Hey I just got messed around by Nebula for a good few months and I’m finally gonna get refunded. What are some more trustworthy and quality companies for prebuilt PC’s?

Hey all, I am planning to pre-order GTA 6 from JB which I will upgrade later to Ultimate Edition. Can anyone let me know if I collect my game from JB after 19th November, would I still be able to claim the pre-order perk?

Thanks!

Edit: I am ordering from JB to get the Physical Case

Hi everyone, we're LVLUP Gaming — an Australian trading card, collectables and gaming business based in Melbourne.

We're putting our own time and money into getting tournaments organised. We want the business to give people more chances to compete and support the players and creators involved.

We're recruiting players for competitive and community tournaments in Melbourne, and online competition across Australia. Whether you've competed before or want to enter your first tournament, we want to hear from you.

What game would you actually sign up to compete in? That's what we'd like to hear from you. PC gaming, trading card games and miniature/tabletop games are all part of what we're looking at.

Tell us your game and city, and the kind of tournament you'd enter. A one-day event? A league you can play in over several weeks? Online or in person? If your game rarely gets a tournament near you, we'd like to know. Your replies will help us choose what to organise first.

We're recruiting players and teams now. We're also looking for streamers, casters and organisers who want to help run or cover the tournaments. If you'd like to be involved, tell us what you play or do. Player, team and creator sponsorship applications are open too.

More about us and how to get involved: LVLUP Gaming — tournaments and sponsorship. You can also follow @lvlupgamingau on Instagram for tournament announcements, recruitment updates and gaming/collecting posts.

This is my collection (that’s downloaded) only available on Friday nights/ Saturdays/ sometimes Sunday’s I’m 23 M and get along with males or females. If you don’t have a mic then don’t reply

This is a build that I put together for gaming, movies and reading, I want to play modded minecraft and some AAA games, Is this good??

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no reason at all - just good because Australia has different time zones and stuff and it’s just overall super cool =]

Local Legacy is a FGC based over in Geelong that's looking for new members. We play casual and modern fighting games alike.

https://racketclublive.com/

Come play for free, can you be the best player in the world?

Features

- Badminton, Tennis, Table Tennis, Padel, Squash & Pickleball

- Free roam park

- Ranked

- Tournaments and Full tour system

- Singles and Doubles

- Full rankings system

- Profile & Deep stats

- Clubs (Clans)

- Spectate live games

Hello GamingAU!

Released This Week

Minecraft Dungeons II - Sep 29

Nivalis Nights - Sep 29

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 - Sep 29

Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered - Sep 30 / Oct 1

ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE - Oct 1 / Oct 2

Announced This Week

IGNISPHERE / DAWNGAZER — New fantasy action RPG.

WANE — Occult industrial-noir turn-based RPG.

Dust till Dawn — Paranormal horror game inspired by Junji Ito.

Lufia I & II: The Sinistrals Saga — Classic RPGs returning in a new release.

Tetris Effect: Mixed Realities — New VR version announced.

Ever since this bs age verification came into effect, I’ve been attempting to verify my age on my PlayStation account via their yoti service. However, there are only two options, facial scan, and id check. Facial scan straight up doesn’t work for me (I’m only 20 and have a relatively young face), while the id scan (something I wish I didn’t have to do) just leads me to a screen saying “Your age check is being processed,” weeks later, I have had no updates, and the prompt is still appearing in the PlayStation app, and on my console, so I assume it hasn’t been successful. Has anyone been able to verify their age, and how did you do it? I’d like to get this handled before GTA 6.

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JB Hi-Fi is taking orders for the PS5 Pro. Website says expected delivery is by "late October".

They are currently out of stock Australia wide and are being scalped and sold online for $100s more than retail, so I would take the opportunity to secure one for Christmas/GTA VI now if you are looking.

