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Blizzard bans Hearthstone grandmaster for Hong Kong supports, pulls prize winnings and kicks democracy in the teeth

By Geoffrey Tim
October 8, 2019
in :  Gaming
23

This weekend past, Hong Kong Hearthstone pro Chung "blitzchung" Ng Wai caused a storm of controversy when he appeared in a Hearthstone Grandmasters post-match interview, wearing a gas mask and goggles in defiance of the new law banning face masks in Hong Kong. In the stream, when he removed his mask, he shouted “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age!." The stream has since been deleted from Blizzard’s Twitch channel - and Chung has been banned from play.

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Hit or Miss: Is our democracy in peril?

By Geoffrey Tim
March 31, 2017
in :  Opinion
44

We are predominantly an entertainment website, and generally prefer to stay out of politics – but that’s not possible right now. The cabinet reshuffle, more specifically the firing of Pravin Gordhan, exposes the ANC for what it has become: A spineless, morally bankrupt party that is willing to watch a few people destroy this country

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PS Plus Vote to Play kicks off tomorrow

By Zoe Hawkins
August 12, 2015
in :  Gaming
24

Want to choose which PS+ game you get to play? Well the voting opens tomorrow and it's going to be a bit of a tough decision.

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PSA: Steam has slashed prices on your favourite games

By Zoe Hawkins
May 23, 2014
in :  Gaming
15

Steam is ready to rebuild your backlog with these great prices on games you want.

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Twitch Plays Pokemon’s new democracy system

By stephens
February 19, 2014
in :  Gaming
10

Twitch Plays Pokemon, the bizarre social experiment, now has a system of democracy.

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MSSA elects new board, calls it democracy

By Zoe Hawkins
December 12, 2013
in :  Gaming
74

The MSSA has a new president, but can you call this a democratic process?

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