Category:  Columns

By Dawid, February 8, 2012, @ 11:00 am 5 Columns, Xbox 360

The Xbox brand is loved in the States and all over Europe and has a strong following locally, but one region that it has been battling with over the years is the East. Japan just about hates Microsoft or –… Read More »

By Michael, January 18, 2012, @ 2:30 pm 1 Columns, PC

In February 2010 Star Trek Online was released and I jumped around like a little kid on Christmas day. This was going to be my MMO; I would cast aside the joke that is World of Warcraft and embrace the… Read More »

By Jarred, October 31, 2011, @ 8:00 am 11 Columns

What is closure you ask? Closure in psychological terms refers to a person’s need for a definite, concrete ending rather than enduring ongoing ambiguity. Movies, books and even games have moved towards ambiguity when concluding. With multiple endings, storylines, and… Read More »

By Brett, September 21, 2011, @ 4:18 pm 4 Columns

Everywhere you look these days there seems to be a rotting corpse. That isn’t a comment on the state of violent crime in South Africa either, gaming smells a bit funny these days. It all comes down to zombies. Fast… Read More »

By Michael, September 20, 2011, @ 4:14 pm 4 Columns

After reading this piece of news in which the humble ARM Cortex-A9 2.0GHz quad core processor is compared to current desktop processors, a PC enthusiast can’t help but scoff and then proceed to inflict bodily harm on a passerby. This… Read More »

By Jarred, August 26, 2011, @ 11:06 am 11 Columns

Following on from previous comments on the psychology of gamers I would like to put forward some more ideas. In this respect taking a look at how we play games that give us a choice of being ‘good’ or being… Read More »

By Brett, August 17, 2011, @ 10:30 pm 2 Columns, Gamescom

This was started at 1:30AM today and should have been completed before I slept but the frailties of the human body mean that my ability to spell (and type) have gone right put the window. Gamescom officially officially starts in… Read More »

By Brett, August 15, 2011, @ 9:30 pm 0 Columns, Gamescom

Eyes… blurring… Too…much…travel…Gamescom has officially begun for myself and Dawid. Technically speaking we’ve both been awake since around 8AM on 14 August (and it is now 7:40PM on 15 August). That is unless you count dozing on the plane from… Read More »

By Jarred, August 11, 2011, @ 12:00 pm 7 Columns

Have you ever wondered if your life could have been different had you taken a different route, or made an alternative decision? Perhaps you took the safe road rather than a risk and have always regretted it. Let me introduce… Read More »

By Jarred, August 5, 2011, @ 11:00 am 2 Columns, News

Yes we are all gamers. Well perhaps not all of us, but have you ever wondered the reasons why you got into gaming or the reasons why you have stuck to gaming for so many years? Some interesting views have… Read More »

By Nicholas, July 20, 2011, @ 8:34 am 0 Columns, Tech

Stereotyping is generally considered a naughty human trait. It leads to racism, sexism, usedcarsalesmanism and a host of other societal behaviours that suck. It’s also how the human brain processes a crap ton of data without imploding while freeing up… Read More »