WORK: Pixel Hunt – Buzz! Brain Of Oz

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This review was published in issue 9 of Pixel Hunt, an online magazine put together by my freelance colleagues.

Game: Buzz! Brain of Oz

By-line: Tracey Lien is as unAustralian as they come, except for the part where she’s a citizen.

An open letter/review to Buzz! Brain of Oz.

Dear Buzz! Brain of Oz,

I understand that the franchise you’re a part of has sold squillions of copies around the world, and that you’re a big hit at parties. I understand that many families love you to bits, that friends have bonded over the questions you’ve thrown at them, and that you’ve brought mother, father, grandparents, and children together so that they can bicker and argue over the batting average of Sir Donald Bradman (at least, that’s what you did for my ex’s family and, FYI, it ended in tears). Look, I get that you’re a big deal, and I can appreciate you for what you are. But by golly, Brain of Oz really sucked.

I Met The Voice Of Mario – Charles Martinet!

Charles Martinet and I in the GG office. Giant question mark proudly brought to you by rad production coordinators who work within the ABC. Neato Mario brooch by some lady with big, red curly hair who I once met outside of Sydney. She was making bibs or something.

Ohai, internets! It has been a while since I last updated, and with good reason! You see, maintaining a blog is a bit like using Tamilee Webb’s Abs Of Steel (from the same series as Buns Of Steel, but with an abdominal focus). The moment you take even the shortest of breaks from doing it, it becomes too easy to not do it, and before you know it you’ve left so much time in between steely workout sessions that you become intimidated by the workout itself and are scared to go back to it. So here I am with abs no steelier than before and a blog that hasn’t been updated in weeks. But whatever. LIKE ANYONE CARES.

So, aside from not doing Abs Of Steel or updating Zero Light Seeds, what have I been doing? Well, I’m glad you asked, Internets! I’ve been fulfilling my role as news editor at Hyper magazine, writing for a few other publications (there’s a Pixel Hunt review that I’ll post soon, as well as a review for Official Nintendo which I’ll post when the magazine comes out), interning, enrolling in French boot camp (I’m serious), drawing cars with faces on them (also serious), and interviewing the likes of Charles Martinet, the voice behind Mario, Luigi, Wario, and a squillion other videogame characters. He was heaps rad – perhaps one of the sweetest, most energetic, funny, and lively people I have interviewed for Good Game, or any outlet for that matter.

Anyway, this update was just to let you all know that the blog is still alive and I still have abs of flab. Because you all care, of course*.

*Not really. I apologise for the interruption. Please go back to your regular lives and I’ll ring a cow bell to get your attention when I think I’ve got something amusing to say.