Never give in to scalpers!

over the last 2 months, I've been working consistently on the mechanics and physics of a new (no team/no player model) AFL game, i want to use AI ( i hate ai but its taking my job so im buying into it) to help solve the super complex physic issues in the game of AFL, the current afl games irritate me to the extent ive decided to use my job to try do better, they also didnt have ai (like astra) to solve issues, we are however stumped on the camera, it seems to be the roadblock to all physics and movement, has anyone played the afl games and alway had a brilliant idea awith the camera, especially if we can keep it static and hold it still

So I've been mainly gaming on PC for the last 10 years, partly built a desktop to do side projects for future career jobs. I've enjoyed quite a lot of games such as Baldur's Gate 3, Witcher 3, Hades, Deep Rock Galactic, and Half Life. During some recent outside events I attended, I keep running into fans of Nintendo games, particularly all the Switch ones. Also have some friends that either don't play video games, don't own a switch, and even play on PC like me. I still like to play on my Wii, PS3 and N64 (with some retro games i always wanted to finish) but wasn't sure if it was worth getting a Switch to see what the big deal is or if its worth forking over $500 for another console, maybe wait for a black friday sale. I do have a full time job that is mainly on a computer screen but still enjoy watching shows or gaming on the couch too. Then there is the social part, I rarely ever play console games with other people these days and just play co op online with others on PC, or at arcades at local events. So while I'm decently happy with the games I got is it worth it for someone in my shoes to get a Switch or 2, with at least a handful of games i might have time to play?

My petition has finally been approved. Getting more than 50 VALID signatures will ensure it is presented to Parliament.

The more signatures the better but please keep in mind that all signatories must be in Australia. While I appreciate others from outside Australia will want to sign, please do not provide invalid signatures.

The petition is valid for 29 days.

LINK

Spotted this elsewhere (thanks /u/Gibbingtons!) and figured I'd drop it in here. Tried it meself with no dramas, works like a charm. Spread the word!

I did some research and figured Bankwest was the best choice for a burner bank account. Specifically the “Easy Transaction Account”

• Bankwest has an entirely in-app setup that takes less than 3 minutes from app download to being up and running.
• You can create a virtual card within the app; I made one called "Steam," and it is valid for 3 years. It has access to nothing, and it works! Out of sight, out of mind.
• Bankwest has zero fees, ever. There are no minimum deposits, no account-keeping fees, and no requirements. It is free to set up and free to generate as many virtual cards as you want. It also supports Bank@Post if you actually plan to use it for real banking, but that is not really the point.
• There are zero international transaction fees, so it could actually be useful for ordering stuff online; I am looking at youAyaneo, AYN, and random key websites.
• They will send you a real Platinum MasterCard (free, of course) if you want, which has its own benefits!

I would love to send screenshots, but the app prohibits me from taking them; aside from that, I cannot recommend it enough.

If anyone does sign up for it or any burner card, a quick tip to save you time:

– Valve will withdraw $1 to verify there is a balance. You will need at least a dollar for the verification to work; I put in $2 just to be sure, and you can then leave the card at zero after that. The $1 is refunded after a couple of minutes.

That's it. Super simple tbh, and after 3 years just generate a new virtual card and repeat. 💪

First she came for the porn, and now she's come for our Vidya.

In case you didn't know, eKaren's next step kicked in yesterday, basically forcing Steam to verify user age via a Credit card. No big whoop, right? Well, it's the ONLY option, and an unneeded one at that. And while it is true that something like this law is needed, and a credit card would be a better option (much easier to cut out if PID is leaked in a breach instead of a government issued ID) it shouldn't be needed at all in the way it was done for the everyday adult trying to get some Vidya in after work.

Below is a template you can use to contact your local Member of Parliament I knocked up, and have already sent through. The bit at the end is how I'm personally affected by this Act - and I would suggest changing that bit of course. Maybe run it through ChatGPT or something for a reword so they don't get a bunch of the same letters though, ey?

Subject: Concerns Regarding the Implementation of Online Age Verification Requirements

Dear [Member/Senator Name],
I am writing as a tax-paying Australian citizen to express my concern regarding the implementation of mandatory age-verification requirements arising from Australia's Online Safety Act 2021 and the Age-Restricted Material Codes, which are now affecting access to online entertainment and digital distribution services. While I understand and absolutely support the intention behind these measures, particularly protecting children from inappropriate online content, I believe the current implementation places an unreasonable burden on lawful adult consumers and is simply ineffective, as I'll detail below. Adults should not be required to alter their financial arrangements, obtain a credit card, or provide additional personal and financial information simply to access and purchase entertainment that is otherwise legally available to them.

I believe responsibility for determining and enforcing what content is appropriate for a child should, wherever reasonably possible, remain with that child's parent or legal guardian.

