo, Hex and D.A.R.R.E.N. are back from holidays and are getting ready for another year of games.

- Professor Layton and the Last Specter

- Gamer News

- Feature Story: What is Classification?

- Ask Good Game: Ranger, Zac, Gabby Patrick & more!

- Minecraft

Episode 1

Bajo and Hex find D.A.R.R.E.N. ready to explain all the technical specifications of a new handhold console

- Trine 2

- Gamer News

- Dustforce

- Ask Good Game: the Pembertons, Eddie & more!

- WipeOut 2048 and ModNation Racers: Road Trip

Episode 2

Hex and D.A.R.R.E.N. find out that Bajo is sick, but has sent a replacement for the day...

- Haunt

- Gamer News

- Meet the Spawn: James Jeggo & Petar Franjic

- Ask Good Game: Zac, Alasdair & more!

- Scribblenauts Remix

Episode 3

D.A.R.R.E.N. seems keen a play a game of tennis wit Bajo and Hex...

- ScaryGirl

- Gamer News

- Grand Slam Tennis 2

- Ask Good Game: Jonathan, Reece & more!

- Little Space Heroes

Episode 4

Bajo, Hex and D.A.R.R.E.N. get ready for another episode of gaming goodness...

- Lumines: Electronic Symphony

- Feature Story: Chiptune Musicians

- Gamer News

- D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: Donkey Kong

- Ask Good Game: Contris, Jazza, Eli & more!

- SSX

Episode 5

Bajo, Hex find D.A.R.R.E.N. trying to take control of the show...

- Street Fighter X Tekken

- Gamer News

- Quarrel

- Ask Good Game: Marc Scott, zain, Sativa & more!

- D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: The Console Wars

- Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai

Episode 6

Bajo, Hex and D.A.R.R.E.N. get ready for another episode of gaming goodness...

- FIFA Street

- Meet The Spawn: D10

- Ask Good Game: Alexis, Ninz & more!

- D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

- Mario Party 9

Episode 7

Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. find Hex unwell, but the show must go on!

- The Jak and Daxter Trilogy

- Gamer News

- Meet the Spawn: David Welsh

- Ask Good Game: Chaz, Bazza, Andrew and Caite!

- Journey

Episode 8

Bajo, Hex and D.A.R.R.E.N. get ready for another episode of gaming goodness...

- Angry Birds Space and Fibble: Flick 'n' Roll

- Gamer News

- I'm No Noob: Cosmo Cabs

- Ask Good Game: isabelle, Issy, Jordan and many more!

- Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure

Episode 9

Bajo, Hex and D.A.R.R.E.N. get ready for another episode of gaming goodness...

- PokePark 2: Wonders Beyond

- Gamer News

- D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: DLC

- Ask Good Game: isabelle, ps3garbanator, Coolcreeper and more!

- Kinect Star Wars

Episode 10

Bajo, Hex and D.A.R.R.E.N. get ready for another episode of gaming goodness...

- The Splatters

- Gamer News

- Meet the Spawn: The Sydney Royal Easter Show

- Ask Good Game: Ben, Adam, Gloria, Quin & more!

- Ridge Racer Unbounded

Episode 11

Game review of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations

- Gamer News

- D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: Pac-Man

- Ask Good Game: nickalis, samsonic, Ian & more!

- Trials Evolution

Episode 12

Game review of Botanicula

- Gamer News

- Wrecked: Revenge Revisited

- Ask Good Game: a lonely grape, Nora & more!

- Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure

Episode 13

Bajo and Hex find D.A.R.R.E.N. keen to start on the Minecraft review...

- Fable Heroes

When we heard that the team behind the Fable universe was developing an XBLA title for Spawnings we had high hopes for an exciting new adventure to the Kingdom of Albion...

- Gamer News

This week Bajo brings us the latest news from the world of gaming...

- D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: Virus

This week, D.A.R.R.E.N. tells us about those pesky computer viruses.

- Ask Good Game: Jayden, Xavier & more!

This week we answer the questions from Prince William, Jayden, adam, Xavier, Anthony, FIZZYIZZY, tg1 and GGSP Fan.

- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

In Minecraft, you mine stuff, build stuff, explore things and run away from scary monsters, and that's all pretty much the same here. But even so, this version is quite different from its big PC brother.

Episode 14

MacGuffin's Curse

Macguffin's Curse is a new adventure/puzzler from Brawsome, the very same Aussie developer that gave us Jolly Rover.

