Melbourne · Vaporwave Gaming Zine

Press start on the crimson frontier.

Deep RPG breakdowns, retro revivals and honest indie reviews — written by players who log the hours, not the hype.

New this week: our 6,000-word Baldur's Gate 3 endgame guide is live.

Our Mission

Games writing that respects your time and your backlog.

We started CrimsonQuestFrontier from a share-house in Fitzroy in 2019 because gaming coverage had gone shallow. Every review here is played to credits, every guide is tested twice, and every recommendation is one we would give a friend across the couch.

How We Cover

From launch night to full clear

Play to credits

No first-impression scores dressed up as reviews. We finish the campaign, chase the side content, then write — typically 20 to 60 hours logged per title.

Notebook of game notes beside a controller

Test every guide

Boss strats and build orders are run twice on separate saves before they publish. If a route breaks after a patch, we flag the date and fix it within 48 hours.

Spotlight the small

One indie deep-dive every fortnight, with a soft spot for Aussie studios. We interview the devs and link straight to their store page — never a paid placement.

The Crew

Who's holding the controller

Mara Kessler

Editor-in-Chief · RPGs

1,200 hours in CRPGs and counting. Writes our long-form endgame guides.

Dev Tran

Retro & Emulation

Restores CRTs on weekends. Runs our "revisited" column on 8- and 16-bit classics.

Sione Ofa

Indie Scout

Haunts itch.io and Melbourne game jams to find the next hidden gem first.

Jules Reyes

Video & Streams

Turns our written guides into no-nonsense walkthrough clips, spoiler-tagged.

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