Independent gaming, Collingwood-made
Games worth your weekend, reviewed by people who finish them
No hype cycles, no review-bombing, no sponsored scores. Just honest write-ups on RPGs, indies and the odd 200-hour obsession — filed from a share-house on Smith Street.
About the log
A gaming blog that keeps its sea-legs
FrostGameExpedition started in 2019 as a group chat arguing about JRPG endings and turned into one of Australia's most-read independent gaming sites. We publish four long-form pieces a week — reviews, retrospectives and patch breakdowns — with zero paid placements.
Every score is earned over real playtime: we don't grade a 60-hour RPG off a two-hour preview build. If we couldn't finish it, we tell you why. That stubbornness is the whole point.
How a review gets made
From launch day to published verdict
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Full playthrough first
We start the clock at launch and log every hour. Main story, side content, endgame — nothing gets scored until the credits roll.
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Performance testing
Frame-rates, load times and crashes get captured on console and PC so the write-up reflects how it actually runs on release-day hardware.
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Second-opinion pass
A second crew member plays the disputed bits. If our takes clash, that tension goes into the piece instead of getting smoothed over.
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Publish & revisit
The verdict goes live, then we update it after major patches. A launch-week mess that fixes itself deserves a fair second look.
The crew
Who's holding the controller
Marlowe Finch
Editor & RPG lead
Founder, tactics obsessive, and the reason our JRPG reviews run 3,000 words. Once logged 340 hours in a single Persona playthrough.
Sana Delacroix
Indie & features
Hunts down the weird itch.io gems nobody else covers. Runs our Friday indie spotlight and interviews solo devs across the Asia-Pacific.
Theo Nakamura
Tech & performance
Our benchmark nerd. Captures every frame-time graph and load-time test so a "runs great" claim actually has numbers behind it.
What you get
More than a score out of ten
Full-playthrough reviews
Long-form verdicts written after we've actually rolled credits — pacing, endgame and all the stuff previews never mention.
Patch & roadmap tracking
We revisit live-service and early-access titles after big updates so a review from launch never quietly goes stale.
Friday indie spotlight
A weekly deep-dive on an under-the-radar release, plus a chat with the developer about how they built it.
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Support the log
Membership tiers
The site stays free and ad-light. Members keep the lights on and get a few extras.
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- Full access to every review & guide
- Weekly newsletter
- Comment & community threads
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- Everything in Deckhand
- Ad-free reading & early access
- Monthly members-only livestream
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Captain
A$25 /month
- Everything in First Mate
- Name in the credits of every review
- Quarterly gaming care-package by post
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Get in touch
Pitch, tip or just say hi
Got a review request, an indie tip, or want to write for us? Drop a line. We read everything, usually reply within two business days, and yes — freelancers are welcome.
Phone: +61 3 9419 5827
Email: [email protected]
Studio: 102 Smith Street, Collingwood VIC 3066
Hours: Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm AEST