Australia in Video Games

[@madengineerkyouma]

Of course TF2 is the main example, and I'm happy about it

[@forzawalls6726]

*_T i t a n f a l l 2_*

[@milkman4137]

Lmao and sniper isn't even Australian

[@ihatethatyoutubedisplaysyo8106]

I mean, technologically 50 years ahead of the rest of the world while being filled with ultra-buff people isn't a bad deal.

[@justfajr6981]

@@milkman4137 Did you watch the video?

[@shiniestaipom123]

@@milkman4137 he's from New Zealand

[@ArchsageCanas]

To be fair, in American media, every country is boiled down to 2 stereotypes at best alongside with a funny accent to accompany the impression.

[@kiba_the_lucky]

We even do this to parts of our own country. "Texan" is basically a personality type at this point.

[@warcrimeconnoisseur5238]

I feel bad for Russia and Germany

[@Markm8]

That’s what every country dose

[@samvimes9510]

And other countries just think of hamburgers and bald eagles when America comes to mind. That's why people call us "burgers," and it's goddamn hilarious.

[@drakinkoren]

@@samvimes9510 I could call you many things, and "burgers" would not be one of them 😅

[@relagob8380]

Yes, Saxton Hale's chest hair is in the shape of Australia.

[@Wolfine21]

I'm surprised that wasn't mentioned in the video

[@davo_]

i just thought it was common knowledge that this point

[@WednesdayMan]

It's too obvious, doesn't need to be mentioned.

[@CaptainApathetic]

That's not shaved either, it just grows like that!

[@quintonwinton7210]

@@CaptainApathetic yeah every australian in the tf2 universe has a moustace and aussie shape chest hair (including wpmen)

[@jackdamascus4506]

Fun fact: in the Doom Eternal Global map, it shows a Red dot that’s supposed to indicate Demonic activity, but Australia has legit no Red dots at all, meaning that Demons didn’t want to fuck with us

[@Helperbot-2000]

Yall already got demons and fire lol

[@AndyViant]

No, it's all red. We're already demons here and they don't come into our plane of reality to f*** with us or we set the spiders on them

[@PistolSovereign]

Told you vegemites repel the demons away.

[@namanish450]

Nah you just can't see the dot against the red map

[@apostleoftea8426]

That means it's canon!

[@mrmilktrayman8002]

I was genuinely really touched by the warning to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers about their dead being shown, a lot of people, whether they're from Aussie or not, don't give a shit because "it takes too much time." The fact that you have done that, and you're also promoing Virtual Songlines shows that you're a true legend. On ya, mate.

[@cogbait]

@Sanctus Paulus respect the culture of other people mate

[@explosivelimejuice6111]

@Sanctus Paulus Fine then others will not respect yours

[@mrmilktrayman8002]

@Sanctus Paulus lmao go back to twitter nerd

[@barryschwarz]

@Sanctus Paulus I bet your mum can't pick which of her brothers was your dad.

[@Sinchu9]

I'm curious about the significence of this, is it due to beliefes that viewing imaged of deceased people while they were alive is seen as disrespectful or bad luck?

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

Australia can make for a killer pokemon region.

[@davo_]

unironically, because despite what americans think our landscapes are very diverse (desert, outback, rainforest, snowy mountains, etc.) which would be perfect for a pokemon region. there'd be too many bug/poison types tho with all the spoiders

[@alexbattaglia8297]

yeah, except "ice" type might mean something a bit different

[@CarrotConsumer]

@@davo_ You sure like to whinge about Americans don't you?

[@aussieboy4279]

@@CarrotConsumer your not Aussie if you don’t whinge about Americans mate

[@aSmallGreenDot]

@@davo_ redback pokemon you find it in the garage

[@mackb2852]

Ive never laughed so hard than the GTA Western Sydney joke. That was fucking hilarious

[@davo_]

glad you liked it! was a little unsure of whether to put it in the vid but glad i did 👍

[@mackb2852]

@@davo_ As someone who frequents Western Sydney its all too true mate. Loved it!

[@professionalgiraffe7181]

i swear Sydney gets love and not Melbourne........

[@angusrogers760]

@@professionalgiraffe7181 we were mentioned at one point but i dont think anyone likes us all too much lmao

[@penguinwolf3330]

@@professionalgiraffe7181 cause Melbourne's a shithole

[@dapperfield595]

*looks at 999+ ping counter* Nah I got the true Australian experience in any game I play, mate.

[@chickennugget6684]

Welcome to Australia, you’ll never get higher average Ping anywhere else! ..except Antarctica i guess.

[@BLAND_TC]

this is too real

[@espresso387]

Chop off some magpie feet, it works wonders for me.

[@andrewpatch5027]

Rubber Band Gang Mate. Chopping away with our 2 fps

[@AfferbeckBeats]

I've always thought a GTA type game set in Sydney or Melbourne would be great, somewhere in the 70s-90s. Basically do Chopper the movie the game. Also a Red Dead but with Australian bushrangers would be amazing.

