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Honest game reviews, retro deep-dives, and speedrun guides written by a small crew of players in Carlton, Melbourne. Pull up a chrome stool and dig in.
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CosmicMoonFrontier started in 2016 as a Lygon Street zine passed around between three friends who argued about frame rates over bottomless coffee. Today we're a proper blog, but the booth energy never left.
We don't chase launch-day hype. We finish the games, replay the classics, and only publish when we've actually got something worth saying. No affiliate padding, no review scores bought with early codes.
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What we serve up each week
The Full Playthrough Review
Deep, credits-rolled reviews of new releases — no verdict until we've finished the campaign. Published Thursdays, roughly 2,500 words with a spoiler-free top section and a marked spoiler zone below.
New every Thursday · Free to read
Retro Rewind Deep-Dives
Long-form histories of the games that built the medium — from SNES RPGs to arcade cabinets you'd find down at a Melbourne milk bar in 1994. Interviews, box-art scans, and preservation notes included.
Monthly · Members get audio versions
Guides & Speedrun Routes
Tested, screenshot-heavy walkthroughs and beginner speedrun routes. Every step is verified by our crew on real hardware before it goes live, so you're never chasing a patch that broke the strat.
Updated after every major patch
Snapshots from our favourite posts
What our readers say
"Finally a review site that finishes the game before scoring it. Their playthrough review saved me from a $110 pre-order I'd have regretted."
"The Retro Rewind on SNES RPGs sent me down a two-week rabbit hole. Beautifully researched and the box-art scans are gorgeous."
"I followed their speedrun route and shaved eleven minutes off my personal best on the first try. Every step actually works."
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