Gamer News

This week Hex brings us the latest news from the world of gaming...

I'm No Noob: Cosmo Cabs Results

This week we answer the questions from Neil, lachlan, TAYLOR, totally awesome head, Slazo567, EmenintFate96 and Michael/ LolSkees.

Ask Good Game: Neil, EmenintFate96 & more!

This week we answer the questions from Neil, lachlan, TAYLOR, totally awesome head, Slazo567, EmenintFate96 and Michael/ LolSkees.

Total War Battles & LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

Two home console games have made their way onto iOS devices, so we see how Total War Battles & LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 stack up.

Episode 15

Top 10 Moments in Gaming History

We look back at the key moments in history that influenced games today.

Hex's Top 10 Spawn Point Moments

Hex counts down her top 10 favourite moments from Good Game: Spawn Point.

Top 10 Game Developers

The games we love to play would not exist without the people who make them, so let's celebrate our top ten favourite game developers.

Ask Good Game: CODY, zombieman & more!

This week we answer the questions from spawnlings from ten different towns: CODY, zombieman, pooper sonic, billy, Jordan, Bailey, joe, Isaac, jessie and i am a big lord of the rings fan.

D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Top 10 Spawn Point Moments

The games we love to play would not exist without the people who make them, so let's celebrate our top ten favourite game developers.

Top 10 Gaming Moments

We look back at the top 10 gaming moments of all time.

Bajo's Top 10 Spawn Point Moments

Bajo takes us back to some of his favourite moments on Spawn Point.

Top 10 Games of All Time

We count down our favourite games of all time.

Episode 16

Awesomenauts

Awesomenauts is a variation on what’s known as the “MOBA” genre, or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, but this a 2D platformer rather than an RTS.

Gamer News

This week Hex brings us the latest news from the world of gaming...

Meet the Spawn: Justin Ruggier

Goose catches up with Justin who’s a real racer and a gamer...

Ask Good Game: Nicholas, mystery dude, KSP fan and Plant a tree

This week we answer the questions from Nicholas, mystery dude, KSP fan and Plant a tree.

Mario Tennis Open

The latest Mario Tennis has been given the 3DS makeover similar to Mario Kart 7 from last year.

Episode 17

Welcome to Good Game Spawn Point!

Hex, D.A.R.R.E.N. and Goose prepare for another episode of gaming goodness whilst Bajo is away at E3.

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock

In Dr. Who: The Eternity Clock, one or two players take control of the famous time-traveller and his sidekick River Song to face off against some of the doctor’s most famous enemies.

Gamer News

This week Hex brings us the latest news from the world of gaming...

D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: Emulation

This week, D.A.R.R.E.N. tells us about emulation and some uses for emulators.

Sorcery

Sorcery places you in the shoes of Fin, a young sorcerer’s apprentice who, alongside his cheeky cat Eraline, who is a little too eager to become the world’s greatest magician!

Welcome to Good Game Spawn Point!

Bajo and Hex find D.A.R.R.E.N. baking a special set of cupcakes...

Gamer News

This week Bajo brings us the latest news from the world of gaming...

D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: Touch Screens

This week, D.A.R.R.E.N. tells us about the different types of touch screens.

Meet the Spawn: Alice Leong and her Gaming Classroom

Historically 'Chiptunes' are musical pieces created with synthesiser chips taken from old systems like the Commodore 64. We talk to some Chiptune musicians.

London 2012

Olympics games are one of the toughest genres to build fun gameplay from, and they've crammed in a huge amount of events.

Hex and D.A.R.R.E.N. find Bajo excited for Batman...

We're always asking for a side-one platformer, and Swordigo for iOS might just be the game we have been waiting for.

Meet the Spawn: Wendy Huang

Goose catches up with Wendy, whose love of Dance Dance Revolution influenced her choice of career.

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Bats is back, and this time he's fighting the Joker who has teamed up with Superman's rival Lex Luther.

Episode 21

Hex and Bajo prepare to head to the Game Masters Exhibition while D.A.R.R.E.N. tries to take over Ask Good Game.

Episode 22

Hex and Bajo find D.A.R.R.E.N. comparing himself to ninjas...

Mini Ninjas Adventures

The original Mini Ninjas was released in 2009 and was a fun action adventure game. But now it’s back as a Kinect game and it's a very different experience.

Rainbow Moon

Rainbow Moon is a tactical fantasy RPG that follows the story of Baldren who finds himself teleported into a mysterious land.

