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In Other News – 8 July 2015

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Today, on a very special episode of ION, we confront the tough topic of trolling addiction. Will Geoff be open to our intervention, I don’t know. Will Darryn dig himself a deeper hole? Probably not considering his digging skills. And Gavin? Well, we lost him. But we will do our intervention as soon as he reappears and gives us a cheer.

In Other News: Risk gets even bloodier, Zuma (not that one) gets his revenge for free, Nintendo is horrible to non-Japanese developers and Frozen has some really terrible consequences.

Here’s the news we didn’t post today because we were too busy confirming that dongle is a dirty word.

News

XCOM: Enemy Within isn’t part of XCOM 2’s timeline
GTA Online: you’ll need $8M to buy everything in new Ill-Gotten Gains 2 update
Zuma’s Revenge is free on Origin
Dragon Quest Builders Announced ~ PS4, PS3 & PS Vita
Looks like Disney is actually trying with the new Star Wars: Uprising mobile game

Stuff

Riot says it’s finally improving League of Legends player behaviour
Take a look at the Game of Thrones Risk game
Nintendo’s alleged nationalism and “awful” working conditions killed Wii game
One Service Wants To Bring Steam, Origin & uPlay Together

Vidja

The Terrifying Aftermath Of Disney’s Frozen

Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain – E3 2015 Alternate Gameplay Demo (English)

London Heist Getaway B-Roll

The Movies

Han Solo Star Wars Anthology film to be directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Rumour: Donnie Yen joining STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII
Midweek Movie Mouth-Off: what’s your favourite movie of 2015 so far?
Predicting the rest of 2015’s blockbusters
The REBOOT reboot gets a greenlight; will be live-action/CG hybrid
SA’s Weekend Top 10 (3 to 5 July)

Model: Wearable Mega Man Helmet

Last Updated: July 8, 2015

141 Comments

  1. Alien Emperor Trevor

    July 8, 2015 at 16:04

    Heh heh, you said dong.

    Reply

    • Captain JJ wants moar

      July 8, 2015 at 16:05

      ding!

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        July 8, 2015 at 16:07

        The sound a falling weight makes?

        Reply

        • Captain JJ wants moar

          July 8, 2015 at 16:08

          damn you!
          *runs away crying*

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:09

            DON’T SMUDGE THE MAKE-UP!!!

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:10

            :/

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:12

            His eyebrows uses defensive curl. It’s very effective!

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:12

            *Fixed damn you.

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:14

            Geez, talk about bad typo

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:17

            Aye, been away too long

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:15

            *blocking skill increased*

        • VampyreSquirrel

          July 8, 2015 at 16:08

          Nah, that’s “AAAAH FUCK!”

          Reply

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:13

            I actually think those were exactly my words. Though it was more of a “Uuggggh.”

        • Lord Chaos

          July 8, 2015 at 16:08

          *3kg weight. A 5 just goes “squish”

          Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          July 8, 2015 at 16:08

          bwahahaha

          Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        July 8, 2015 at 16:11

        …leberry

        Reply

        • Captain JJ wants moar

          July 8, 2015 at 16:14

          XD

          Reply

  2. Captain JJ wants moar

    July 8, 2015 at 16:05

    I think dongle could be a cuss word. All depending on who says it.
    When Trevor uses it though, it’s just racist.

    Reply

    • Lord Chaos

      July 8, 2015 at 16:07

      Trevor Matrix or Trevor Alien?

      Wait, that’s a dumb question.

      Reply

      • Captain JJ wants moar

        July 8, 2015 at 16:08

        Trevor alien. He’s the only one who can be offensive without knowing it.

        Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      July 8, 2015 at 16:10

      Those illegal dongles are taking all our jobs!

      Reply

      • Captain JJ wants moar

        July 8, 2015 at 16:10

        LOL

        Reply

  3. VampyreSquirrel

    July 8, 2015 at 16:07

    Is dongle a dirty word?

    Well that depends on the context in which you are using your dongle.