[@camblycreeper7999]

Red Dead but with a Ned Kelly Character who is worshipped by half the fanbase

[@comdrive3865]

I literally just came to youtube, typed in "australia video games" and came here commented this.. IMO Australia in the 70s would be wild. seeing all the old aussie souped up muscle cars too and panel vans..one can dream. I hope it's coming either GTA 7 or GTA 8

[@Gokes93]

I'll always stand by the Aussie marines in Halo: CE "Hey mate, that was mine! You stole my kill!" gets me every time xD

[@yazidefirenze]

-"Mate, I was gunna drop 'im! Bloody killstealer..."-

[@crobertplopper1444]

a rdr like game set in Australia during the gold rush would make a great setting for a game tbh

[@xboxprotogen95]

Alternate universe where instead of going to tahiti the van der linde gang go to Australia

[@KenoReplay.]

This is what I've said from the start. I had an entire rant about it once even.

[@joshbignell8891]

Ned Kelly boss fight when

[@Kden21]

i know in as late as the '20s Australia was looking a lot like the wild west in terms of... well everything. It could be a very interesting game with cool things like the historical period and the post-WW1 technology.

[@oi-yeah-nah-mate7731]

I would play the fuck out of that

[@acx2202]

in doom eternal, the devs actually said that the demons were afraid of Australia so they left it alone

[@requirescoffee8420]

Fucking tru though, too scared of the 12 yeear olds in frankston and redfern.

[@sergeantdoor7678]

Lmao, scared because the spiders will rip them to shreds

[@samueljo7910]

@@sergeantdoor7678 Don't forget the snakes

[@sergeantdoor7678]

@@samueljo7910 Can’t forget the snakes…

[@PriestLargo.]

You for real?

[@realkingofantarctica]

Ah, Australia. The funniest country. It feels like just yesterday that I discovered what a "servo" was.

[@davo_]

yeah mate im garn down to the servo now, you need anythin cob?

[@kal465]

@@davo_ coupla fuckn darts an a crate a fuckn vee bees m8

[@sweetwheatsy]

@@davo_ just chuck some beers in the ute for me

[@davo_]

roighto cunce ill be back in twenny aye

[@nutsuloid1887]

very subtle, im glad valve is representing us how we actually are

[@NetworKrakle]

There's an Australian fallout inspired game in development called Broken Roads. looks pretty cool, sounds pretty cool. might wanna check that out.

[@razenburn]

So I'm Italian Aussie and I'd lose my shit (in a good way) if I saw an Australian representative in a game turn out to be a super woggy character. Like a first gen Italian who runs a pizzaria on Lygon st and throws Italian words in every now and again to sound exotic. Bellissimo!

[@Marth667]

Oh boy that would be amazing. I nominate John Barilaro or his real name: Giovanni Domenic to voice the character.

[@AC-hj9tv]

I make-a da fairy bread!

[@razenburn]

@@Marth667I really don't want that man representing me. Joe Avatti would do a great voice. Fuck, I'll take Con the Fruiterer. Just not Bruz.

[@JB-rc2up]

Considering the parallels Australia had with the American wild west, I feel that a Red Dead game would be a great place to start. I mean there's all the bushranger and indigenous folklore to pull from and I think it would be familiar enough for people to connect with it easily, but the change in scenery and environment would be enough of a twist for it to be quite interesting.

[@madkingnarfi]

Also considering that in rdr2 online one of the missions seems to take inspiration from Ned Kelly with the metal armour design

[@cyberneticsquid]

That is... actually something I really want to see now

[@Dalekzilla54]

Red Dead: Eureka Stockade.

[@drumboarder1]

That might actually work, modern Australia would be boring as shit but.. Back then maybe not

[@comradebusman3]

We need a game about ned kelly styled like rdr2

[@TetraDax]

Mate you think you have it bad? Try being German. We are _very_ well represented within video games, and I really wish we weren't.

[@goldensp3038]

Haha, Russians and Germans in games.

[@luisphelipecarvalho5990]

Hah germans = naz1s amirite? 🤣🤣 Me fun

[@aguspuig6615]

spainards literally dont exist in gaming its like the one major european country with a distinct culture that never apears in games

[@luisphelipecarvalho5990]

@@aguspuig6615 Spain fsr is pretty "irrelevant" everywhere, not only in games... People literally thinks Spanish culture and Mexican are the same You can see this on movies and games...

[@simongames100]

your username doesnt really help with getting rid of the stereotype

[@skuarez]

I live in Austria and this country is either known for being the place giving Hitler and Mozart, or mistaken for Australia

[@no.1valkmainAL_oce]

As an Aussie… yup.

[@xymaryai8283]

so many times ive accidentally clicked Austria in a drop down menu...

