Full-Playthrough Reviews
We credit-roll every game before scoring it, logging total hours and the exact build we tested. Verdicts land within a week of launch.
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Windsor · Melbourne · Est. 2019
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Honest reviews, frame-by-frame boss guides, and speedrun deep-dives — recorded off a stack of CRTs in a Chapel Street warehouse. No sponsored scores, no hype trains.
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A note from the founder
We started this because scores out of ten were lying to us
TurboExpedition began in 2019 as a shared Google Doc between four mates who met queuing for a Melbourne International Games Week signing. We were tired of 9/10s handed out before a game had even shipped a day-one patch, so we made a rule: we finish everything before we write a word.
Today the blog runs on the same principle from a converted warehouse off Chapel Street. Every review logs total hours played, every guide is captured from our own footage, and every take is one we would defend in the comments. If we love it, we will tell you why. If it wastes your weekend, we will tell you that too.
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From the studio
Snapshots from the warehouse
CRT walls, capture rigs, and the occasional 2am co-op session — here is where the reviews actually get made.
The CRT test wall — 12 tubes calibrated for retro captures
Speedrun night — splits projected across the back bench
Hands-on preview desk before a Freeplay Festival feature
The archive shelf: 900+ cartridges, all still playable
What we cover
Deep coverage, not drive-by opinions
Six formats we publish on rotation — each built to actually help you decide what to play next.
Frame-Perfect Boss Guides
Attack patterns, safe windows, and gear loadouts captured from our own footage — annotated so you can beat the wall you are stuck on tonight.
400+ guides in the archive
Speedrun Deep-Dives
We sit down with Australian record holders to break down routes, glitches, and the muscle memory behind sub-hour clears.
New route breakdown fortnightly
Retro Restoration Logs
Recapping consoles, modding CRTs, and preserving cartridges — the hardware side of keeping old games alive and looking right.
Filmed on our own bench
Indie Spotlight
Early looks at Australian and New Zealand indie games, with developer interviews recorded at Freeplay and PAX Aus.
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Questions & answers
Frequently asked
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We accept review copies so we can cover games at launch, but money never changes hands for coverage. Any code we receive is disclosed at the top of the article, and a free copy has zero effect on the verdict. If a publisher asks for approval over a score, we walk.
We dropped the traditional 1-to-10 scale in 2021. Instead every review ends with a plain-English verdict — Play It, Wait for a Sale, or Skip It — plus the total hours we put in. It respects your time and your wallet more than a decimal ever could.
The main feature drops every Thursday at 7pm AEST, with shorter guides and news posts throughout the week. The free Thursday newsletter rounds everything up so you never miss a piece.
Absolutely — we love hearing from Australian and NZ players. Email us a short pitch with links to any past writing or runs. We read every submission and usually reply within a week, and we pay published guest contributors a flat AUD 220 per feature.
We split roughly half and half. New releases get full-playthrough reviews, while our retro coverage focuses on restoration logs and preservation. If a remaster lands, we compare it side-by-side with original hardware on the CRT wall.
Yes, the studio sits just off Chapel Street in Windsor. We are not a public venue, but we host a casual community game night on the last Friday of each month — details go out through the newsletter and RSVP is first-in, best-dressed.
Get in touch
Pitch us, question us, or just say hi
Tips, guest pitches, corrections, or newsletter questions — drop a line and a real person on the crew will read it.
Studio
62 Chapel Street, Windsor VIC 3181
Editorial hours
Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm AEST