    Reply

  4. Hammersteyn

    July 8, 2015 at 16:08

    Risk: Game of Thrones Edition for $74.95! Please tell me Khaleesi hand delvers it…

    Reply

    • Dutch Matrix

      July 8, 2015 at 16:08

      With a hand job!

      Reply

      • Captain JJ wants moar

        July 8, 2015 at 16:08

        strangest name of a car ever

        Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        July 8, 2015 at 16:08

        wait….what?

        Reply

        • Dutch Matrix

          July 8, 2015 at 16:09

          Hand job? You know? Your sex life?!

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:11

            Oh right, that thing poor people do. I got professionals for that.

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 8, 2015 at 16:11

            Ho’s as Pros?

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:11

            I’d hardly call the local George tavern wenches professionals

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:13

            You’d know right? 😛

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:15

            Still on my bucket list. The visiting of George, not the frequenting of George’s tavern wenches

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:16

            Sure. We believe you.

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:17

            Well, you capetownimehns are closer, so I have no idea where George even is. Somewhere close to THAR BE DRAGONS

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:19

            Capetownians don’t recognize any civilisations that lie beyond the pretty mountains as actual places of interest.

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:19

            *petty

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:19

            Feels like I live in Gondor on the steps of Mordor. While you little Cape hobbits are safe in the shire XD

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:20

            ARE there any places of interest north of the mountains on the African continent?

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:20

            Yeah, Europe

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:22

            As stated, “on the African continent”. You need to stop drinking. 😛

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:23

            It’s been four days O_o I think I need a beer

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:25

            4 Days!!!! Ok, seeing as what you posted Monday morning… Drink more damnsit…

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:25

            damnsit? come, join me

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:27

            Well, seeing as it’s my last year before I go over the hill… I might not be sober after 9 tonight…

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:28

            XD

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:25

            I need to send you our latest acquisition…

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:26

            You told me a little bit about it. I want to know more!

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:26

            On tap, it is quite possibly the best beer I’ve had. The bottle is good though, but on tap, liquid GOLD

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:27

            so thirsty……

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:28

            WHAT!!!, I doubt I live 20 km away from you. How do I not know??

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:29

            You need to kiss more ass, like I do.

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:31

            Sorry, I’m all out of bubblegum.

            O, you said kiss, not kick.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:32

            rofl

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:32

            Which excludes the UK

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:33

            Exactly why it’s not part of the continent

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:16

            Bring a spare liver!

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:17

            Aye, I’m actually taking a road trip later this year from SnorToria to Struisbaai, might take ze detour

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:18

            Sweet!

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:16

            Oh, oh, oh, go shark cage diving. And they have an awesome backpackers.

          • Brady miaau

            July 8, 2015 at 16:46

            Backpackers are super cool. People you meet is just awesome. We had lunch, at a crocodile farm, with an Isreali airforce pilot (one who took out militants in hostage held houses, made the news, then he promptly quit – disgusted with his orders), who we met at a backpackers. Love them. Interesting stuff.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 17:10

            Met some Germans and other Europeans once. I say Germans because I could make out their language. Backpackers are really cool and open minded free spirited people. I should do that again one day.

          • Scott Tidwell

            July 9, 2015 at 04:12

            are y’all talking about hitch hikers?

          • Hammersteyn

            July 9, 2015 at 07:44

            Backpackers

          • Scott Tidwell

            July 9, 2015 at 07:48

            what’s the difference? just curious.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 9, 2015 at 08:17

            Backpackers are on vacation and generally have their own transport plans. Hitchhikers are normally in a spot of bother and requires a lift somewhere

          • Scott Tidwell

            July 9, 2015 at 08:22

            ahh Ok. Thank you for explaining this 🙂 I only see hitch hikers that’s why I thought you were talking about them.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 9, 2015 at 08:33

            XD

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:11

            It’s not a job if you enjoy what you’re doing.
            #thereisnoline

    • Lord Chaos

      July 8, 2015 at 16:08

      She’s 14!!!!

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        July 8, 2015 at 16:09

        So I’ll wait a few years

        Reply

        • Dutch Matrix

          July 8, 2015 at 16:10

          Wait. So Game of Thrones watchers have been perving over a 14 year old girl????

