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The Good the Bad and the Ugly of the past week – 30 October 2015

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The king

I have a confession to make. I’ve thrown all cabbages out of the house, and replaced them instead with a bunch of carved pumpkins. That’s right, it’s Halloween tomorrow, which means I get dress up, go to every house in my neighbourhood, and pester everybody for a spot of candy. Now if only I knew what to dress up as…

Best Stories

The Overwatch beta was only meant to hit America this week, but then Blizzard were awesome and launched it in Europe too. If you’re interested in playing the shooter, best you keep your eyes glued to your email – they’re be dishing out additional invites frequently. Why should you care? Well, those of us in the office who got access can’t shut up about it. Alessandro likes that Overwatch always makes you feel like a great player, while Kyle reckons it’s possibly the best game he has ever played.

This week, Sony held a conference at Paris Games Week, and while it was a bit on the boring side, it did yield some awesome news. No Man’s Sky finally has a release date, as does Street Fighter V, and Horizon Zero Dawn is looking more enticing each time it’s shown! Sheesh, 2016 is looking to be a busy year for gaming.

Worst Stories

Hey, Microsoft have been adding Xbox 360 titles to the Xbox One library for a while now, I wonder if Sony will follow suit? Apparently not. It looks like the PlayStation 4 will probably never have backwards compatibility. Boo!

Quake Live has dropped its free-to-play option. In the long run, charging a once off off fee is likely going to be more beneficial for players, except Bethesda didn’t say anything to anyone, and have gone and wiped away every player’s data without warning. Naturally, people are pissed.

In other horrible news, . Oh the irony!

Also, Destiny said goodbye to elemental effects on primary legendary guns. Having not played the game myself, I can’t really comment on whether this is truly sad news, but it sure sounds like it is.

Random Story

As you very well know, it’s Halloween tomorrow, which is all about spooks and scares. Want to celebrate the occasion with a game or two? Here’s a top five list of the scariest games ever. Plot spoiler: somebody dies at the end of the video.

ION of the Week

Megatron-monday

Dried, cured, processed meats? Yum, but no. Wine and cheese? Please, stop whining Zoe, it’s not ION of the week. Nothing can beat Megatron, nothing… except maybe Optimus Prime and all his transformer buddies.

Most Comments

I love my backlog, don’t you? Let’s add to it with these new Halloween sales.  Everybody is excited, so excited that 121 comments found their way to that article.

Batman of the Week

Dammit Darryn

We love Darryn, yes we do, but we also hate that he is on a Batman streak. STAHP!

Cabbage of the Week

OH THE HORROR

I don’t suppose I could pawn this award off to Kyle again this week? No? Fine, I am cabbage yet again!

Best Header of the Week

badjokeday

No servers for Uncharted 4’s multiplayer? Guess it’s going to go the peer-to-peer route. Oh Geoff, you have my vote for header of the year with this magical image!

Comment of the Week

That Elite Xbox One controller certainly is nice, isn’t Hammersteyn?

This controller is like Viagra. It gives great performance but no one will admit buying it.

No truer words have ever been spoken!

Bonus Content

I would do anything for love, but I won’t do that…

10/10 best pet costume in the world!

O_O

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Last Updated: August 31, 2020

96 Comments

  1. Aries

    October 30, 2015 at 12:39

    The bad is Bt games prices went up due to the weak Rand

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    • Hammersteyn

      October 30, 2015 at 12:43

      And then some!

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      • Aries

        October 30, 2015 at 12:52

        Now Im going to be forced to play CS:GO and get me some $1000 daggers to sell

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        • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

          October 30, 2015 at 12:52

          I need to get into that it seems

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          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 12:56

            My friends first drop was a $60 gun, but he kept it

          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            October 30, 2015 at 12:57

            WHAT?

            Ma se baard hare.

