My old junior rugby coach, an intellectual man given to deep thoughts, was always at pains to emphasise that rugby was a violent game. If you weren’t willing to both withstand and commit acts of violence, he reminded us, this was not the game for… Read More »Finding the right kind of violence: Why rugby has never been harder to play
If you were paying attention in the first few weeks of the NRL season, you might have noticed two trends, one very overt and one a little more subtle. One would have had to have been deliberately ignored the rugby league world to miss major… Read More »Motion sickness: How the NRL’s best are crafting confusion and sending defences sideways
No team kicked more goals than Adelaide last season and only one team has kicked less this year – what the hell has happened? The city of Adelaide, for the second year in a row, has been a place of celebration for Gather Round, with… Read More »‘Suffering from paralysis-by-analysis’: Adelaide Crows have gone from box office sensation to under-performing turkeys
Developed by Joseph “Akabaka” Hunter, DreadXP’s 90s anime-inspired visual novel Sucker For Love: Date to Die For will come out for Steam on April 23. Following up the release of Sucker for Love: First Date, Sucker For Love: Date to Die For brights with it… Read More »Sucker For Love: Date to Die For Launching April 23
You probably know Jason Netherton as the bassist and vocalist of deathgrind institution Misery Index and early Dying Fetus, but there’s more to the musician than meets the eye. In his new project, Sulphur and Mercury, Netherton contributes his voice to a more classic metal sound,… Read More »Full EP Stream: Sulphur and Mercury – “Alchemia Prophetica”