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The good, the bad and the ugly of the past week – 09 September 2016

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AWWWWW

It’s been a pretty productive week for me. I levelled up a few times in Overwatch, edited part of a thesis, did some of my own personal writing, ate three prego rolls (and KFC dunked zinger wings), learnt to change the battery of a gate, replaced a fuse, and somehow got my pool back to blue from that awful shade of green. Yeah, a weekend break is most certainly in order! What are your plans?

Best Stories

The Evetech Champions League was a leap forward for South African eSports
The third season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead kicks off in November
Everything that went down at Call Of Duty XP this weekend
Patch 7.1 for World of Warcraft: Legion will take players back to Karazhan
The makers of STASIS are working on a new game called Beautiful Desolation
Sony is bringing back the demo disc for PlayStation VR
Play and make your own games with the latest Humble Bundle
Paul “ReDeYe” Challoner is returning for the Digital Gaming Masters in October
2016 Proves eSports pays

Worst Stories

The community doesn’t seem too happy with ARK’s Scorched Earth expansion
Battlefield 1’s price on Origin has skyrocketed in South Africa
Cheaters are flooding CS:GO, and Valve isn’t doing much about it

Random Stories

Fake Red Dead sequel poster spurs on rumours
Check out the Half-Life Steam trading cards that never were
Dawn of the Devs will let you take your favourite game developers on an adventure

Reviews this Week

LEGO Dimensions Review – Portal Combat
World of Warcraft Legion Review – Blind Grind
World of Warcraft: Legion review round up
F1 2016 Review – Whistle While You Work

The Story of Destiny

Darryn did some epic Destiny lore posts this week, which you should totally read if you have any sort of interest in the shooter:

Part 1 – The light in the darkness
Part 2 – War never changes
Part 3 – Rise of the Guardians

iPhone 7 and PlayStation Announcements

Both Apple and Sony unveiled new hardware this week. Here’s a quick recap of everything we covered in case you missed it:

iPhone 7 announced,features dual cameras and water resistance
Apple’s premier new iPhone 7 scratches easily
Nintendo is bringing Mario to iOS in Super Mario Run
PlayStation 4 slim is coming in at $299
Sony officially reveals the PlayStation 4 Pro, out this November
It could be worth upgrading to the PlayStation 4 Pro even without a 4K TV
The PS4 Pro leverages some impressive 4K upscaling technology
The PS4 Pro can’t play 4K Blu-Rays because users prefer streaming, says Sony

Is Darryn Batman Forever?

Batman

Of course!

Owlman of the Week

Owl

Your Owlman is Glenn Kisela, who wrote… a whole one article? Congratulations and all that, but dammit Gavin, this superhero formula is getting out of hand now!

Headers of the Week

Darryn and Geoff both win again, obviously. Which one was better though? This one for JK Simmons finishing work on Justice League

Jay-Kay-Simmons

… or this one that we used when we asked you what you might expect to see at the PlayStation 4 reveal event?

AndrewHouse

Most Comments

Battlefield 1’s price on Origin has skyrocketed in South Africa? That got you all talking, that’s for sure. The article raked in 92 comments!

Comment of the Week

Gavin went off to attend Call of Duty XP this past weekend. This comment from HvR made me laugh…

Looking at the special services, personalized swag it is clear it was the gaming journo’s that “went down” this past weekend.

#GavinTryingToBePretty

original

#Shotsfired!

Bonus Premium Content

We’re nearly done with the Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared saga. Here’s the second last episode…

I think I’d have nightmares for sure if I watched this as a kid!

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Last Updated: September 9, 2016

22 Comments

  1. LOL that Brony pic still popping up. <3

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    • Dungeon of JJ

      September 9, 2016 at 12:47

      Between that and the Darrynkini we’ve got some weird stuff. 😛

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      • Pariah ???

        September 9, 2016 at 12:48

        I have another of Darryn I made the other day. (refresh)

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        • Dungeon of JJ

          September 9, 2016 at 12:58

          Haha. As a huge The Thing fan, I find this awesome. 😀

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          • Pariah ???

            September 9, 2016 at 13:00

            Haha. As always I have my criticisms of the craftsmanship, but eh. 😛

        • The Order of the Banana

          September 9, 2016 at 13:14

          is that his final form?

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          • VampyreSquirrel

            September 9, 2016 at 16:14

            He has a final form?

    • Sageville

      September 9, 2016 at 13:28

      Well, it’s not even photoshopped….

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  2. ??????? ????? ™

    September 9, 2016 at 12:38

    GG HvR

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  3. HvR

    September 9, 2016 at 12:38

    LOL

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  4. HvR

    September 9, 2016 at 12:40

    Clearly the honour should be shared with the Discord crew and who ever made that brilliant piece of art (can not remember)

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    • Dungeon of JJ

      September 9, 2016 at 12:46

      You’re too modest, take the damn win! Take it!! It’s yours! 😛

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    • Raptor Rants

      September 9, 2016 at 12:50

      Twas a group effort.

      Discord Lagz community FTW!!!

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  5. DragonSpirit009

    September 9, 2016 at 12:40

    Lol that brony pic is still so funny!

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  6. VampyreSquirrel

    September 9, 2016 at 12:48

    Hahaha the lesser spotted Gavbrony.

    GG HVR, Glenn, and I guess Darryn too.

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  7. Pariah ???

    September 9, 2016 at 12:51

    Also I want to highlight the fact that someone won a WoW Collector’s edition this week. #RIPLIFE but still an awesome thing to win.

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    • Glenn Kisela

      September 9, 2016 at 18:04

      That is one game I have still never played. I know myself too well, if I’ll start I’ll have to say goodbye to my loved ones & quit my job.

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  8. Raptor Rants

    September 9, 2016 at 12:56

    Hehehehehe. GavBrony. Love it

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  9. Dane

    September 9, 2016 at 12:57

    That batman bread looks freakin’ GREAT. Anyway, I’ll be playing Rocket League Rumble all weekend. Don’t know if you guys have checked the update particulars yet but they’ve added keys/crates (yes liek CS:GO) and player to player trading.

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  10. RinceThis

    September 9, 2016 at 13:56

    If anyone is about tomorrow in Cape Town, some of the lG crew will be meeting at the River Club, 12:00.

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    • miaau

      September 9, 2016 at 14:44

      Good luck. I hope it is a success and enjoyed by all.

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  11. Glenn Kisela

    September 9, 2016 at 18:03

    Whooo!! 😛

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