            [drops EVERYTHING and starts install of CS:GO]

          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 13:01

            LOL, go to CS:GO market and check some of the guns skins and knives skins prices, and people buy that crap for that money, though it $2.49 to open a case and it relies on luck

          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            October 30, 2015 at 13:01

            Geez, I need to go farm CSGO

          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 13:10

            Just one please

          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            October 30, 2015 at 13:12

            Yeah, just one sixty dorrar game and I’m set for 3 Steam sales

          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 13:15

            thats my thought as well

          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            October 30, 2015 at 13:29

            So, when are we farming?

          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 16:50

            Doesnt work like that but we can try

          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            November 2, 2015 at 09:53

            xD

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 12:57

            OLX

        • Hammersteyn

          October 30, 2015 at 12:52

          I don’t even like COD. But that’s what we’re playing next 🙁

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          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 12:54

            but you PS4, I cant shoot for S#$% on console, need my M&K

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 12:54

            550 hours in Destiny will fix that XD

          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 12:55

            I sold Destiny, might buy 2.0 sometime

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 12:57

            Their DLC has gone from bad to excellent in their defence

          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 13:00

            I know, and I had fun with the game no doubt but the mindless grinding got to me and pvp was sometimes frustrating with a controller

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 13:03

            PVP blows, they’re forcing people to get seven headshots in one match with a shitty hand cannon for an exotic quest. Most people do it with their friends who stand still

          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 13:04

            Didnt know that, I would just play the game, like with BF4 getting some weapons is fun

    • Rock789

      October 30, 2015 at 12:52

      BT game’s prices went up because they’re BT Games and they need to pay for the music equipment business they overpaid for (and is now tanking)… No other retailer has increased them that much.

      Rather stick to online (especially Raru – they get everything BT stocks).

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    • oVg

      October 30, 2015 at 12:56

      Guitar Hero Live Guitar Bundle R1650… Halo 5 Guardians R800 NO SPLIT SCREEN. Your sibling will have to buy another copy.

      Who the hell can afford this hobby in South Africa? Zumas Kids?

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      • Captain JJ the Goo

        October 30, 2015 at 12:57

        Zuma already plays Halo with the SA citizens, he’s already tired of that.

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        • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

          October 30, 2015 at 12:58

          I thought he plays Tropico, ZA edition?

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          • Captain JJ the Goo

            October 30, 2015 at 12:58

            Not yet…possibly soon

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 12:58

            After that it’s shower simulator

          • Captain JJ the Goo

            October 30, 2015 at 13:00

            Oscar seems to be quite good at The Escapists

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 13:01

            Doesn’t seem to be a fan of Knock Knock

          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            October 30, 2015 at 13:02

            More like tic tic boom

          • Captain JJ the Goo

            October 30, 2015 at 13:07

            Schabir Shaik seems to be a pro at Plague Inc.

          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            October 30, 2015 at 13:09

            More like Bio Inc (go google that, and have a laugh on me, not for the game, game is good, but for the reference)

          • Captain JJ the Goo

            October 30, 2015 at 13:16

            Hehehe.
            Though you lose points by using a mobile game.

          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            October 30, 2015 at 13:29

            Oh it is fun killing a patient, so much fun

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 13:13

            LOOOOOOL!

      • Hammersteyn

        October 30, 2015 at 12:57

        I used to trade games to afford new ones, I’m afraid that might not be viable anymore

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        • Aries

          October 30, 2015 at 12:58

          I trade now at cash crusaders, sold AssCreed4 and Fifa15 for R500, and I laughed walking into bt games

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        • oVg

          October 30, 2015 at 12:59

          I stopped doing that, its like handing your children over to a work house 🙁 I now swap games with my fiends at work. Like the 90s when we had no money lol

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          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 13:00

            LOL we need to hire more staff

          • oVg

            October 30, 2015 at 13:02

            Its only in the last year that all the married dudes have committed to PS4s for some reason. They were on the fence for a long while.

