There’s something oddly cathartic about building a high-end PC – and it’s usually followed by that rushing sense of euphoria when you switch it on for the first time and it actually posts. Now you can experience that euphoria digitally.
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We are geeks, and we are proud. We are the 1%. But maybe we're taking it all a little too seriously?
In what has to be the geekiest thing done with a video game controller, ever, an enterprising nerd has used Sony’s hyper-accurate Move controller to measure the earth’s rotation.
World of Warcraft : Cataclysm, the expansion to the evergreen MMO that keeps agoraphobes in their chairs was released to retail at midnight. We were on hand at Greenstone Mall where there was not one, or even two – but three midnight launches for the game. The stores in question; BT Games, Exclus1ve books and Look & Listen were open …
Over the past few years, we’ve moved away from the stereotype of the gamer as a pasty, socially awkward, sun-fearing basement dweller – bereft of charm, hairbrushes and deodorant. Not the sort of bait conducive to snagging a member of the opposite – or same, if that’s your thing – sex. Gamers these days are mostly seen as regular people, …
What do loveless dorks do on Valentines day? They get together dressed as their favourite characters from Star Trek, of course. They even bag themselves the world’s nerdiest Guinness World Record doing so. Sad bastards. To commemorate the release of their MMO based on the Star Trek Universe created by Gene Rodenberry, Atari scheduled the event at London’s Millennium bridge, …
A a recent Counter Strike LAN in Moscow, a team promoter decided to test the mettle of his team during a match. How you ask? Obviously he unleashed Russian strippers upon them. Proving that Counter Strike players are indomitably focused, the presence of hot women and their breasts failed to put them off their game. Or it’s proven that Counter-Strike …
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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