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Kid clocks up a bill of R88 000 on FIFA microtransactions

By Matthew Figueira
January 12, 2016
in :  Gaming
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Giving a child a credit card is one heck of a risk, but useful in the case of an emergency. One parent got a nasty shock over December however, as his son decided it would be a good idea to use that emergency card on in-game purchases.

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Cosplayer pulled off of train for carrying “weapons”

By Matthew Figueira
July 25, 2014
in :  Gaming, Lifestyle
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A cosplayer caused a bit of fuss with his appearance, causing a fellow train commuter to call the police.

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Cosplayer pulled off of train for carrying “weapons”

By Matthew Figueira
July 25, 2014
in :  Gaming, Lifestyle
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A cosplayer caused a bit of fuss with his appearance, causing a fellow train commuter to call the police.

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NBA Jam Confirmed for Xbox and PS3 – But There’s a Catch. And it sucks.

By Geoffrey Tim
August 3, 2010
in :  Gaming
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This is not going to make Nick happy. Regular readers would know that our stalwart Zimbabwean refugee Nick is pretty damned excited about the upcoming return of the NBA Jam franchise. It was originally supposed to be exclusive to Wii – but ratings boards exposed high definition versions destined for Xbox box and PS3, presumably for their download services. EA …

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Sony : We’ll Beat the 360 in 10 Years

By Geoffrey Tim
February 3, 2010
in :  Gaming
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Sony don’t seem too confident that they’ll be able to best 360 sales any time soon – but they’re still demonstrating testicular fortitude and bravado, as they’ve claimed that the PS3 will surpass the 360’s sales…within 10 years. “I don’t think [360 will] be around in 10 years so I’m very confident we’ll pass them within that time frame,” Said …

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I Now Pronounce You Man…and videogame.

By Geoffrey Tim
November 23, 2009
in :  Uncategorised
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Oh good Lord. A man has married a videogame character. Yeah…umm. Ok. Sure, we’ve started seeing a growing trend of Japanese men engaging in real relationships with faux suitors – but this really takes the (wedding) cake. A presumably Japanese man has taken the digital hand of Nene Anegasaki, one of three characters in DS dating sim Love Plus – …

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