          • Captain JJ the Goo

            October 30, 2015 at 13:03

            I did the honorable thing and stayed with pc 😉

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 13:03

            Sounds fun

          • Captain JJ the Goo

            October 30, 2015 at 13:04

            Damn it. Your comment took the wind out of my sails now.
            I’m sure Steam has a game for that though….. ;P

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 13:05

            Yeah, wind simulator on Steam Greenlight

          • Captain JJ the Goo

            October 30, 2015 at 13:07

            You’re on a roll today. Fine. You win this one.

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 13:12

            XD

          • Hammersteyn

            October 30, 2015 at 13:08

      • Aries

        October 30, 2015 at 12:58

        Lucky for me I dont care about GHL, only peripheral i want is a flight stick for elite dangerous

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        • oVg

          October 30, 2015 at 13:00

          But look at all the retail outlets like Musica. The games are all R900 and they are selling very well according to the staff.

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          • Captain JJ the Goo

            October 30, 2015 at 13:01

            Also look who buys at Musica;)

          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            October 30, 2015 at 13:01

            *+a

          • Captain JJ the Goo

            October 30, 2015 at 13:02

            Already edited that, slow poke ;P

          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            October 30, 2015 at 13:02

            Doesn’t matter MilkBag, YOU MISSED IT

          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 13:03

            I never go into musica waste of energy, but guess the kids that go there with mommy is in heaven

          • oVg

            October 30, 2015 at 13:10

            Shame I remember last XMAS I watched a salesmen tell this soccer mom that DESTINY is the game she should get. I walked over and asked her if her son is an on-line gamer and she said no, they don’t have internet. I told her to buy Far Cry 4.

            R850 is a shit load of money.

          • Aries

            October 30, 2015 at 13:14

            I also try and help helpless people when it comes to games, sales people very pushy to people who got little clue over games and such

      • RinceThis

        October 30, 2015 at 13:44

        HAHAH! So, not a Destiny killer then? Tehehe

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        • oVg

          October 30, 2015 at 14:03

          too soon. Dont go into Halo trolling, those fanboys are crazy.

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        • Nikola

          October 30, 2015 at 14:24

          Hahahaha!!

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  2. Hammersteyn

    October 30, 2015 at 12:44

  3. Captain JJ the Goo

    October 30, 2015 at 12:45

    Hammer!
    Though I must admit, Dutch Matrix’s appearance earlier on a certain comic was also great

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  4. Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

    October 30, 2015 at 12:45

    That 90s video…
    O_O

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    • Captain JJ the Goo

      October 30, 2015 at 12:45

      Makes you feel at home, doesn’t it?

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    • Brady miaau

      October 30, 2015 at 12:47

      WTF?

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    • Hammersteyn

      October 30, 2015 at 12:47

      BWAHAHAHA I died

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      • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

        October 30, 2015 at 12:48

        A few others in that video did too

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        • Hammersteyn

          October 30, 2015 at 12:49

          They gave their lives for our entertainment

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          • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

            October 30, 2015 at 12:51

            That poor kid puking green things the whole time

    • Ottokie

      October 30, 2015 at 12:49

  5. Brady miaau

    October 30, 2015 at 12:48

    That poor cat! Shame

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    • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

      October 30, 2015 at 12:49

      Which one, the pirate or the royal pu$$y?

      Reply

  6. Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

    October 30, 2015 at 12:52

  7. Sageville

    October 30, 2015 at 13:09

    thought I’d find a mention of the ToysRUs promotion that broke their website and was suddenly and miraculously “Sold-Out” when the site came back up.

    I call bullshit.

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    • Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja

      October 30, 2015 at 13:12

      Aye, you called it

      Reply

    • Nikola

      October 30, 2015 at 14:23

      Yeah that was a LOT of fun hey…

      Reply

    • Audacity (or-das-it-eeee-eee)

      October 30, 2015 at 14:35

      It was very disappointing

      Reply

  8. Jonah Cash

    October 30, 2015 at 13:25

    Well done Hammer! Missed it through the week, but that was a really good one.

    Reply

  9. Cyberats

    October 31, 2015 at 04:37

    The Fence ? Where ?

    Reply

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