There is a small but dedicated movement trying to get Rugby Challenge released locally, would you like to join it?

The deliberately psychologically addictive nature of Facebook games like FarmVille and its ilk is under the spotlight again, this time highlighted as one of causes of the death of a 13 month old boy. These games aren’t violent, don’t contain disturbing imagery or mature themes, but are increasingly becoming implicated in game-related deaths. Last Updated: April 18, 2011

If you spend an awful amount of time on Twitter (and by rights, you totally should!), you may remember that earlier this month, Microsoft South Africa and the local Xbox 360 twitter accounts teased something big coming for South African Xbox Live. That alluringly teasing tweet summarily disappeared, with no real mention of it again. When we poked, pried and …

  I’ve completely overestimated casual gamers. The most popular casual game on the planet (at the moment), Facebook’s Farmville is apparently so confusing and difficult to play that it requires one of those yellow tomes for the braindead  and clueless, The Dummies Guide. Of course, I’m being dismissive because I can, never actually having played the game. I’m sure there …

Want to know what Farmville has that makes it very alluring to advertisers? 17 million players, that’s what. It’s an advertiser’s wet dream insofar as captive markets are concerned. Zynga is sitting pretty with this resource, and now movies are set to make use of it. DreamWorks Animation has signed a deal with Zynga that will see their upcoming movie, …

Remember how back in 2000, John Romero wanted to make you his bitch? There was that gloriously over-the-top advertising campaign for his game, Daikatana. The game sucked. Romero made nobody his bitch and went off to make mobile games instead. He seems to be mellowing out a lot as he gets older because Romero now has a Facebook game! It’s …

Are you inundated with unsolicited advertising of the spam variety? Ever wondered where the bastard gets your info from? If you’re a regular player of unfathomably popular Facebook games like Mafia Wars and the ubiquitous Farmville, they may be the source. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the games – and many other Facebook apps -  violate Facebook’s privacy …

Xbox South Africa has just listed a bunch of new (and old) screenshots up on their facebook page. But for those of you who prefer a nicer gallery system or can’t connect to Facebook from the office I have inserted them all below. Everytime I see fable screenshots the first word that comes into my head is ‘Epic’… It’s not …