I’ve always maintained that when it comes to gaming scenes in a country, nobody has it as bad as Australia. Well, maybe ze Germans also have it bad, but the Australian government seems to get their panties in a bunch a lot more often than those from the land of pretzels and lederhosen. When I hear South Africans moaning about …

Some people love Billy Bob Thornton the actor, screenwriter, director, rock… star? But some people think he’s a bit of a douche – probably because he used to be married to Angelina Jolie. What? You don’t think he’s a douche? You might after this. He was recently interviewed by The Telegraph during which he went on a bit of a …

Could this be the best game ever made? I think so. Watch the video after the jump, to see a game where the sole objective is to shoot people in the face, close range! Finally, a game where I’ll actually be able to hit something! It even has multiplayer! It is of course, being courtesy of the Onion News Network, …

This isn’t news, this isn’t even surprising and yet one of the largest websites in South Africa decided that this story is what they will run a poll about on their front page. To catch you up News24.com, South Africa’s biggest online news website, has a poll running currently on whether or not gaming makes teens more violent and unsurprisingly …

As sensible gamers, when we have confrontations with other people during online games, we make derisive jokes or just mute and block the offending douchebag. And then there are people with too much testosterone who take things far too seriously. Take for example Eric LaChapelle, who after an online fight succeeding a bit of PS3 multiplayer failed to do the …

It’s becoming an age old complaint of mature open minded individuals out there, why is it okay that games can have ever increasing levels of violence and gore but still to this day anything of a sexual nature is deemed as completely inappropriate? Now I’m not having a go at Splatterhouse directly here as this is something that is endemic …

The last Mortal Kombat, pitting the series’ stalwarts against characters from DC comic’s stable was T-rated – meaning the game was devoid of the gratuitous, over-the-top violence the series is known for. Mortal Kombat 9 – due next year – won’t be quite as tame. "We’re going to be as M-rated as we’ve ever been," said series co-creator Ed Boon. …

You may recall a few weeks back we asked for some submissions for my sister, who lectures a Criminology class, and her upcoming videogame debate. The idea behind the debate was to discuss whether or not violent videogames themselves were responsible for violent behaviour and whether we should be censoring them or restricting their sales. The results are in and …