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:11

            Apparently O_o

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 8, 2015 at 16:12

            That is demented. Even by my standards!

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:11

            Yep…

        • Lord Chaos

          July 8, 2015 at 16:11

          *Note to self

          Never visit Hammer or Alien Trevor, I might just be locked in basement and forced to do… things…

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:12

            Rather serve your trusty Admiral

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:12

            Speaking of, When you teaching minion PS2?

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:13

            Is your client up to date?

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:14

            Yep, apparently minion sucks with all else but sniping.
            Also, why is it so bandwith intensive.
            Also, also, due to download, mayhaps that’s why things were blocked at work…

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:15

            Ah, well, pop me msg on Steam and we make plan

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:15

            Done, b-day tomz so I took rest of week off. See you at 12? 😛

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:19

            Tonight? Or tmrw?

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:21

            Sorry, should I have said 0 hundred hours? No matter though, I only need to think of work again tomorrow.

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:22

            LOL, well I’ll be on from about 21h00

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:14

            *Buys lotion…….and a basket……and a hose………..and a poodle, man this is costing more than I figured

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:15

            No spike covered whips?
            *reinforces notes.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:15

            Not in the first week.

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:14

            At least Hammer sleeps at night.

    • Brady miaau

      July 8, 2015 at 16:44

      board games are not cheap, but that is high.

      Settlers of Catan is almost that price, or it was a few years back when we bought it. High quality gaming equipment in the box, though. Strong

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      • Hammersteyn

        July 8, 2015 at 17:08

        The normal risk board game goes for almost half that, so it borrows heavily from the GOT name

        Reply

        • Brady miaau

          July 8, 2015 at 17:09

          Yes, this seems to be a badge purchase. BMW.

          Reply

  5. Admiral Chief's Adventure

    July 8, 2015 at 16:09

    WTF Enemy Within NOT part of the timeline???

    Reply

    • Captain JJ wants moar

      July 8, 2015 at 16:13

      YOU’RE not part of the timeline!

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief's Adventure

        July 8, 2015 at 16:16

        Should you not be cleaning up your face or something?

        Reply

        • Captain JJ wants moar

          July 8, 2015 at 16:16

          I like it this way! It makes me look like a villain.

          Reply

          • Lord Chaos

            July 8, 2015 at 16:18

            Nope, looks like Harley’s half-wit brother dropped a weight on his head. 😛

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:38

            I don’t even look like that!
            I have a bushy manly beard!

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 20:57

            Now…where did I put that picture of you in an apron….?

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 9, 2015 at 07:48

            NO

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 8, 2015 at 16:18

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:37

            *shivers

          • Mossel

            July 9, 2015 at 08:21

            Davey Havok might look like a tit at times, but AFI is one awesome punk band!

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      July 8, 2015 at 16:14

      Ja, I was reading that too. No MECH troopers. 🙁

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief's Adventure

        July 8, 2015 at 16:15

        WTF is up with that eh?

        Reply

  6. Hammersteyn

    July 8, 2015 at 16:15

    What’s that GTA? You’re giving us more content for free? Suck my third nut Destiny!

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief's Adventure

      July 8, 2015 at 16:16

      That explains a bit!

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        July 8, 2015 at 16:16

        Why I walk with a limp?

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief's Adventure

          July 8, 2015 at 16:19

          Nope, something else entirely…

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:20

            LOL okay what?

      • Captain JJ wants moar

        July 8, 2015 at 16:17

        I know. He’s actually played Destiny.

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          July 8, 2015 at 16:18

          finished filling my garage with ten muscle cars in GTA. Being sick was productive XD

          Reply

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:33

            I need to get sick

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 16:34

            Get anything but a stomach bug. I think I lost 3kg these last two days, or one of your weights 😛

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:35

            Haha.
            Touché

          • Brady miaau

            July 8, 2015 at 17:01

            Hope you are right as rain now.