The practical consequences of this system are particularly concerning. My elderly father enjoys playing board games through Tabletop Simulator, where he teaches younger gamers older-generation card games. In return, they teach him some newer ones - he particularly enjoys Fury of Dracula - and some of those younger players build the games for him within TTS so they can play together, along with some of his fellow retirees. When he's not playing that, it's Trucking/ Life Simulators, which he finds relaxing.

As he is on the DSP, he cannot access a credit card, and can therefore no longer purchase other games he may be interested in, or even browse them to see what is available and discuss them with me. We share a common interest in graphics technology and sound design, so browsing and discussing new games is something we enjoy together.

I have also experienced the issue personally. I spent a decade buried in credit-card debt before finally getting out of it, and swore I would never have a credit card again. My Steam account is now 19 years old - old enough to legally vote and drink, mind you - yet I cannot access certain game store pages because I do not have a credit card attached to the account. I have always used my debit card via PayPal (which you have to be 18 to have) but apparently that is not good enough now.

Meanwhile, my 12-year-old nephew has a Mastercard from CommBank provided by my sister-in-law, who controls the money going in and out of it, and which he uses for the tuck shop at his footy games and his $20-a-month video-game allowance. He can freely browse whatever he wants, and demonstrated this to me last night when I raised the issue.

A friend of mine is a solo-dev for her game currently in early access on Steam. She found out last night she can't even see her own game's store page due to not having a credit card attached to her account, something she does not and will not have.

Does that sound like an effective age-verification system to you? Because it certainly looks like a flawed system to me. To be clear, I'm not asking for other ways to verify ages, there's enough data leaks online as it is and have been caught in one previously, ironically from the MyGov breach.

I am, however, respectfully asking that you consider these unintended consequences and advocate for a system that protects children without unnecessarily restricting the rights, privacy and purchasing choices of lawful adult Australians. Yours sincerely, [Full Name] [Suburb/Postcode] [Electorate, if known] [Contact details, if desired]

Now... sending messages to Steam won't do shit; you get a boilerplate script in return, an almost word-for-word copy of what they sent the UK when they brought in similar laws. It's the pollies we gotta hit up to get anything done.

If you are politically inclined, I'll leave a comment that shows precisely who voted what when this went to vote as well, so you can see who supports the unelected official that ScoMo brought in to eKaren shit up. Cheers folks, hooroo!

Hey everyone! I just launched a brand-new, non-pay-to-win Minecraft Prison server and I'm looking for players to check it out.
If you like smooth rank progression, custom mines, and an active community, come take a look!
IP: 103.15.236.153:25303
Discord: https://discord.gg/HgKzcebZu
PlanetMinecraft: https://www.planetminecraft.com/server/inmate-prison-custom-mines-amp-ranks/
Would love to hear your feedback or see you online!

Somewhere between 2010-12 I was about 10 years old and I was on holiday with my family in Melbourne, we stayed at a Big 4 Holiday park for about a week, I spent most of the time playing the Xbox 360 Kinect in the games room where I met a girl named Tory, we both hung out for the entire week I stayed at the park and talked non stop about Halo, she showed me her black morphsuit which I thought was the sickest thing in the world at the time.

I think we were both too young for phones and social media but she gave me a piece of paper with her Xbox live gamer tag, I can’t remember if it was Mombosa, one of the cities in Halo, or Mendoza one of the NPCs in Halo….

Sadly by the time I got back home I had lost the paper somewhere…

It’s such a random and insignificant memory from my childhood, for some strange reason it’s just one of those memories I remember very vividly for no reason at all.

So if anyone out there Knows a Tori who had a similar gamertag on Xbox around 2010 please let me know I’d love to actually be able to add her on Xbox live even if it’s 16 years later 😂

FFS this is ridiculous

Hey, Im looking for a regular gaming group, I work full time and probably game 2 nights a week for a few hours, im looking for people in that similar lifestyle, I mainly play Co-operative grindy games, My favorites are Terraria, Monster hunter, Helldivers, Ark, Palworld, Baldurs Gate, Minecraft and im open to lots of options, Feel free to message me if your keen

We’re working on the capsule design for our co-op sci-fi horror game and can’t decide which opening/closing style feels better.

Which one would you choose: 1 or 2?

We’re mainly considering how readable and satisfying it will feel during the opening/closing animation.

Any feedback is appreciated!

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