Carved from Sydney · Est. 2018

A woodblock chronicle of the games we love

Slow-brewed RPG deep dives, honest indie spotlights, and patch breakdowns — printed line by carved line from our studio in Darlinghurst.

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What we print

Columns pressed fresh each week

RPG Deep Dives

Long-form · new issue every Thursday · free

Full playthrough essays on the giants — from Baldur's Gate 3 companion arcs to Elden Ring lore threads — usually 3,000+ words with spoiler-gated sections and a build appendix.

Indie Spotlights

Fortnightly · Australian devs first · free

Interviews and first-look reviews of small studios, with a soft spot for the Sydney and Melbourne scene. We cover Steam Next Fest picks and the games nobody else is talking about yet.

Patch & Meta Breakdowns

Same-day · live-service titles · free

Clear, no-hype notes on balance changes for Helldivers 2, PoE 2 and the rest — what actually shifts, which builds survive, and whether the update is worth reinstalling for.

The Frost Print Club

Membership · AUD $6/month · cancel anytime

Members get the monthly review digest, entry to our Crown Street game nights, and a limited woodblock print of each year's Game of the Year cover mailed anywhere in Australia.

From the press

Cover art & carved scenes

Carved cover illustration of a snow-bound RPG hero — Frostbound — our GOTY cover woodcut

Illustration for an indie platformer feature — Sydney indie showcase print

Poster for a Crown Street game night — Crown Street game night poster

Lore map carved for a fantasy feature — Hand-carved lore map series

The desk

Writers at the press

Priya N.

Editor-in-chief · RPGs

Ex-QA at a Sydney studio, 400 hours in every CRPG she reviews. Refuses to skip side quests.

Marcus T.

Indie & interviews

Runs our Steam Next Fest coverage and hunts for the strange demos nobody has heard of yet.

Aiko S.

Meta & live-service

Spreadsheets patch notes for fun. If a build is broken, she has already tested it twice.

Dev R.

Woodblock illustrator

Carves every cover by hand in the back room. One print can take three days to pull.

Marginalia

What readers scribble back

"Their Baldur's Gate 3 companion series is the only reason I finally finished Act 3. Genuinely better than the official wiki."

— Jordan M., Newtown NSW

"I pitched my tiny puzzle game half-expecting silence. Marcus played it for two hours and wrote the kindest, sharpest review I've had."

— Elena V., Melbourne VIC

"The Crown Street game nights are the best thing in Darlinghurst on a Friday. Got my GOTY print framed above my desk."

— Sam K., Surry Hills NSW

Articles printed

Indie studios covered

Monthly readers

Game nights held

Get in touch

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Got a game we should cover, a studio to introduce, or a game night to join? Drop us a line — we read every message from the Crown Street desk.

Phone: +61 2 9360 6789
Studio: 67 Crown Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Email: [email protected]
Desk hours: Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm AEST