Episode 23

Hex and Bajo find D.A.R.R.E.N. with a wig and a Scottish accent...

Brave

We were pretty excited when Brave arrived in the Spawn Point office, since we were fairly impressed with the recent movie tie-in games for Cars 2 and Toy Story 3.

Video Game Postcards: Hyrule Field

D.A.R.R.E.N. and Goose transport us into famous gaming locations. This time, they head to Hyrule Field from The Legend of Zelda series.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy

The Final Fantasy series has some of the best and most beautiful music ever created for video games, and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy plays as a tribute to some of the most celebrated and loved FF music.

Episode 24

Hex and Bajo find D.A.R.R.E.N. with a skateboard...

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD

It's been almost 13 years since the very first game in the Tony Hawk series became a phenomenal success, so when we heard there was going to be an HD remake we were pretty excited.

Video Game Postcards: The Death Star

D.A.R.R.E.N. and Goose transport us into famous gaming locations. This time, they head to The Death Star from various Star Wars games.

Mars Rover Landing

NASA took time out of their rocket-building schedule to help create the Mars Rover Landing for Xbox.

Episode 25

Pocket Planes is a resource management simulator that puts you charge of your very own airline, raising it up from a small time rural start-up, into an international jet-setting mega-airline.

D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Time Warp: Amiga

D.A.R.R.E.N. travels back in time to the year 1985...

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

Dream Drop Distance places you back in the shoes of Sora and Riku, who are now being tested by master Yen Sid in order to become proper Keyblade Masters.

Episode 26

Catapult King and Wrecketeer

For as long as there’ve been towers and castles, people have been trying to knock them down, and we thought we’d take a look at two of the best tower destruction games.

D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: Tower Defence

This week, D.A.R.R.E.N. tells us about the Tower Defence genre.

Kingdom Rush

We’ve been sinking a lot of time into one of the the best Tower Defence games - Kingdom Rush.

Episode 27

The Book of Unwritten Tales is big, epic fantasy and may be the point and clicker to convert you.

ABC3's Gamer Games Introduction

The ABC3 website will be hosting six different browser games for a two and a half week period, challenging all the spawnlings to hit their highest scores, earn gold badges, and maybe even pull off a gold medal performance.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Mario is back in New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the 3DS, a follow up to the super popular DS and Wii titles.

Episode 28

Hex and Bajo get ready to build machines from scrap materials, and D.A.R.R.E.N. gets a bit defensive...

Rigonauts puts you in charge of a lost tribe of goblins, the ‘Hobs’, but this game is tougher than it looks.

Meet the Spawn: Liam Pomfret

We meet the person behind one of the world's biggest and busiest Pokémon fan sites.

ABC3's Gamer Games Part 1

The Gamer Games is an event currently being hosted on the ABC 3 website. Six games make up the tournament, and today we'll be looking at Fotoni

Episode 29

Hex and Bajo get ready to reveal D.A.R.R.E.N.'s outfit for our cosplay special!

ABC3's Gamer Games Part 2

The Gamer Games is an event currently being hosted on the ABC 3 website. Six games make up the tournament, and today we'll be looking at Pixel 2, Grand Prix Go and Icycle.

Goose catches up with cosplayer Camille.

Sound Shapes is a platformer crossed with a music creator for the Sony Handheld the Vita and the PS3.

Episode 30

Hex and Bajo find D.A.R.R.E.N. still singing from all the Rock Band Blitz he's been playing. The Simpsons: Tapped Out We love a good city building game here at Spawn Point, and we’re pretty big fans of The Simpsons too. And now the two have been combined in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. More Rock Band Blitz As a result of the great music game explosion of the naughties, most of us have some plastic instruments kicking around in our closets. And they’ll continue to gather dust with Rock Band Blitz

Episode 31

Hex, Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. rock out as they prepare for their first gig as a band. Retro/Grade is a rhythm game like no other, because the action plays out in reverse. D.A.R.R.E.N. has been cultivating a special rapport with some of the greatest minds in videogame design the world over. This week, he shares his meeting with Randy Pitchford. Rocksmith While faking it on a plastic instrument is fun, it can never match up to actually playing a real one! To play the new Rocksmith game, you’re going to have to use an actual guitar.

