A Melbourne gaming journal
Read the games like films.
Thunder Dungeon Chronicle covers RPGs, roguelikes, and immersive sims with long-form reviews and lore essays — shot through a film-noir lens, written from Fitzroy.
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Our story
From a Fitzroy loft to a nightly deadline.
What began as one moody newsletter is now a small crew filing dispatches from the couch, the arcade, and the odd studio basement.
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2018
The first dispatch
A single writer emails 40 friends a 2,000-word teardown of a forgotten dungeon crawler. Half of them reply. The habit sticks.
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2020
Lockdown marathon
During Melbourne's long lockdown we publish a review every weekday for six months. Readership crosses 50,000 monthly.
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2022
A real desk
We move into a Rose Street studio, build a capture rig, and add a lore column and a preview beat covering local indie studios.
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Today
Five voices, one lens
A crew of five ships reviews, essays, and previews each week — always slow, always spoiler-flagged, always cinematic.
What we publish
Four beats, one obsessive standard.
Deep Reviews
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The reading room
Recent pieces, by category.
Reader voices
What the subscribers say.
128k
Monthly readers
640+
Games reviewed
7
Years running
2,300
Avg. words per review
Good questions
Frequently asked.
Say hello
Pitch us, or just subscribe.
Got a tip, a local studio, or a game we've slept on? Drop a line and we'll read every word.
Phone
+61 3 9642 5791Studio
63 Rose Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Hours
Mon–Fri, 10:00–18:00 AEST