Here in sunny South Africa we’re generally a sports-mad bunch. Many a Saturday afternoon is whiled away, sat around a screen, with beer and biltong consumed in disproportionate amounts. Where we falter in our enthusiasm is with regards to winter sports. This is, of course, mostly due to geography – but it’s hard to get excited when we, unlike Jamaica, …
Just last week, I wrote a post about Mass Effect 2 getting some free DLC soon. Well “soon” has arrived and while I am not sure if this will be the only free DLC coming, it’s coming today, and for the price of sweet nothing, it’s the perfect price for me. The free DLC will be delivered via the Cerberus …
An Australian pirate by the name of James Burt has been ordered by a court to pay Nintendo the staggering sum of one and a half million Australian dollars, "to compensate Nintendo for the loss of sales revenue caused by the individual’s actions." His crime? He released an early copy of Super Mario Bros Wii on to the internet, ensuring …
Every now and then, a videogame comes along that changes everything that you thought you knew about gaming. A game so epic, so magnificent, so deep and so emotional that you are blown back in the realization that a new era of gaming is upon us. Unfortunately, we didn’t receive a review copy of Karaoke Revolution, so we opted to …
So January was a bit lean when it came to competitions but we are back in the full swing of things now with Megarom jumping on board with a pretty awesome Bioshock 2 bundle to give away this month. First the important bits, what are you going to win? In this the first major competition of 2010 you stand the …
I love NFL, I really do, I watch it whenever I get the chance (go Steelers). I also know that 99% of you don’t watch NFL, which means that a bunch of you don’t even know what the Super Bowl is. All you need to know is that the Super Bowl is the NFL finals, and that an absolute truck …
This week’s Xbox Live deal of the week has a little more deal in its deal than usual. This week, you get to pick from a selection of 3 different fighting games and to be honest, I couldn’t care less about two of them. The first two are Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao and TMNT: Turtles In Time …
The Nintendo execs have been dropping hints again about a new piece of hardware currently in development over at Nintendo HQ. At the moment there is absolutely nothing solid about what the piece of hardware is but the current top guesses are a motion controlled DS and a Wii HD. Personally a motion controlled DS sounds incredibly stupid and a …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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