[@1DFM1]

Gotta admit that WW1 games also have Austria represented, despite that I completely agree with u

[@menaatefadly]

I did see a vid talking about the history of your wine and how it evolved into being a hub for great wine

[@MayoTiger]

The amount of people who have sent me articles about Australia because I'm an Aussie.. except it's actually an article about Austria

[@zoruasnivy]

I remember being really happy when I found out they had the rainbow serpent as a character in Persona and SMT. I'd love more media focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as there are so many groups all with different and rich cultures, and a lot of it never gets looked at outside of the Oceanic region. Even looking at my state, QLD, there are so many good things to pull from in general. A game set in the Daintree discovering new species of wildlife, a game set on a rural cattle farm where you have to deal with termites and drought, even a game where you have to help the GBR flourish could be interesting. I think if overseas studios tried to study us beyond a list of stereotypes it could be really neat.

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Imagine Fallout 5 set in Australia with giant venomous spiders and neverending fires.

[@Toothily]

Sometimes you pick up bottlecaps from beer bottles, and they give you some stupid trivia that’s printed on ‘em.

[@defacto4540]

You mean just normal Australia.

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

@@defacto4540 , exactly.

[@GokantheHusky]

All I can say is FUCK...YES! I would so play that sort of game if it existed and commend it for any and all Aussie jokes mentioned or shown.

[@AndyViant]

That was the Earth 2019 update. Completely changed the meta.

[@thereisaplaceineastmelbourne]

would love to see an Eshay in Overwatch, he has a knife is 12 from Frankston and if you look at his TN's he enters a raged state where he takes 20% more damage but deals 50% more.

[@xymaryai8283]

fucking aaaa

[@marcrestorations492]

Full Adidas tracksuit and yells ESHHHAYYYY! For the special ability.

[@KINGSNADDY]

His special ranged attack is throwing his empty disposable vapes at you

[@ezradavies5995]

@@KINGSNADDY he can use vapes for a minor speed boost and then have maybe 5 uses and once he's out he can throw it.

[@CasinoLuigii]

3 Skins with all different voices and different towns frankston blacktown logan

[@BeatCrazey]

"Not sure why a country as historically insignificant as us got into the game but hey they also put Brazil in." As a Brazilian, I LOLed. In terms of Brazilian representation in videogames, it's either Rio de Janeiro or Amazon Rainforest lol.

[@ronaldzhemelon3882]

capoeira, carnaval, soccer... no one talks about that one time we fought some dolphins on ww1, but unlike the australians and their emu war, we actually won the battle ._.

[@jaodasaveiroprata2764]

Clearly Davo is salty cause we been a part of the civ roster since CIV5

[@jaodasaveiroprata2764]

@@ronaldzhemelon3882 the fuck is soccer?

[@ronaldzhemelon3882]

@@jaodasaveiroprata2764 the stupid name they gave to football, so no one thinks im talking about "hand egg" from the north americans ._.

[@aSmallGreenDot]

@@ronaldzhemelon3882 funny reddit emu war meme xd

[@Izahdnb]

Borderlands: The Pre Sequel is basically Space Australia.

[@deadweight7334]

Watch out for space dingos, they'll eat your space baby

[@Toothily]

I did really appreciate TPS for that. Janey is iconic af. (Also I love that Athena and her end up dating.)

[@Gokes93]

More specifically, space Brisbane

[@Gillyexp]

Go Space Broncos

[@Carlos-pt5hd]

Cheers for mentioning “Indigenous Australians!”, I always like the idea of having a “Assassin Creed” type game based around “Pemulwuy” and the Aboriginal resistance!

[@weirdeadz]

As an Australian myself, I can confirm he perfectly describes our country. Jokes aside this video’s amazing. Keep up the good work! Also, Australian GTA 6 should be in Sydney so that we can actually drive on the Opera House.

[@SunflowerTwix]

The crime is just as accurate as LA, so it's a good city to choose! :D

[@A.v.o.i.d]

When I was young, I was always disappointed that there weren’t more good games set in Czech or Slovak republics. Now with kingdom come, deus ex MD, EU4 and age of empires II I can say that I am really happy. I guess that I somewhat know how you feel. The virtual songlines doesn’t look bad at all.

[@aspielm759]

You also get an important mention in HOI4 … as Germany’s economy booster and abandoned ally of the allies. ( sad Czechoslovakia noises )

[@thewazzockplonker8540]

Check Hrot's demo out, it's absolutely loaded with Czechoslovakian shit

[@quadrille4959]

We also had a level in COD dont forget that

[@quadrille4959]

@@aspielm759 Dont forget also at the Units they get

[@pupkake397]

honestly i feel like Australia is an under used place when it comes to post apocalyptic games, like Australia already has mutant monster animals. you can just make the bulidngs run down and boom, post apoc game

[@AndyViant]

You have obviously never been to Woodridge. Any buildings that are still standing after meth lab explsions undermine the post apocalyptic vibe

[@кяуртіс]

@@AndyViant Depends what side, oddly enough the side with the police station boardering slacks is somehow worse than the one further away from cops.

