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Game Book Adventure Six Hits the App Store Today

Tin Man Games have released their sixth book in the Game Book Adventures series “The Wizard from Tarnath Tor”, and to celebrate the Tin Man team are offering a special on all the books for a limited time.

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DBG App Dance #3

This last two weeks have been a blur of xbox guns and PS3 single player games, but a few iOS gems have been able to steal me away from the large heavy weights of the gaming family.

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EB Expo – Gold Coast 2011

So EB Games have just made their announcement which Lucas posted about yesterday and one of his predictions was right. Read more…

Episode 12 – Fashionably Late
Duration: 00:55:20 • Size: 37.99 MB

Episode 12 is a little bit late coming out so we apologise (blame Matt!).

On this episode we discuss the PSN breach and outage, the Call of Duty Black Ops Escalation map pack, and our quickfire news. Lucas and SiouxsieKate then take over for the second half of the show as Matt goes back to relaxing on his holiday and they discuss AFL Live, the Gears of War 3 Beta, answer a few community questions and give some shoutouts. Sorry about the lateness, but we hope you enjoy the show! Read more…

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EB Games Is Playing With Us

EB Games is playing games with people with it’s latest email and gimmick. If you are a subscriber to their emails you would have received one today with a notice that they are releasing some news tomorrow Live on the site. Its the EB Games ‘What, Where, When’ announcement.  Read more…

EA Buy Firemint

Today iOS heavy weight Firemint was bought by gaming heavy weight champion EA. In a press statement released on the Firemint website, the Firemint CEO Rob Murray stated “I just wanted to drop everyone a quick note about the planned acquisition of Firemint by EA. This is a pretty exciting move for us and for EA”.

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Games That Make You Feel – Mirror’s Edge

There are many things that have been said about Mirror’s Edge, both good and bad. It’s a game that has polarised many gamers. But it must be noted that it tried to bring something new to the table, with its focus on movement, environment and traversal. And in doing so, it elicits an emotion that is so often neglected in many games: Exhilaration. Read more…

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Runes of Magic Competition Update

Our friends over at n3v games have given us a few disc copies of the free to play MMO Runes of Magic. The disc comes with the full downloadable game plus over $10 of in game items. We are giving these away to listeners of the podcast.  Read more…

AFL Live Tipping Comp Round 5 Winner

It’s round 5 which marks the first of our random AFL Live giveaways. This week we are giving a copy of the AFL Live game to a tipper that has been nothing but consistent, someone that has held down a spot for multiple rounds. Read more…

Episode 11 – Big Macka Tells It On Time
Duration: 01:16:23 • Size: 34.98 MB

We have slightly changed up the format again this week on our road to perfection, so please feel free to email us at podcast@dropbeargaming.com or hit us up on Twitter (@DropBearGaming) to let us know what you think of it! On this episode we discuss Matt’s World Of Warcraft relapse, new DLC for Raskulls, Fruit Ninja’s nomination for a Webby award, the new Battlefield Play4Free game, Geohot’s settlement with Sony, and more. SiouxsieKate also gives us her thoughts on Michael Jackson: The Experience, and Lucas interviews Max MacKinnon aka Eso from Bliss N Eso to talk about putting their song in Fight Night Round 4, Black Ops, and much more! Read more…

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Lucas
The Podfather/Convo Controller
Super salesman by day, Batdad and Gamersutra by night. As a self-confessed technology pacifist, he prefers to sit on the console-war fence and play games on his PC.
Matt
PlayStation Fanboy/Motormouth
Electrician by trade and yet also highly skilled at finding time to game around work and family commitments. A PlayStation fanboy with a platinum count and obvious podcast bias to prove it. Thinks DC is clearly superior to Marvel. Has been known to rant.
ABOUT DBG

Started in January 2011 by brothers Lucas and Matt, Drop Bear Gaming has been operating for over 7 years offering a fresh and relaxed perspective on the video game industry. The website is a passion project more than anything and it is our distinct pleasure to continue bringing entertainment to our listeners and viewers.

The guys release a podcast episode every two to three weeks and over the years they have welcomed guests from developers, publishers, and other gaming outlets onto the show.

Disclaimer: From time to time Drop Bear Gaming receives copies of games for review in either physical or digital format from publishers or their associated PR companies. All reviews are based on the merits of each game on their own. Whether or not we were supplied the copy is not taken into account when compiling our reviews.

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