Tim Biggs
@timbiggs.bsky.social
Writer. Classic games enthusiast. I cover consumer tech @ The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
Samus the cat does not think I should be allowed to work.
August 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Samus the cat does not think I should be allowed to work.
Played Mina the Hollower demo over lunch. First impression was to nerd out about video settings. The game's running at 256x144, so GBC but wider, and uses a perfect integer scale: 15x for 4K, 10x for 1440p, 7x for 1080p, 5x for 720p. Looks amazing, and on Switch 2 it runs 120Hz handheld and docked.
August 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Played Mina the Hollower demo over lunch. First impression was to nerd out about video settings. The game's running at 256x144, so GBC but wider, and uses a perfect integer scale: 15x for 4K, 10x for 1440p, 7x for 1080p, 5x for 720p. Looks amazing, and on Switch 2 it runs 120Hz handheld and docked.
Fun fact: my copy of Final Fantasy has pen writing I've never thought to translate until now. The bit at the bottom says the game was completed on 31/1/89, which rules. But I have no hope of translating the upper message. I wonder what this RPG-beating badass was writing on their games 35 years ago?
July 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fun fact: my copy of Final Fantasy has pen writing I've never thought to translate until now. The bit at the bottom says the game was completed on 31/1/89, which rules. But I have no hope of translating the upper message. I wonder what this RPG-beating badass was writing on their games 35 years ago?
We’ve adopted a kitten. The home said she was rescued off the road at five weeks old, having fallen out the back of a moving ute. But she’s tough. I’ve called her Samus.
July 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We’ve adopted a kitten. The home said she was rescued off the road at five weeks old, having fallen out the back of a moving ute. But she’s tough. I’ve called her Samus.
I reviewed Mario Kart last week, and today put the link in my spreadsheet of reviews, finding I've now covered more than 300 games for Age / SMH over around 11 years. My dream is to one day fill in the (substantial) gaps and put out a Leonard Maltin style review book. Could cover a whole decade!
June 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I reviewed Mario Kart last week, and today put the link in my spreadsheet of reviews, finding I've now covered more than 300 games for Age / SMH over around 11 years. My dream is to one day fill in the (substantial) gaps and put out a Leonard Maltin style review book. Could cover a whole decade!
Can confirm my favourite modern cube controller, the BattlerGC Pro, works great with Switch 2! Perfect in the GameCube app, but also any time you don’t mind octagonal gates and a big ol’ primary face button.
June 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Can confirm my favourite modern cube controller, the BattlerGC Pro, works great with Switch 2! Perfect in the GameCube app, but also any time you don’t mind octagonal gates and a big ol’ primary face button.
Oh shit, Confetti Cowboys is on.
May 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Oh shit, Confetti Cowboys is on.
The first download of Playdate Season 2 came with an absolutely cooked “live broadcast” service called Blippo+. There’s heaps of stuff on but it all seems to be degrading and interrupted by an alien transmission. I love it.
May 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The first download of Playdate Season 2 came with an absolutely cooked “live broadcast” service called Blippo+. There’s heaps of stuff on but it all seems to be degrading and interrupted by an alien transmission. I love it.
EXCUSE ME?! This is Sonic Shuffle erasure!
May 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
EXCUSE ME?! This is Sonic Shuffle erasure!
When I wrote about game / console prices last week I knew a Microsoft price rise was imminent. Xbox was just suspiciously too far left in the graphs. Too late to update the story now but here's what the console graph looks like adjusted for today's Australian price rise.
May 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When I wrote about game / console prices last week I knew a Microsoft price rise was imminent. Xbox was just suspiciously too far left in the graphs. Too late to update the story now but here's what the console graph looks like adjusted for today's Australian price rise.
Wild timing on the Oblivion remaster. One of my favourite RPGs of all time and this year I set a goal to finally finish all the main quest lines. I did it over Easter. I think I may be all Oblivioned out for now. JK, I’m off to start my 100th wood elf archer.
April 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Wild timing on the Oblivion remaster. One of my favourite RPGs of all time and this year I set a goal to finally finish all the main quest lines. I did it over Easter. I think I may be all Oblivioned out for now. JK, I’m off to start my 100th wood elf archer.
They’re learning the art of the play-and-pass 🥲
April 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
They’re learning the art of the play-and-pass 🥲
The dev behind Canabalt has made a Prince of Persia / Wolfenstein mashup for the Pico-8 fantasy console, and it rules. bsky.app/profile/adam...
March 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The dev behind Canabalt has made a Prince of Persia / Wolfenstein mashup for the Pico-8 fantasy console, and it rules. bsky.app/profile/adam...
Is this a test? Because I feel like if I click this and it says anything other than "No! Do not click links on random emails from feasible but unfamiliar sources", then it's already failed. Unless it's a legitimate scammer who knows I can't resist security training fakeouts.
March 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Is this a test? Because I feel like if I click this and it says anything other than "No! Do not click links on random emails from feasible but unfamiliar sources", then it's already failed. Unless it's a legitimate scammer who knows I can't resist security training fakeouts.
The wireless retro multiplayer in NSO is super good and underrated. Our littlest one just got a pink Switch Lite for his birthday and is loving it, but most I’ve heard him cackle so far is MKSS Battle Mode with me and his big brother. So much better than link cables.
February 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The wireless retro multiplayer in NSO is super good and underrated. Our littlest one just got a pink Switch Lite for his birthday and is loving it, but most I’ve heard him cackle so far is MKSS Battle Mode with me and his big brother. So much better than link cables.
Also shout out to Sega for sending me this bottle of non-alcoholic Pirate Yakuza beverage from Seadrift, so I can pretend I'm drinking spiced rum on my lunch break from work.
February 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Also shout out to Sega for sending me this bottle of non-alcoholic Pirate Yakuza beverage from Seadrift, so I can pretend I'm drinking spiced rum on my lunch break from work.
I’m sure I’ve made an absolute meal of other people’s special interests with a random comment in a story loads of time, so I’m not judging here. But this intro to a Sonic 3 review had me wheezing.
December 20, 2024 at 7:56 AM
I’m sure I’ve made an absolute meal of other people’s special interests with a random comment in a story loads of time, so I’m not judging here. But this intro to a Sonic 3 review had me wheezing.
Birthday haul: Zelda manga and an excellent complete copy of Mario Paint. My wife gets me :).
December 16, 2024 at 5:53 AM
Birthday haul: Zelda manga and an excellent complete copy of Mario Paint. My wife gets me :).
Mind boggling controller effects.
December 6, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Mind boggling controller effects.
I went to a board game swap meet and came home with this absolute beauty as an early Christmas for myself.
December 1, 2024 at 8:24 AM
I went to a board game swap meet and came home with this absolute beauty as an early Christmas for myself.
Happy 30th to a real one. I was just introducing the kids to its bop of a soundtrack over dinner and now they’re in bed it’s time to collect some bananas.
November 27, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Happy 30th to a real one. I was just introducing the kids to its bop of a soundtrack over dinner and now they’re in bed it’s time to collect some bananas.