[@yazidefirenze]

Size the spiders up to a car Ruin buildings Boom. Post Australia-lypse

[@walterwhite2727]

Mate you forgot about the crippling meth addiction every true rural Aussie has

[@jessepinkman5629]

I have have a crippling meth addiction

[@its_saval]

@@jessepinkman5629 noice, i can fulfill your needs. just give me a rang alright (only accept bitcoin)

[@commonhousehuman]

drugs are so easy to access here in australia, not that i do drugs i just know where i could get them. literally found out by random peoples conversations

[@tofferooni4972]

@@commonhousehuman Just head to Nimbin and walk around for a while and you’ll leave with a few more ‘plants’ in your pockets.

[@blastfiend7478]

Bendigo

[@liambroussard7807]

Australia in real life: giant cities full of people. Australia in movies: desert, just, desert.

[@lanceman169]

I thought about making a Far Cry Primal like game set in Australia in 50,000 B.C.E.

[@Ommelanden]

How Overwatch treats Australia: The only place that went to shit in a futuristic world How Team Fortress 2 treats Australia: The most advanced place in a world of morons Most Aussie Overwatch character: A complete lunatic that lobs around poorly made explosives with no sense of direction and reason Most Aussie Team Fortress 2 character: An invincible man with billions who can do pretty much anything he wants, yet still sensible enough to not fight a child Choose your game wisely

[@mercenarygundam1487]

What they both have in common: Neglected by their developers.

[@Kippykip]

2:26 this is inspiring to me to make a postal 2 like game set in australia

[@aSmallGreenDot]

the bad guys are eshays, right?

[@davo_]

its still gonna have Alvin and The Chipmunks in it somehow isnt it

[@Loup-mx7yt]

In metro lore, Australia is the least affected area on earth and are doing fairly good,

[@cogbait]

It’s what we are all trained for

[@skylearoce3258]

The western sydney bit reminded me of classic FriendlyJordies. I loved it

[@professorpalmmute]

lol i wanna see someone make a game titled: "Attack of the eshays: Assault in Adlay" Oh and I'm guessing that you come from leb heritage

[@N00N01]

Having fallout 5 in the outback and trying to find out why australia was nuked too would be a great *concept*

[@dangerouslytalented]

gigantic two headed kangaroos fighting deathclaws in the ruins of the MCG or in the Sydney Opera House, or perhaps swarms of emus laying seige to an Australian Vault City

[@DazBochiz]

Why was australia nuked - lol just the british in like the 50s

[@AndyViant]

Australia didn't need to be nuked, the Aussie outback is just an uninhabited wasteland already

[@RandomCorvid]

@@AndyViant The twist ending, Australia was never nuked.

[@DazBochiz]

@@AndyViant 1. The outback has already been nuked 2. It's definitely not uninhabited

[@lizardlegend42]

I have a friend from Perth who went to school here for many years (I'm Irish for context) and I have to say he's such a living steriotype it was hilarious 😅. He surfs, is blonde with a ponytail, is a frankly amazing rock singer and was in a band, his granddad owns a small island in indonesia, kept several budgies, I could go on. He moved back last year and I sorely miss that classic Australian-ness in my life. So yeah I'm with you on this!

[@kodasworldtv]

You forgot to mention the Australian characters in the Battlefield 1 War Story, "The Runner" A realistic and respected representation of the Anzacs. Lest We Forget.

[@jordanwright5906]

Legit racking the comment section for this exact example

[@williammcnamara2502]

BRO I SPAT MY DRINK OUT WHEN I SAW YOU INCLUDED THE RUSSEL COIGHT HANDSHAKE MEME

[@Asher_0660]

GTA should take place in Melbourne because there was that guy a while ago who drove onto the sidewalk and literally played gta in real life

[@jimyurripe4029]

Ahh good old waltzing Matilda for the outro. Well all I’m gona say at least dice included the Anzacs in bf1.

[@finnduggan4422]

Sad Fact: Australia had one of the highest death rates in ww1

[@ihatethatyoutubedisplaysyo8106]

Tbh whenever I played the ANZACs in BF1 I always noticed I was tryharding

[@proving9606]

Honestly the ANZACs in bf1 were literal just the British, down to the cultural representation and everything. (Except for that one Gallipoli level)

[@jimyurripe4029]

@@proving9606 True, I just really like the Gallipoli level.

[@finnduggan4422]

​@@proving9606 and... why does this matter about the Aussie death rate

[@noimageavailable2934]

The dude the only representation Belgium gets in video games is as a ww2 multiplayer map

[@crispychips7161]

Or being B grade Netherlands or France

[@drunkenqueen3077]

I need a Far Cry game that sets in Australia. Probably featuring the Outback

[@OverThickness]

I'd go for somewhere up near the Gulf of Carpentaria, or Far North Qld. Failing that, cherry picking a biome from each state for that all rounded gaming experience.

