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Where is our official Xbox Live status Microsoft?

By Gavin Mannion
February 13, 2009
in :  Gaming
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So the previews of the upcoming GTA IV DLC are being released and all in all it sounds absolutely brilliant. The single player is strong enough to stand up by itself and it sounds like they have really ramped up the multiplayer side of things. But this just makes us mad… why you ask? Well I sure am glad you …

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Konami leaving Ster Kinekor

By Gavin Mannion
February 3, 2009
in :  Gaming
8

This is marked with a huge rumour tag right now as I only have one contact confirming this. However I just received an email from a local retailer who phoned Ster Kinekor this morning to order some Metal Gear Solid 4 and was promptly told that Ster Kinekor no longer has the licence to distribute Konami titles. If this is …

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Small Capcom Update – Who has Capcom now?

By Gavin Mannion
February 3, 2009
in :  Gaming
2

The simplest things in life can often turn out to be an absolute nightmare and I am starting to think that is what this Capcom issue is about to become. I posted on the weekend about the rumours of SK Gaming losing the Capcom licence and said that I would send out the obligatory emails and let you know what’s …

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Resident Evil 5 Demo Now Live on Xbox LIVE

By Nick De Bruyne
January 26, 2009
in :  Gaming
7

If you remember correctly, the Resident Evil 5 demo was only made available to people those who lived in Japan. The Demo is now available to download on Xbox LIVE and will be available on PSN next week as well. I had the chance to give the demo a good go and I will tell you that you should do …

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Gamerlobby Paintball Day – The Woods – JHB

By Nick De Bruyne
December 17, 2008
in :  Gaming
7

In real life, there is no respawn there is only pain and paint and we think that’s awesome. The Gamerlobby Paintball day that we posted about a short while ago took place last Saturday at The Woods in Johannesburg and we were there to get our butts painted all sorts of colours in the name of gaming goodness. Knowing that …

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Come celebrate the end of the year Gamerlobby style

By Gavin Mannion
December 8, 2008
in :  Gaming
2

If you have any plans for this Saturday it’s about time to make up those excuses and get them in early. I received an open invitation from GamerLobby.net for their end of year party and just had to share. What’s even better is that Cape Town has also been included this time so lets make sure we get out there …

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Xbox 360 Summer Tour Festival

By Nick De Bruyne
December 5, 2008
in :  Gaming
9

We received a press release this week from Microsoft notifying us that they are going to be embarking on a bit of a journey around the country throughout the summer. Microsoft are going to be traveling to to many of the popular holiday spots, beginning at the Boogaloos skate park at Bright Water Commons in Johannesburg and then moving its …

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World Reminder: Games are supposed to be FUN

By Nick De Bruyne
December 3, 2008
in :  Gaming
15

iHateFunBanner.jpg [WARNING: Excessive use of bad language and violence against common household items] Anyone who has had a taste of online gaming will know that there are some seriously strange people out there. Join any American game however and you will usually be treated to an absolute barrage of high-pitched, whiny, disrespectful little monsters who do nothing but scream and shout about how they are going to own you and how everytime you owned them was only because of lag, luck or a whatever else they can think of. I have posted a video after the jump that is not what I would call "office friendly" as it involves a young american kid who has possibly the worst anger management problem that I have ever seen and his language will not impress your boss, so you have been warned. It really got me wondering about these kids, at the risk of sounding like all of our parents I ask: What has happened to the kids of today? ...The guy above might seem a little familiar to you, it's because there was a previous video up a while back of him playing Halo 3.... Games are supposed to be about having fun but it seems that so many people have just gotten so obsessed with proving their amazing skills that the concept of gaming for fun seems to be lost altogether. It's a sad day to see a young person having such an incredibly bad time with a game when we all know that we should all be relaxing and enjoying it.... He spills coke, further breaks his headset, cracks his Halo 3 poster and in what must be the most amazing moment of self-pwnage, actually manages to get the microphone of his headset shoved halfway down his throat (See it to believe it - 5min 18 secs in).... I myself have been having some frustration problems with control schemes and online issues with some of the more recent games but to take it out like these guys do is utterly ridiculous.... This sort of play is getting out of hand to the point that there are a few games that I have at the moment that I am playing online with public international matches because I am so tired of the guys who want nothing but to win, that I would rather suffer with a second of lag and play with a bunch of Japanese folks who just want to have some fun. It really does make a statement that I would rather play with people that I don't understand, with a second of lag, rather than have to sit through round after round of players who only use cheap tactics, camping and assorted other methods so that they can top the scoreboards. Thanks to all of those people, I just stopped playing a lot of the games that I really enjoyed and have now resorted to only playing with close friends that I know I can relax with.... It means that if I want to play online with random people, I don't get to choose between the hardcore no-fun bunch or the relaxed games just trying to have some fun. So the next time you are playing a game and being a douche-bag, try to remember that it's all about having fun. If your concept of fun is sitting in a corner surrounded by trip mines, up a hill with a sniper rifle and every sort of cheap trick you can think of to get to the top of the scoreboards, then you need to have a slap sent your way because nobody likes it and no one will go to be thinking about how cool you are.

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