Matt Peckham - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Matt Peckham

Article | 16/07/2008 Wii Speak, you listen says Nintendo

Leave it to Nintendo to take technology as old as dirt and tease it into a brand new "groundbreaking" peripheral.

Article | 15/07/2008 Sony Says Consoles Have 10 Year Lifecycle

Jack Tretton launched Sony's E3 press conference today by claiming the stress of today's big Sony PR event has taken two years off his life. Now just ...

Article | 4/07/2008 Japan: PS3 catches up to Wii, Xbox 360 on life support

In Japan, the Wii's lead over the PS3 shrank from six-to-one in May to just one-point-seven-to-one in June, according to Japanese magazine publisher E...

Article | 5/06/2008 Computex: Nvidia launches GeForce 9M series mobile GPUs

Promising up to 40% better performance over its last generation and Hybrid SLI support, Nvidia added seven new mobile GPUs to its notebook lineup this...

Article | 15/05/2008 LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures demo

I'm just back from leaping, rolling, tumbling, building battling, and bullwhipping my way through the first level of Traveller's Tales' just-released ...

Article | 6/05/2008 GTAIV finger-pointing: 'We're training our kids to be killers'

CNN's Glenn Beck craves attention like any pop-media celeb, so naturally he couldn't help but point his wagging finger at Grand Theft Auto IV last wee...

Article | 2/05/2008 Grand Theft Auto IV: Exceeds Every Expectation

A Brilliant Satire Wrapped in an Ingenious Crime Story Inside an Interactive Masterpiece

Article | 22/02/2008 PlayStation 3 Outsells Xbox 360 by 16% -- Nearly Passes Wii

To be honest, I didn't see this one coming. Certainly not in the opening month of the year and after the holiday rush.

Article | 28/11/2007 Manhunt 2 Requires "The Same Actions it Would Take to Stab Somebody"

Remember the days when a kunai-tipped rope and a throaty "Get over here!" in Midway's Mortal Kombat could stir up anti-violence loons like pigeons flo...

Article | 28/11/2007 "Excessive" Computer Game Playing Impairs Sleep, Verbal Ability

TV and computer game exposure affect children's sleep and degrade verbal cognitive performance, according to the official journal of the American Acad...

Article | 28/11/2007 The Wizards of Oz: Australia Luring Game Devs?

UK-based trade mag MCV today reports that Brisbane-based developer Vile Studios is suggesting that an "appealing lifestyle looks set to lure US and Eu...

Article | 26/10/2007 PlayStation Eye and Eye of Judgment PS3 game

It's difficult to imagine a weirder way to inaugurate Sony's new all-grown-up sounding PlayStation Eye than with a counter-intuitively sedentary fanta...

Article | 21/09/2007 Playstation 3 Ready to Rumble, But Not Go Home

You win some, you lose some, and sometimes it's better to put your foot in your mouth than on the hands of gamers, who probably know better than to ta...

Article | 20/09/2007 Use the Wiimote, Luke!

The worst kept "secret" in the history of -- well, in the History of the Wii So Far, has finally been confirmed by LucasArts. Sort of. You've been wai...

Article | 13/09/2007 Australian Game Devs: We Want 40% Kickbacks Too

Game developers in Australia just want a fair shake, one they claim mediums like film and TV are already getting in the form of government kickbacks.