Writings — Austin Lancaster

2025

“Dryft racing, hip-hop and pirates: the cheeky, eclectic games of Aussie studio Nonsense Machine”

ROCK PAPER SHOTGUN

“Who Shall Heal Murder?: Lino Brocka’s Cain and Abel”

SENSES OF CINEMA

“‘Night At the Gates of Hell’ Games Horror’s Maestros”

ROUGH CUT

“DESPELOTE Interview: Developers Julián Cordero and Ian Berman on courting chaos to bring Ecuador to life”

SELF-PUBLISHED

“Cowboy Kitsch: The surreal Wild West nonsense of video game CHAMBERS and experimental album WIDE OPEN SPACES”

UNWINNABLE EXPLOITS

“Interview with Miguel Gomes”

KINOTOPIA

“Special Delivery: Acting Styles in Video Games”

ROUGH CUT

2024

“Profound Desires of the Gods”

UNWINNABLE EXPLOITS

“Hardly Working: Time Bandits, the anti-capitalist game where pushing a block takes half an hour ”

KINOTOPIA

“A Failure of Seriousness: Derek Jarman’s Wittgenstein”

SENSES OF CINEMA

“Fake It So Real: Miguel Gomes’s Grand Tour”

MIFF REVUE

“ACMI’s Focus on Ryuichi Sakamoto”

KINOTOPIA

“The Holdovers”

KINOTOPIA