[@PlutosWorld]

Absolutely, Far Cry would actually be the perfect structure to set a game in Australia and I reckon they'd probably be able to do their best villain yet, we've got the most vile yet relatable people in the world over here, kind of guys who will butcher a family and then chuck ya 4 darts when you ask to bum one.

[@manfreddanvers3213]

@@PlutosWorld hahaha fucken aye

[@nitr8]

Far Cough ?

[@Vidler13]

Far Cry set in Broken Hill would be amazing

[@mack5692]

GTA 6 should be set in Melbourne, the amount of crazy shit that happens every other week is insane

[@Dalekzilla54]

There could be a mission where you're dodging rampaging tradies.

[@DazBochiz]

@@Dalekzilla54 just hiding from a bunch of guys in brand new hi vis

[@jooce4666]

side mission to collect 100 beugs in random places on the map *majority of them being in the bush*

[@someaussiegamer8242]

set it in mount isa and lets see what happens

[@Wet_Deer]

If an Aussie doesn’t think Saxton Hale represents them they need to change, not him.

[@rotomfan63]

Respect for saying that aboriginal people deserve more rep in games. I'm kind of ticked that they added Aussie to civ 6 and just kind of, left the aboriginals out to dry

[@EvilParagon4]

Australia was extremely in demand as evident by how popular Civ 4 and Civ 5 mods were for Australian Civs. It makes sense that Firaxis would see the demand, fulfil the demand, and move on. There's no need to be ticked off for getting what has been asked for for years. It just means now you have a new thing to ask for.

[@jackreid2664]

Right?

[@Schinshikss]

In my opinion, IRL, Australian Aboriginals are probably one of the most disadvantageous ethnic groups in history to have ever formed any socio-political organizations to compete with other ethnicities. The Maori in New Zealand had successfully fought a trench war against European colonizers, but the Aboriginals at the current stage were just too victimized in history for game developers to design any winnable civ. Moreover, trying to group Aboriginals into one ethnic group while in fact they are a collection of various wildly different languages and traditions only classified as one ethnicity because they are "all native people when European settlers arrived" is problematic by itself.

[@Bangbongwong]

@@Schinshikss it’s kinda hard to add them when they weren’t much of a civilisation

[@Yin2K]

There was an Aboringinal character in Tony Hawk Underground 2, that’s the only one I remember

[@EPICLULZ123]

Roadhog's a Kiwi, actually. Doesn't explain his accent, though in NZ they do say "cell phone" so close enough?

[@krombopulosliam9736]

eww

[@soniccwe5610]

I’d be all for more representation if Australia actually existed

[@professionalgiraffe7181]

wait does that mean i don't exist?

[@GeneratedPerson]

@@professionalgiraffe7181 yes. You’re just an actor

[@no-rn7sn]

@@professionalgiraffe7181 Yeah neither do i we don't exist

[@bestdogshadow383]

@@GeneratedPerson Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@gracefool]

I dunno I've seen Australia on maps. You're thinking of New Zealand.

[@DarkSol16]

The one bit of Aussie slang that I love that barely gets any attention is 'drongo' People should call each other that more often

[@dagoose9570]

"multicultural yet casually racist" Oh how accurate this is!

[@Marcus-ni6ip]

0:36 genuinely a great summary for a large part of Australian culture

[@coreywinter8716]

Doom Eternal shows a map of all in the demon-infested areas across the globe. Not a single gore nest in New Zealand or Australia. this is a fair bit into the future so I can only imagine they stayed away due to some kind of evolved eshay

[@calcutt4]

Maybe they have arachnophobia

[@triledink]

Saxton hale is literally the most Australian guy ever, he literally got his chest hair in the form of the country.

[@widget3672]

Chipps Dubbo is and always will be the ultimate Australian. He's the only named marine to survive every halo game unscathed, including the one where installation 04 gets destroyed and when half of Africa gets glassed. Saxton Hale is of course up there too, but Dubbo will always be my first pick.

[@cogbait]

Fun fact: there is a town in nsw named after him

[@Kaybeeguy]

TF2 is truly an Australian game, and I'm proud to be a TF2 fan in Australia

[@Grgrqr]

Australian native cultures are underrepresented in every form of media ever, kind of a shame because it’s really interesting

[@aturchomicz821]

too real...

[@YourPalKindred]

I know, right? Aboriginal folklore is so unique and diverse across the hundreds of different tribes. Some things remain consistent, but there are so many variations and retellings. All the stories and paintings, traditions and languages it's like a tapestry that most people just haven't seen

[@thefaithful5218]

Because it's boring and all they do is sniff petrol.