            My wife has hepatits. Ouch, very, very sick.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 17:07

            Fit as a fiddle. Good luck at home. hopefully you only play nurse and dont dress like one.

          • Brady miaau

            July 8, 2015 at 17:08

            No, but remember my little girl. Ouch, she wants mommy, you see.

            🙂 all good.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 17:10

            XD

          • Aries

            July 8, 2015 at 16:44

            Saturday me and my friend spent 6hours building up our money to mod our cars and two guys just came and blew it up with the tank, spent another few hours trying to kill them

          • Hammersteyn

            July 8, 2015 at 17:06

            XD I used the tank a few times. People just see you as a white dot but when they round the corner it’s too late. Pity that you have to pay insurance on their cars when you blow them up. Also there’s no hacking on consoles which is so much more reassuring when playing online

          • Aries

            July 8, 2015 at 23:03

            Never came across a hacker, but I’m low on money after fighting those guys

  7. HvR

    July 8, 2015 at 16:27

    I see News24 have discarded Lazygamer.net like a bad Batman PC port and Gaming links now go to MWEB

    Reply

    • Jonah Cash

      July 8, 2015 at 16:32

      Yeah I don’t remember how I got here, I just know for a fact that it wasn’t through News 24. (But seriously I don’t know where I heard of this place…)

      Reply

      • Captain JJ wants moar

        July 8, 2015 at 16:39

        Same here. Come to think of it.
        News24 is like South Africa’s opinion landfill.

        Reply

    • Captain JJ wants moar

      July 8, 2015 at 16:34

      What?! Really?
      I suppose mweb has to get hits on their website somehow.

      Reply

      • Jonah Cash

        July 8, 2015 at 16:36

        I went there once, but the crickets were deafening…

        Reply

        • Captain JJ wants moar

          July 8, 2015 at 16:37

          😀
          It’s like CNA’s online store. You only go there when there’s something to be won.

          Reply

          • Brady miaau

            July 8, 2015 at 16:42

            CNA often sells games cheaper than ANYWHERE else, trust me, I look around online. I bought witcher 3 for R100 less than anywhere else, R200 less than on Xbox Live.

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:48

            I pre-ordered Fallout 4 there simply because of that. But it was my first purchase on CNA online.

          • Brady miaau

            July 8, 2015 at 16:51

            I was one of the lucky few to buy Fifa 2010 from CNA. They were told not to distribute it yet, they did AND sold it for the wrong price, as part of their then ongoing fight with distributor. It was awesome.

          • Captain JJ wants moar

            July 8, 2015 at 16:52

            Haha. Excellent.

    • Brady miaau

      July 8, 2015 at 16:41

      Yes

      I still think there are far less people commenting than previously

      Combination of new site and lack of news24 portal?

      Reply

  8. Brady miaau

    July 8, 2015 at 16:50

    My night:

    Create new Xbox Live account, US based.
    Going to trial DNS services
    Going to trial Netfllix AND Hulu
    Will see how it works
    Cancel DSTV. ok, maybe not tonight.

    Concerned about my existing gaming account on Xbox Live and its games when region shifts using dns stuff

    Reply

    • Captain JJ wants moar

      July 8, 2015 at 16:52

      Cancelling DSTV. Good decision. Hulu is the shizzz

      Reply

      • Brady miaau

        July 8, 2015 at 16:59

        Sport. Sport. I watch Tennis, Formula1 and soccer.

        Reply

        • Captain JJ wants moar

          July 9, 2015 at 07:49

          I only watch F1, so for me it’s not too much of an issue.

          Reply

        • Admiral Chief's Adventure

          July 9, 2015 at 07:57

          Tennis, soccer….no ruggas?

          Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        July 8, 2015 at 17:04

        Still need to get that… Binge watching prevents me though

        Reply

        • Captain JJ wants moar

          July 9, 2015 at 07:49

          Yes. I am very pro binge-watching. 😀

          Reply

    • Geoffrey Tim

      July 9, 2015 at 06:35

      Your region doesnt actually change. The dns rerouting is service specific. 🙂 Nothng happens to your games.

      Reply

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