Priya N.
Editor-in-chief
Ex-QA tester turned critic. Refuses to score anything she hasn't credit-rolled.
Independent · Melbourne · Since 2016
Gaming words that actually respect your time.
Azure Dungeon Vanguard is the loud little blog behind Melbourne's most stubbornly honest reviews, guides and esports takes. We finish the games before we score them.
Call the desk: +61 3 9600 2135 · 184 La Trobe Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
What you get
Pick your tier of chaos
Reading the blog is free forever. These memberships fund the servers, the review copies we buy ourselves, and the late-night live blogs from the Carlton office.
| Feature | Scout — Free | Vanguard — A$9/mo | Guild — A$180/yr |
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| Weekly reviews & guides | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ad-free reading & no trackers | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Early scored embargo reviews | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Monthly Discord AMA with the desk | — | — | ✓ |
| Printed zine, twice a year | — | — | ✓ |
The desk
Six humans, zero PR scripts
Marcus D.
Esports lead
Covers the ANZ circuit from Rod Laver to grassroots LANs in Fitzroy.
Sofia L.
Guides & walkthroughs
Writes the 40-hour completionist guides nobody else has the patience for.
Jayden R.
Video producer
Cuts our video reviews and the Friday hardware teardown series.
Tam H.
Community & Discord
Runs the AMAs, the reader mailbag, and every meetup at the office.
Video reviews
Watch the verdict, not the hype reel
Every scored review ships with a 6-minute video breakdown: framerate captured on our own rigs, the parts we replayed, and the honest moment we nearly quit. New episode every Thursday, 6pm AEST.
- ▸Footage from our Melbourne test bench, never publisher b-roll
- ▸Subtitled and chaptered so you can skip to the score
- ▸Archived for members, ad-free forever
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Say hello
Tip, pitch, or complaint?
Got a scoop, want to write for us, or spotted an error? The desk reads everything. Office hours Monday to Friday, 9am–6pm AEST.
- Phone
- +61 3 9600 2135
- Studio
- 184 La Trobe Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
- [email protected]