Want to live to be 90? Drop the exercise and take up moderate drinking.

There’s no pithy preamble, no stories about how my life is going. Instead, just bitterness and resentment. I’m kidding though! It’s Friday – it’s rapidly approaching beer o’ clock and it’s going to be a great weekend.

Gamescom has been nailing theidea of bringing the video game industry to the people for years now. The Koelnmesse is titanic in size, well-equipped and ready to open its doors to anyone with a love for video games. What else is there to do though? What does the pop culture fanatic looking to do more than just play a slice of next year’s hot new release have to do between the hours waiting in line to do so?

Gamescom is the best of the great big gaming extravaganzas. It kicks off in a month, and the first big publisher to reveal its Gamescom plans is EA.

I visit the Darling Brewery in Darling and am surprised at the professional level of their establishment. Also, beer tasting, do I need to say anymore?

"BeerYoga is the marriage of two great loves – beer and yoga. Both are centuries-old therapies for body, mind and soul," says its website

In Cape Town? Have nothing to do tomorrow? Meet up with some CT-based Lazygamers at The River club for drinks and a chat.

rAge kicks off this weekend, giving gamers a glimps of their gaming futures. Will you be going? Why? why won;t you be going? Tell us!