Episode 32

Hex, Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. prepare for another episode of gaming goodness. Horn There aren't many ways to get a fully fleshed out adventure experience on a smartphone or tablet. But Horn is an ambitious game, that takes us a step closer to that dream. Video Game Postcards: Aperture Laboratories When spawlings first awoke in the Portal games as the science experiment, they quickly realised this was a very different kind of laboratory. LittleBigPlanet PS Vita Sackboy's back for his second portable adventure. This time out he finds himself on the planetoid of Carnivalia, where the sinister Puppeteer has been sucking joy out of the world.

Episode 33

Hex, Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. get their "arr" on for this week's pirate themed episode. FTL: Faster Than Light If there’s one thing we love more than pirates, it’s space pirates, and Faster Than Light is packed with them. D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Time Warp: Computer Space D.A.R.R.E.N. travels back in time to the year 1971... One Piece: Pirate Warriors Alright me mateys it’s time to join the straw hats, set sail for the grand line and find the One Piece!

Episode 34

Hex and Bajo find D.A.R.R.E.N. getting his groove on as he prepares for the Just Dance 4 review. Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise Wii party games have always been pretty terrible, with most games offering a fairly measly fare of Wii-mote waggling and silly animations. D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: Bit D.A.R.R.E.N. dumps valuable gaming data about the bit, the simplest unit of computer information... Just Dance 4 After a number of spin offs that focused on particular artists, Just Dance 4 is a freshly mixed bag of songs and dance styles that will have you up off the couch and grooving like it was nobody’s business!

Episode 35

Hex, Bajo find D.A.R.R.E.N. in the studio, which is a complete mess. Dragon Ball Z for Kinect This game takes that same over the top fighting style from the much loved cartoon series and tries to put a new spin on it with a first person camera and full body motion controls. Good Game at the Games Expo Goose takes a look at the Games Expo and meets some spawnlings to see what games they've been checking out. Skylanders Giants Ready your Skylanders, Portal Masters - because it appears the Skylands need saving again!

Episode 36

Hex and Bajo meet with D.A.R.R.E.N. who is showing off his new pokeball. Worms Revolution This latest Worms game has a few new ideas and it’s already one up the last one we reviewed because it’s in 2D and Worms is always better in 2D. Pokémon Black Version 2 and White Version 2 It's time to return to the Unova region and catch em all again in Pokémon Black and White 2.

Episode 37

Hex, Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. ask the question "What could possibly be better than video games?" Lili Lili is set entirely on the picturesque island of Geos and it looks AMAZING! Video Game Postcards: Bowser's Castle D.A.R.R.E.N. and Goose transport us into famous gaming locations. This time, they head to Bowser's Castle from The Mario series. Happy Wars Happy Wars, the first truly free-to-play game for the Xbox 360.

Episode 38

Hex, Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. are working up a sweat in the studio. Rayman: Jungle Run Does the limbless wonder still have what it takes to make the wall-run-kick-hover-jump onto the small screen? D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Time Warp: Motion Controls D.A.R.R.E.N. travels back in time to the year 2010... Harry Potter for Kinect Can Harry Potter for Kinect finally pull off some magic?

Episode 39

Hex, Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. arrive at the Good Game Spawn Point studio via D.A.R.R.E.N.'s driving skills. F1 Race Stars F1 Race Stars takes the usual rocket science behind traditional Formula 1 racing, throws all of that away and creates a cartoony karting version of F1’s tracks and drivers. More LittleBigPlanet Karting LittleBigPlanet elements are here to help make for an excellent karting experience. D.A.R.R.E.N.'s Data Dump: Rubber Banding This week, D.A.R.R.E.N. tells us about the Rubber Banding in video games. Need For Speed: Most Wanted Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit set the bar for competitive arcade racing with friends and now the same people bring us another Need for Speed with Most Wanted!

Episode 40

Hex, Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. are in the Good Game Spawn Point studio where D.A.R.R.E.N. teaches Bajo a new word. Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Paint brushes at the ready? It's time to throw some paint and thinner around in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two! D.A.R.R.E.N. Does Devs: Warren Spector D.A.R.R.E.N. has been cultivating a special report with some of the greatest minds in videogame design. This week, he shares his meeting with Warren Spector. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask Our favorite detective in a top hat is back to solve yet another mystery in Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.

Episode 41

Hex, Bajo and D.A.R.R.E.N. are in the Good Game Spawn Point studio for our last episode for 2012.

Episode 42

Hosted by passionate gamers Hex (Stephanie Bendixsen) and Bajo (Steven  O'Donnell) and not so nice Robot, Darren (Data Analysing Robot for the  Ruthless Extermination of Noobs), Good Game: SP will be the show for  younger gamers by gamers.

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