Guy Blomberg
| Guy Blomberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Australian |
| Other names | Yug |
| 💼 Occupation | Gamer and podcaster |
| Known for | AustralianGamer.com and Mana Bar |
Guy "Yug" Blomberg is a member of Australian Gamer and a podcaster.
Mana Bar[edit]
Outside of Australian Gamer, Blomberg was one of the founding creators of The Mana Bar, an Australian cocktail bar and video gaming lounge in Brisbane, Australia.
Website[edit]
Australian Gamer is a video gaming website that focused on the gaming scene in Australia. It was created in 2005 by gaming friends Matt Burgess and Guy "Yug" Blomberg in order to give Australia a voice within the gaming world after the release of Dance Dance Revolution was cancelled in Australia. Blomberg and Burgess decided to create an Australian-based website to voice their opinions via podcast.[1] Australia is notoriously neglected when it comes to video game releases.
The site previously featured a semi-regular Penny Arcade-style comic update illustrated by Guy Blomberg and is accompanied by a "rant" by Matt Burgess on the same topic. A weekly podcast frequently follows the post as well as a community-based debate in the site's forum which discusses a variety of topics including the apparently obvious topic of the state of gaming in Australia, as well as gaming in general. The forums however are renowned amongst fans of the site for both their total lack of professionalism and dignity as well as deep, thoughtful discussions.
In May 2012, Gameplanet acquired Australian Gamer and redirected the domain to the Australian Gameplanet domain.[2]
Controversies[edit]
Australian Gamer has become known in the local industry as being outspoken and controversial. Most recently they brought attention to the fact that the winners of the 2007 Game1 LAN gaming competitions had not received their prize money.[3] After Australian Gamer writer and LAN competitor Andrew Starkey brought to attention that the winners had been waiting well over a month for payments,[4] the issue gained attention from other gaming websites, including Kotaku.[5] Shortly afterwards, the GAME1 prize money was awarded.[6]
In addition, the site has come under fire for a comic strip making light of the death of famed World Rally Champion Colin McRae.[7] The comic depicted a mock game cover with the title "Colin McRae Helicopter Racing".
Earlier in 2007, Australian Gamer writer AJ had a public debate with BigPond's Corporate Affairs Manager Craig Middleton over the terms and conditions of a gaming promotion, Project Joystick. AJ took exception to the fact that BigPond would take ownership of the top 10 finalists' Intellectual Property and what followed was described as a "public slanging match". This generated a large amount of discussion in the local industry with independent game development website Sumea[citation needed] and gaming website PALGN [8] picking up the story. Australian video game magazine, Hyper (produced by Next Media Pty Ltd), carried an editorial on the subject, including quotes from AJ and Craig Middleton's online discussion.
Podcasts[edit]
Australian Gamer produced a weekly podcast covering the news and goings-on in the game world and gaming in Australia. It was one of the longest running gaming podcasts in Australia. The podcast was produced and hosted by Blomberg and Burgess and frequently featured guests from the local gaming industry. The pair interviewed developers and producers from companies such as Irrational Games (now 2K Australia), Krome Studios, Auran, THQ Studio Australia, The Creative Assembly, and Lava Injection (now Game Audio Australia). The pair also had the opportunity to interview Uwe Boll on his game-based movie Postal.[9]
The Sydney Morning Herald has referred to the podcast as "an influential podcast on gaming",[10] and Sumea, Australia's leading gaming industry resource said, "they're the Roy and H.G. of gaming, and produce not only the best local gaming podcast around, but is up there with the best the rest of the world has to offer". In November 2006 the podcast was listed as one of iTunes Music Store's featured podcasts for Australia, prominently joining ABC Radio and the National Geographic Podcast.
Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw was occasionally featured on the podcasts, as a recurring guest.
Blomberg also hosts the Game Hugs podcast.[11]
PAX Australia[edit]
Guy Blomberg is also known for organizing the gaming party called PAX Australia.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ "australiangamer.com - australiangamer Resources and Information". www.australiangamer.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Australian Gamer acquired by Gameplanet | Asia Pacific games industry news | MCV Pacific". Archived from the original on 2014-08-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "australiangamer.com - australiangamer Resources and Information". www.australiangamer.com.
- ↑ "australiangamer.com - australiangamer Resources and Information". www.australiangamer.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Win GAME1, Receive A Royal Shafting". Kotaku Australia. January 9, 2008.
- ↑ Calendar, The Events. "Upcoming Events – Geek Events Australia".
- ↑ Burgess, Matt (2007-09-18). "What IS in a name?". Australian Gamer. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Is Project Joystick playing you? Video Game News". Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2021-02-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Australian Gamer Podcast Episode 63". Australian Gamer. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lee, Julian (March 22, 2007). "PlayStation 3's a smashing success". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ January 13, Raj DeutIn Newson; Read, 20161 Min (2016-01-13). "Guy 'Yug' Blomberg launches new podcast: Game Hugs". Reckoner. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ↑ October 26, Raj DeutIn Featureson; Read, 20155 Min (2015-10-26). "Interview: Guy "Yug" Blomberg - PAX Australia". Reckoner. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
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