[@YourPalKindred]

@@thefaithful5218 cringe racism

[@thefaithful5218]

@@YourPalKindred Based racism

[@xanthman7528]

"I'd like to see more games that have a proper narrative..." Shows Fallout 4 Perfection

[@DerFreiegedanke]

>Make a Video about Australia >Never mention Prison Architect

[@bestdogshadow383]

LMAO

[@personname-fw9jq]

my complaint is that none of these characters let me fall into the sky like it would in real life, representation is unrealistic

[@KiduIsCute]

As an npc from the simulation of Tasmania I can confirm it isn’t real

[@garr_inc]

Akadaka made me smile harder than anything else today. Thank you.

[@davo_]

no worries cobba 😎👍

[@rubz1390]

> A country known for the stereotype of tough people that are a bit rough around the edges. > also known for censoring/banning video games like a nanny state, because said people can't make their own decisions.

[@InterDylan]

I think an analogy for its penal colony origin fits perfect for this. A country full of hardened criminals, whipped into submission by their overlords.

[@vamsigagjew1535]

well it's cause the parliament is full of boomers who don't know a fucking lick about video games

[@odinlindeberg4624]

@@vamsigagjew1535 Or airsoft.

[@Gamer_field]

@Anti-socialist brazilian. no

[@tonynero7005]

@Anti-socialist brazilian. cuz are you even aussie

[@JB-fp3fb]

No wonder we're poorly represented; didn't Australia only just legalise video games like 5 years ago? Seriously though, great vid, Davo. Love ya work more every time I see it. Also, I propose GTA VI: City of Casey. Actual Melbourne doesn't have the grit for it. Cranbourne/Frankston though ... man, just thinking about it makes me feel nostalgic for that ghetto like CJ rolling back into Grove Street.

[@WednesdayMan]

ha ha ha if that were true I would've been a wanted criminal.

[@othersideguy16]

GTA Dandenong Stories

[@JDG-hq8gy]

Video games have never been illegal here

[@JB-fp3fb]

@@JDG-hq8gy Yeah. It was a joke at the expense of the Australian Classification Board, and our conservative governments in general.

[@adamf1980]

GTA: The Pines! Fuck yeah!

[@defacto4540]

The mt isa reference is too true. It’s literally mad max out there. You’ll go out camping every weekend and find a new smashed up car every time.

[@unusualcap8459]

I really enjoyed the recognition of the indigenous peoples that you did it’s almost funny how people think that the English where the first here. And how everyone came from Australia not Africa (just sayyyiinng 120,000 try n beat that)

[@Shott1e]

Outback Shott1e is a big fan of this video and I can say he's never been this hype before. Here's a secret. I've been simping for a Melbourne lass for about 10 years now so basically I love Straya. Can't wait to leave the States behind for the spider infested wombat land down under. Also Australia in gaming is basically just Kenshi and Civ 6 dlc. Davo with yet another legendary video.

[@davo_]

surely the moving to Australia vlog??!?!?!?!?!?!? also yeah Kenshi is pretty much the future of Australia, wish I'd thought of that for the script 😩

[@TheSupertoastybread]

There is this upcoming game set in the Aussie outback called "Broken Roads" it's in the style of the original fallout or wasteland and has a strong Indigenous Australian culture looks sick as fuck

[@sergeantdoor7678]

Interesting

[@Palerax]

I just had a look on Steam. Made by Drop Bear Bytes. xD

[@compatriot852]

I feel like every Australian wished they lived in the TF2 universe. Being extremely strong and hyper intelligent due to a precious metal

[@olsirmonkey]

Australium would be awesome

[@Toothily]

I’d just be happy to throw jars of my own piss at everybody.

[@Algebruh2407]

@@Toothily Just go to western Sydney. It effectively is its own version of 2fort, complete with piss throwing bogans, scrawny guys trying to pick fights, psychopaths trying to set you on fire with you and fat men offering you sandwiches (just don't look what is inside the sandwich).

[@Toothily]

@@Algebruh2407 Not without my Lucksman! 🏹

[@MasterGriefSr]

If the LNP hadn’t been in power so long, we probably would be, lol

[@rdicko86]

I love how brutal yet poignant your delivery is. Well done. And great point, Aussies are heaps more wierd now than they were 😂

[@Craftato]

There is one game that is at least loosely based on Australia which is Borderlands The Pre-sequel. It’s the closest we’ll get to a setting in a game that is actually important to the game, Australia in space on a ruddy moon.

[@valletas]

"what happens to australia when everything goes to shit?" as a brazilian i ask the same about my country especially because politically speaking brazil is pretty well lots of fauna, a big ass jungle, peaceful country with a small number of "rival" countries and its the place with the most drinkable walter that isnt frozen in the planet i would imagine that on mad max, fallout and shin megami tensei it would be one of the first countires to fall because of the water but they never say much about what happens in south america in general

[@pedroxyo]

politically well and peaceful in what kind of bubble do you live

[@valletas]

@@pedroxyo not saying that there arent problems especially inside the country but its a peacefull country at large with very few cobflicts in the last few years and even fewer conflicts with other nations not only that but brazil has also helped to find peaceful solutions for conflicts outside of south america What i was trying to say is not that it is 100% peacefull but that no country would just bomb us like it usually goes for post apocalyptic stories out there

[@requirescoffee8420]

"Politically speaking brazil is pretty well". It must be fucking opposite day.

