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eGamer Podcast #32: Juan Xbox To Rule Them All
Recorded: 22 May 2013 Welcome to another themed episode of the eGamer Podcast. This week we’re talking about the topic that is on the lips, keyboards and webcams of every [...]
The Internet Reacts To The Xbox One
This morning I had a quick stroll through Memebase, like I always do, and having not had the chance to go on for a few days, I was bombarded by [...]
More Like Xbox ‘Merica?
The Xbox Reveal is now well in the past. We know what Microsoft had hidden under its covers and we’ve seen what it can do. But now that all is [...]
Our 32nd Podcast Records Tonight — Ask Us Things
I love binary. Not just because it is the language of a PC but because it can be represented as exponentials of the number 2. This week we record episode [...]
Xbox One Reveal: GamerScore Will Carry Over (Consider My Night Made)
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee[goes on for a while]eeee! Ahem. Confirmation has come through from Microsoft that your GamerScore will carry over from the Xbox 360 to the Xbox One — seriously, wtf is [...]
Xbox One Reveal: Remedy Enters Next-Gen With Quantum Break
The first brand new exclusive IP revealed for the Xbox One is Quantum Break, a very unique offering from Remedy Entertainment. You might know them for the little-known titles Alan [...]
Xbox One Reveal: Forza Motorsport 5 Crashes Onto Xbox One
A new generation calls for a brand new series, but who needs new series when you have successful, established franchises which aren’t in need of reboots in order to feel [...]
Xbox One Reveal: Call Of Duty: Ghosts Reveals Itself In This Trailer
The Xbox Reveal, now done and dusted, ended off with a trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts, Infinity Ward’s next big game in the long-running series which takes things to [...]
Is It Time For Xbox LIVE Subscriptions To Evolve?
We’ll probably know by the end of the day, whether or not this shall actually be a thing, but on the brink of the Xbox Reveal which takes place later [...]
How Far Does Your Consumption Of Gaming Extend?
Another day is almost done and my activities of the past hours since waking up form a blur of gaming news, gaming media, Game of Thrones and gaming lust… you [...]
Thank You EA, And Checkmate — But What Comes Next?
Last week we shared the news with you of Electronic Arts finally doing away with its silly online pass system. This came on something of a rollercoaster day of good [...]
Apparently Game Piracy Isn’t As Bad As They Say It Is
Surprise, surprise… If you ask the ESA about game piracy, it will claim that there are some ten million illegal downloads of over two hundred games per month. However a [...]
eGamer Podcast #31: Do The Awkward Turtle
Recorded: 14 May 2013 Now a weekly occurrence! Welcome to episode thirty one of the eGamer Podcast, certifiably the only podcast in the known universe which has Dean in it. [...]
Show Us Your Gamer Tats!
Of gamers in the world, there are many different types. Some play games casually; some play games more than anything else that they do, including sleep; some call themselves hardcore [...]
How Much Do Game Covers Really Matter?
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky. I don’t remember the last time I walked into a gaming retailer, looked at a pretty box, and thought, [...]
Where To Next For The Mass Effect Series?
It’s now past a year since Mass Effect 3 released to the world and taught the gaming industry a valuable lesson on fan engagement. But the Mass Effect series didn’t [...]
When ‘Game’ Meets ‘Play’
Not many people have played Batman: Arkham City as much as I have. Now that’s not some declaration of my totally actual gamer superiority or anything, but rather, I need [...]
Our 31st Podcast Records Tonight — Ask Us Things
That’s right. This week. If you had a listen to last week’s podcast then you would have heard that we’ve officially brought everyone’s favourite (and only) eGamer podcast into a [...]
A Lesson On Microtransactions
It’s a slow news day and there’s not that much to talk about, so instead of thumb-sucking some arbitrary video or story from some site somewhere, which has existed for [...]
Life, The Universe, And Gaming: Ludonarrative Dissonance
Or: How Suspension Of Disbelief Is So Nineties. Picture if you will, you’ve just arrived at a predetermined location with your ally in tow. Opting to look around rather than [...]
What Happens To The Wii U When Next Gen Arrives?
At the time of writing this (yesterday, if you’re reading this around publish time) I decided to head onto Twitter and ask my Followers if there was anything they’d like [...]
Promotional Copies Are The Real Limited Editions
It was a few days ago on Twitter, while posting my ninety-eighth tweet of the morning, when I noticed a tweet from a local online retailer which stated that stock [...]
Has EA Shot Itself In The Foot?
(Or Is It Pure Genius?) I have the most sinister smile on my face right now. You know, for a very long time I have defended Electronic Arts and their [...]
eGamer Podcast #30: It’s The Worst Of It
Recorded: 07 May 2013 Another week, another episode. And with episode thirty, we are well and truly into this adventure. The eGamer crew are out in full force tonight, and [...]
The Ultimate Catch-22 Of Being A Gamer
If you type “define catch 22″ into Google, you will get the following as the result: “A catch-22 is a paradoxical situation in which an individual cannot or is incapable [...]
The Rumour Mill Is A Nasty Creation And You Should Not Listen To It
A few weeks ago a rumour dropped about the next-generation Xbox which claimed that it will be always-online, among other things. Discussion over whether the world is ready for always-online [...]
Good Graphics Is More About Quality Than Quantity
That should come as quite an obvious statement, shouldn’t it. After all, you can push a billion pixels at a time but if none of them have any real purpose [...]
Our 30th Podcast Records Tonight — Ask Us Things
It’s mid-life crisis time for our podcast and you lucky gamers get to experience it happening in real-time when the eGamer crew kick back later tonight to record episode thirty. [...]
More DBNGamers Events Like This One, Please!
There’s very few places that I’ve been to where I can go in and immediately consider myself at home, where the faces are familiar and friendly and the foes are [...]
Local Pricing For The Walking Dead Revealed
Not to be confused with The Walking Dad. A few weeks ago we told you about the standalone compilation of The Walking Dead episodic game from Telltale Games, previously only [...]









