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Fitzroy Gaming Outpost · Est. 2016
Field notes from the gaming frontier.
We chart the wild edges of play — long-form reviews, esports dispatches and hardware guides written by people who actually finish the games. No hype, just honest reconnaissance.
1,240+
Games reviewed
86k
Weekly readers
9 yrs
On the trail
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Paid reviews, ever
What we publish
Dispatches from every corner of play
Esports dispatches
Weekend coverage of the ANZ Premier circuits, bracket breakdowns and roster moves — filed within hours of the grand final.
Hardware field guides
Handhelds, mechanical boards and mid-range GPUs bench-tested in our Gertrude Street lab, with real AUD pricing and thermal logs.
Indie spotlights
A weekly feature on Australian and Pacific studios — the two-person teams building strange, wonderful things you haven't heard of yet.
Retro expeditions
Deep dives into the games that shaped us — emulation setups, preservation notes and the history behind the cartridges.
The Base Camp podcast
A fortnightly round-table recorded live in Fitzroy — release calendars, hot takes and one guest from the local scene each episode.
From the outpost
Field gallery
Who's on the trail
The crew
Mara Delacroix
Editor-in-Chief
Fifteen years in games press. Believes a review isn't done until you've seen the ending.
Theo Karras
Esports Lead
Filed live from more grand finals than he can count. Knows every ANZ roster by heart.
Sun-Hee Park
Hardware Editor
Runs the Gertrude Street bench. Owns three thermal cameras and no patience for marketing specs.
Rowan Fitzgerald
Indie Correspondent
Spends weekends at local game jams. If a two-person studio ships something odd, Rowan's already played it.
Signals from the trail
What readers say
"Their Baldur's Gate 3 review was the only one that admitted it hadn't finished Act 3 on other sites. That honesty is why I subscribed."
"I bought my Steam Deck OLED off the back of Sun-Hee's thermal breakdown. Every number she published held up. No regrets."
"The indie spotlight put our tiny studio on the map. We had 400 wishlists the week Rowan's piece went up. Genuine coverage, not clickbait."
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- All reviews and dispatches
- Weekly newsletter
- Community comments
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For the regulars who want more.
- Everything in Scout
- Ad-free reading & early access
- Full Base Camp podcast archive
- Members-only Discord
Pathfinder
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- Everything in Ranger
- Name in the credits
- Quarterly review-lab live stream
- A vote on what we cover next
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Send us a signal
Tips, review requests, studio pitches or just an argument about scores — we read everything. Drop by the outpost or fill in the form.
- +61 3 9419 5576
- [email protected]
- 172 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
- Outpost open Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm AEST
172 Gertrude Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065 · Melbourne