[@valletas]

@@requirescoffee8420 once again im talking about brazil relation with other countries

[@pedroxyo]

@@valletas Almost every country is like that, specially in the West (geographically speaking) with the exception of the US

[@gambit1668]

Kangaroo vegemite boomerang

[@davo_]

i dont get it

[@hunterrogersmusic]

Thanks for this! And yeah, indigenous Australians have the WORST representation in games. I like the idea of a game representing them properly. If there was going to be a GTA set in Australia, I would probably say a representation of Sydney and NSW. There are heaps of stories and ideas that I have that could work. But I reckon that a completely standalone game that isn't a GTA would work better. If you watch films and TV series of the elaborate crime syndicates that existed here (and still exist) in this country, and how they influence even politics and things like gambling and white collar crime; it would make a really good sophisticated narrative. Throw that in with all the activities you could do there would make it a fun game. I would say Melbourne and country Victoria could work as well, being from there and how biased I should be for the place, but it's a gritty place, don't know if players would recognize the Australianess of the city. It makes a fantastic backdrop for a crime story due to it's look and feel, especially if you have seen the films and television shows, but you can represent that in other places just as well in the US and Britian. Otherwise sequences in well represented Indigenous communites as a narrative contrast/wildcard to the Sydney game could be good too. I've personally lived out in a Warlpiri community in the NT; so I always want some sort of representation of them, the many Indigenous Australian cultures are all so fucking interesting.

[@xmastoast8003]

its weird coz no human life is indigenous to australia lol so they aussie too

[@joshuapostill4952]

@@xmastoast8003 wym no human life is indigenous to australia?

[@xmastoast8003]

@@joshuapostill4952 aboriginal ppl came to Australia from a land bridge from Asia and sub continent's of Asia they are immagrants just like us lol yes they were here before us but the land itself wasn't their's they came across it in their travels and settled just like captain Cook came across it on his! It's not his fault he had rifles and they had sticks lol

[@LumiMoonCh]

@@xmastoast8003 Pretty much every nations first people travelled there at some point in history. Aboriginal people have been in Australia for 50,000 - 300,000 years. They came to an empty land full of opportunity; Capt. Cook came to a land already owned by the native population around 233 years ago and preceded to claim it as British land for the crown. There's a big difference there. Aboriginal people had their life and history taken away. As an Aboriginal descendant I am offended by your blatant racism.

[@xmastoast8003]

U gotta do research dude

[@Izayoink_Saccuy]

Top search in Australia(tf2 universe) : 1.piss in a jar 2.aple 3.smoking hot rifle

[@australiangigachad5603]

GTA 6 should be set in Byron bay so you can mug all the Instagram ‘influencers’

[@mattvii9228]

Australians were in Battlefield 1's story mode. as well as a gallilipi themed multiplayer map

[@thankbuster7375]

I would love a red dead game but with bushrangers.

[@frotownbro5288]

Ned Kelly story red dead outback style

[@ethanos5420]

Can’t wait for a David Cage style game where we get to find out where in the ocean Harold Holt ended up

[@alexanderraymundo3586]

The thing I love about TF2 is that all the characters are wildly exaggerated stereotypes.

[@chickennugget6684]

that’s why we love them.

[@Oscar-Green]

0:42 best part is how that is actually my local servo. Stuart Hwy in Winnellie.

[@munanchoinc]

To be fair, Mad Max is the most accurate depiction of Australia

[@AndyViant]

The most accurate description is that Mad Max was filmed in a Macca's car park.

[@benharrison3657]

They made the only Australians in Overwatch criminals, not funny Blizzard.

[@RacingSnails64]

I will say that Junkrat and Roadhog actually have some interesting backstory to them. Junkrat is essentially a product of Roadhog's mistakes during the omnic crisis. Hog's generation caused the nuclear fallout in OW's Australia, which he actually feels pretty guilty for.

[@bobbyferg9173]

For all the mistakes Blizzard has made as of recently, making the Australian characters in Overwatch criminals definitely wasn’t one of them

[@skinnybuggo]

@@bobbyferg9173 shoulda made them politicians

[@screenwatcher949]

@@skinnybuggo what's the difference? buh dum tss

[@skinnybuggo]

@@screenwatcher949 heh

[@lewisturner3597]

I thought Kenshi represented Australia quite well

[@crispychips7161]

Hey hey people

[@shiva_speedruns367]

@@crispychips7161 "Szeth here"

[@catlovingtrio]

You think what happened to Australia in Fallout is the most pressing question? We literally do not know what happened to the Soviet Union after the Great War in Fallout.

