Archive for the Featured Articles category
Competition: Win Mass Effect 3 — Xbox 360 | PS3 | PC
22 Feb, 2012 2:00 PM | Dean Mass Effect 3 launches on the 9th of March, and that’s really nearby. Electronic Arts has given us all the opportunity to test the game out with the demo which [...]
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Preview: Silent Hill: Downpour
22 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Dean “Silent Hill introduces an all-new storyline and unique evolutions in gameplay, building on innovations and successes from over a decade of true survival horror and terror.” — Martin Schneider, European [...]
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5 Comments
Review: UFC Undisputed 3
21 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Dean The unfortunate thing with mixed martial arts games is that there’s never a middle ground. A game is either stunning or it’s annoying. For one to buy a fighting game, [...]
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12 Comments
5 Great Features In Average Games
20 Feb, 2012 1:15 PM | Jake Woolf A diamond in the rough. Because the Aladdin in us never dies. Have you played my favourite game? Do you agree with my choice of console? Masterchief or Kratos? No?! [...]
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21 Comments
Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Betas Need To Replace Demos
20 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Caveshen Previously on Life, The Universe, And Gaming: Okay I really just wanted to start a column like that, at least once this year. At least it’s relevant this time! In [...]
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Hands-On: Mass Effect 3
18 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Azhar If you’ve read our preview of Mass Effect 3, then you’ll most likely know all there is to know about the game before its release. However, a demo was recently [...]
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7 Comments
Review: Final Fantasy XIII-2
17 Feb, 2012 5:00 PM | Timothy Watching the opening scene for Final Fantasy XIII-2 made me rethink my approach to this review. Rather than give you plenty of detail any Wikipedia page can do, or tie [...]
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8 Comments
In-Game: The Minds Behind Desktop Dungeons
17 Feb, 2012 3:30 PM | Adam Last year, I conducted a set of interviews for research purposes and managed to interview a couple of the indie developers at rAge Expo in Johannesburg. After a very busy [...]
Anime Games To Look Forward To In 2012
17 Feb, 2012 1:15 PM | Timothy There are plenty of great games coming out this year and we’ve decide to make a list of those here. Not just any list however, a list of anime inspired [...]
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20 Comments
Review: Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning
17 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Caveshen The billing has certainly been great for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (from here on, simply Reckoning) in the months building up to its release. Talk of the star names heading [...]
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12 Comments
Indie Review: Pineapple Smash Crew
16 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Adam When playing Pineapple Smash Team the word ‘explosive’ comes to mind. In the most interesting of ways the game subjects you to rapid fire shooting, the constant death of enemies [...]
What We Want From Doom 4
15 Feb, 2012 5:00 PM | Timothy Now that the dust of Rage has settled, and whether you enjoyed the game or not, we think it’s time we start to talk about and imagine the next Doom. [...]
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9 Comments
Review: The Darkness II
15 Feb, 2012 1:15 PM | A-G Sonday The Darkness released in 2007 to mixed criticism. Based on the Darkness comics by Top Cow, the game was all about protagonist Jackie Estacado coming to terms with the powers [...]
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Competition: Win One Of Four Copies Of SSX
14 Feb, 2012 2:00 PM | Dean Are you a fan of the SSX series? Or, have you ever played SSX? Do you even know what SSX is? Well, let’s put it this way: if you answered [...]
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5 Fail Game To Movie Adaptations
14 Feb, 2012 1:15 PM | Adam In this feature, we’re going to take a look at some of the most horrible videogame movie adaptations. These abortions are the stuff of children’s nightmares. Most of these movies [...]
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37 Comments
If Two Gamers Have A Baby, Who Gets An Achievement?
14 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Jake Woolf A guide to finding that perfect co-op partner to the game of life. Finding the perfect partner is hard. Even making friends can be hard. This is why we have [...]
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23 Comments
Games I’m Most Looking Forward To This Year (Part 2)
13 Feb, 2012 5:00 PM | Timothy There are a lot of awesome games coming out this year, and if you know this site well enough you’d know how many times we’ve raved about the games of [...]
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13 Comments
5 Terrible Features In Great Games
13 Feb, 2012 1:15 PM | Jake Woolf May you find what you are looking for. The above line is an old Chinese curse. The disparity between Western and Eastern culture is never more evident than in their [...]
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26 Comments
Experience Points: Please Stop Trolling Valve
13 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Adam You know a lot of gamers have finished Half-Life 2 Episode 2 and were amazed at the direction, storytelling expertise and general greatness that Valve had created from the first [...]
