Game On Sydney played to the in-crowd. More games, less YouTube please

Billed as the first Australian event of its kind, it's a shame the games didn't reflect the energetic culture showcased by Game On's speakers and sessions

The games I enjoy most are the ones that allow you to make of them what you will, rather than be dictated to by a linear progression. The Witcher 3 has just come out and I already know I'll be shunning the main story and bountiful shagging in favour of days spent in the wilderness picking flowers and bathing under waterfalls. Once hooked, I won't be getting any work done in the real world, nor in the Witcher's virtual Northern Kingdoms, effectively creating Inception for sloths by procrastinating twice.

For the same reason, Vivid Sydney's Game On interactive event was an engrossing experience with a similar "sandbox" appeal: there was just enough variety and freedom in the expansive Australian Technology Park to allow most people to go along and carve out their own experience among all the consoles, pinball machines and people pottering around in an Iron Man costume.