[@monimoobag246]

The GTA Australia skit was too good. Had me laughing real good

[@p.100]

Every time I hear a fuse voice line in apex I can’t help but burst out laughing

[@YourPalKindred]

Thank you for mentioning Aboriginal culture! It's one of the most underappreciated cultures in the world. Beautiful art, unique traditions and folklore. As long as it's done with respect, a game set in Aboriginal Dreamtime has such potential to be a unique experience. It could be used as an educational tool too, think like what Assassins Creed did in recent entries, with collectibles that teach you about history? It could serve as a portal for learning. Like, I've honestly had enough time in the spotlight of Australia international, I think the Original Custodians deserve a fair shake and a half now at the very least

[@davo_]

I think that's what Virtual Songlines aims to be, more of an interactive and educational tool rather than a typical game, but it's great that they're showing the differences between the many different cultures among our First Nations people rather than treating them as one big homogeneous culture. And you're right, they have basically no representation at all in video games and are in basically no media at all outside of Australia which is sad considering how amazing it is that so many of these ancient traditions are still alive to this day.

[@YourPalKindred]

@Sanctus Paulus the exact opposite argument can be made. "White people are only about 85% of the Australian population but are present in almost every piece of media. Why should we include them?" Anyway name the last time you played a game featuring any Aboriginal in a prominent roll. Go on. I'll wait. But honestly if you don't realise how much of a tosspot argument that is then idk what else to say

[@YourPalKindred]

@Sanctus Paulus putting white people in 100% of media is overrepresentation dude. Oh and get this right - GAMES ARENT REAL LIFE. They aren't bound to reality and can represent anything any way they want. If it's set in Aboriginal Dreamtime you aren't gonna want almost everyone to be white, same thing if it's set in a modern day Aboriginal community. To act like they don't exist because they make up a minority is honestly kinda racist. And btw, a good portion of people don't really care what ethnicity their game character is. No normal white person will go "I don't like this game because I have to play as an African/Asian/Latino person" so to say no one wants to play as an Aboriginal is just plain wrong. Besides, I literally just expressed interest in playing as an Aboriginal in a game

[@tammushican4823]

Exact same here with Scotland, almost everything you said applies about here too, except the stereotypes are different.

[@stevesteele3312]

“Tryna sell my daughter a Camry instead of a commodore ya farken dog” absolutely killed me, paused to comment about it haha. Edit: you sound like a western Sydney lebo trying to put on a Aussie accent.

[@fullnerd7975]

Fallout: Port Pirie GTA: Melbourne, we can have Tim Smith as the Trevor-type character, it has a Casino, A river, and a tonne of gang crime according to the Herald Sun.

[@Trashwithaname]

Oh fuck yeah, quick snack break at Happy Birds

[@promania8956]

You missed a chance to say grand theft auto-strailia

[@sodapone]

Canadian here; honestly I feel the representation is even worse since... Well, admittedly most "actual Canadians" are just very similar to Americans. First Nations representation is a hot-button issue here though, just the same as it is in Australia. Anyway, I think the best, not-strictly-stereotypical depiction of a Canadian I've ever seen in a video game was, specifically, that one cutscene in GTA V where Trevor starts a Rampage against _the US army,_ just because two soldiers made fun of his accent. "It's a faint fucking accent! You can hardly tell!"

[@Channel-23s]

That or Wolverine but hey it’s pretty cool being nice well Americans have that stereotype too or being fat Canada is moose syrup hockey poutine and snow.

[@Alex-xt7yb]

I mean if you wanted to give a Canadian character an accent to stand out just make them French Canadian or a Newfie

[@Nogu3]

Im a second generation Korean Australian and my stereotypes are basically now: Casual alcoholic racist or kpop star.

[@MaoriGamerDood]

Bro. As a Kiwi, I feel ya. The Fancy backdrop for a Map thing reminded me of what Street Fighter V did. We got a New Zealand Stage, but no New Zealand character. It is a nice stage, but still.

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

7:31 Unexpected spaghetti junction. Brisbane represent! FR though, really glad you mentioned Virtual Songlines. It's an important project.

[@culturalliberator9425]

As an American, I say I would also love to see more games in Australia.

[@fireaza]

I'm rather fond of Junkrat. Sure, the actor is actually American, but he grew-up in Australia, so his Australian accent is pretty authentic.

[@blakestephens333]

junk rats new zealand tho :/ only roadhogs actually australian

[@majeestic3712]

Thanks for letting New Zealand keep the Sniper, seeing as you've already taken pavlova from us

[@Sludgelorrd]

australian stalker would be fucking terrifying, the horrific mutated beasts based off australian animals would be horrific. I could only imagine venturing into a gigantic funnel web spider's lair propped up in a desecrated shopping centre, or being chased by a mangled half kanga half emu hybrid half, hopping half running towards you extremely quickly, and holy shit, there could finally be a proper drop bear enemy in a video game. (also crackhead eshays would be a great human enemy)

[@howardbannister745]

So many people have so many great ideas about an Australian GTA. It really needs to happen