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Bhut Jolokia Review – SO HAWT!

By Darryn Bonthuys
August 6, 2013
in :  Gaming, Reviews
36

The Lazygamer crew, and by that I mean myself and Gavin because Geoff and Zoe are cowards/intelligent, have been dipping into some hot stuff lately. Gavin would have habaneros, I’d down hot sauce. But I think I have him beat. Because I just ate one of the hottest peppers known to man. Last Updated: August 6, 2013

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Violent games increase pain tolerance?

By Geoffrey Tim
September 11, 2012
in :  Gaming
Comments Off on Violent games increase pain tolerance?

Violent Games desensitise you to real life violence - but they may also numb physical pain.

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How many ways can you die in Darkness 2?

By Gavin Mannion
February 6, 2012
in :  Gaming
Comments Off on How many ways can you die in Darkness 2?

Check out these 3 video's detailing the violence and gore of the upcoming Darkness 2

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PS3 “a pain in the ass to work on.”

By Geoffrey Tim
July 20, 2011
in :  Gaming
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Darksiders II developer has called Sony's console "a pain in the ass to work on.”

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PS3 Getting 3D Gaming Today

By Geoffrey Tim
June 10, 2010
in :  Gaming
4

That scheduled PS3 maintenance yesterday? that was to prepare the system for 3D, apparently.The PSN is now serving 3D games, with the first 3 available today, and a demo coming tomorrow. If you’ve already jumped on the 3D TV bandwagon, you’ll be able to download 3D enabled versions of WipEout HD, SuperStardustHD and PAIN, with a 3D-enabled demo of MotorStorm: …

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Pain Fortress – I have to have it

By Gavin Mannion
February 17, 2009
in :  Gaming
2

Pain was released on the PSN quite a while back and while it was entertaining enough for short periods of time it really didn’t have the longevity that would make it stand out for any good reason. However that is all about to change, Pain is being upgraded and in the new version entitled Pain Fortress you are going to …

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Pain most downloaded game on PSN this year.

By Karl
December 31, 2008
in :  Gaming
2

                   In what is a surprising list, Pain (released in 2007) was the number 1 most downloaded game this year according to Pulse. It beat off PixelJunk Monsters, PixelJunk Eden, Super Stardust HD, and Rachet & Clank: Quest for Booty which is an impressive list of games to fight off for the coveted top spot. See the full list after the …

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Let's Hassle the Hoff

By Gavin Mannion
October 23, 2008
in :  Gaming
3

David Hasselhoff has been posting on the official PlayStation forums which is surprising for two reasons… First how on Earth does the Hoff manage to pop up absolutely everywhere and which deranged lunatic thought of putting him in his own game? The Hoff was posting to announce that he is actually going to be making a guest appearance in that …

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