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Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Review – That's me in the corner
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We met the voice behind Mario – and you can too!
The fine folks from Core – The official South African Distributer of all things Nintendo – invited us round for a meet-and-greet with Charles Martinet, the voice of gaming’s most recognisable icon, Mario. In the short time I spent in the his company I realised that Martinet – Ebullient, enthusiastic and effervescent – is Mario. Regaling the serendipitous tale of …
Mario’s in South Africa – Charles Martinet visits Core
Charles Martinet, the voice behind Mario (and others), is in South Africa at the moment as a guest of the Core group. Geoff is currently at the event and has tweeted Charles martinet reckons SA is the best country in the world. He’s right Last Updated: August 11, 2010
Nintendo DSi XL Reviewed – Size Matters
Over the course of a device’s lifetime it generally gets more refined, smaller and sleeker. That happened with the Nintendo DS, seeing a revised DS lite, and then the DSi, which additionally featured 2 cameras and slightly beefier specs. Tradition went out the window with the next iteration though. Bucking the trend, the DSi XL did away with any semblance …
Local Wii Price Cut Announced
In some great news for locals Core have announced that we will be receiving a massive Wii price cut on the 2nd of October bringing the local Wii price down to R2 499 or R1 000 less than it is now. This now makes gaming in South Africa just that much more affordable with the PS3 Slim floating around for …
Who is going to distribute the Xbox 360 in South Africa now?
With the liquidation of Mi Digital currently under way the big question for us gamers is who is going to take over the distribution and support for the Xbox 360 in South Africa. The Xbox 360 is doing very well in South Africa and as such you can be sure that it will continue to be available moving forward. There …
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