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17 Comments
Preview: Binary Domain
11 Feb, 2012 12:00 PM | Duncan Name: Binary Domain Genre: Third-person, squad based shooter Players: 1 Multiplayer: Yes (versus mode and co-op confirmed) Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 Developers: Ryu ga Gotoku Studio Publishers: SEGA Release Date: [...]
Hall Of Fame: Unreal Tournament 2004
10 Feb, 2012 5:00 PM | Azhar Many of you may not even know of the existence of our Hall of Fame feature, and that’s basically because the last one was all the way back in May [...]
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5 Comments
In A Nerd’s Honest Opinion: Final Fantasy XIII Didn’t Suck
10 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Timothy What to talk about? Well I really want to speak about Final Fantasy XIII-2 but considering I’m doing the review on that, I’d just be shooting myself in the foot. [...]
224 Views
24 Comments
In-Game: Writing Kingdoms Of Amalur
9 Feb, 2012 5:00 PM | Adam I was quietly surfing the internet the other night and glazing over all the news feed on my Facebook account when I happened upon a Reddit session with R.A. Salvatore. [...]
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11 Comments
Hands-On: Syndicate
9 Feb, 2012 1:15 PM | Alessandro Earlier last week, EA released a demo to their latest shooter Syndicate. A game that is a modern, FPS take on a cherished retro isometric tactical shooter title, Syndicate has [...]
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30 Comments
Review: Soul Calibur V
8 Feb, 2012 5:30 PM | Timothy Fighting games and I have a real love-hate relationship. I really enjoy them; right up until a friend comes over, hits the gamepad with their face and ends up winning [...]
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23 Comments
7 Of The Best FPS Games
8 Feb, 2012 5:00 PM | Azhar I don’t think the title contains that much ambiguity but, to reiterate, in this feature I’ll be presenting my take on seven of history’s greatest ever first person shooters. Of [...]
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51 Comments
What Makes A Gamer: Rage Quitting
8 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Adam In this week’s What Makes A Gamer we look at the infinitely extending and eternally occurring phenomenon known as ‘rage quitting’. Rage quitting has never been precisely defined, and we’ll [...]
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20 Comments
Games To Satiate Your Hunger For Diablo 3
7 Feb, 2012 5:00 PM | Timothy Features removed, game redesigns, release date unconfirmed and the hunger for Diablo 3 grows. Diablo 3 may come out tomorrow, ok probably not, though we might only see it at [...]
1,855 Views
52 Comments
5 Popular Games That Won’t Be Remembered
6 Feb, 2012 1:15 PM | Jake Woolf Fan favourites that no one will remember when something better comes alo…ooohh look! Something shiny. We have all started to use the word memorable to mean fun or enjoyable. I’ve [...]
6,008 Views
37 Comments
Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Why Marketing Wins
6 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Caveshen Be honest, two months ago if I said that a game was coming out in a few months that would be a third-person open-world RPG that would be similar to [...]
172 Views
36 Comments
Competition: Win Mass Effect 3 — Xbox 360 | PS3 | PC
Mass Effect 3 launches on the 9th of March, and that’s really nearby. Electronic Arts has given us all the opportunity to test the game out with the demo which [...]
Preview: Silent Hill: Downpour
“Silent Hill introduces an all-new storyline and unique evolutions in gameplay, building on innovations and successes from over a decade of true survival horror and terror.” — Martin Schneider, European [...]
Review: UFC Undisputed 3
The unfortunate thing with mixed martial arts games is that there’s never a middle ground. A game is either stunning or it’s annoying. For one to buy a fighting game, [...]
5 Great Features In Average Games
A diamond in the rough. Because the Aladdin in us never dies. Have you played my favourite game? Do you agree with my choice of console? Masterchief or Kratos? No?! [...]
Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Betas Need To Replace Demos
Previously on Life, The Universe, And Gaming: Okay I really just wanted to start a column like that, at least once this year. At least it’s relevant this time! In [...]
Hands-On: Mass Effect 3
If you’ve read our preview of Mass Effect 3, then you’ll most likely know all there is to know about the game before its release. However, a demo was recently [...]
Review: Final Fantasy XIII-2
Watching the opening scene for Final Fantasy XIII-2 made me rethink my approach to this review. Rather than give you plenty of detail any Wikipedia page can do, or tie [...]
In-Game: The Minds Behind Desktop Dungeons
Last year, I conducted a set of interviews for research purposes and managed to interview a couple of the indie developers at rAge Expo in Johannesburg. After a very busy [...]
Anime Games To Look Forward To In 2012
There are plenty of great games coming out this year and we’ve decide to make a list of those here. Not just any list however, a list of anime inspired [...]
Review: Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning
The billing has certainly been great for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (from here on, simply Reckoning) in the months building up to its release. Talk of the star names heading [...]
Indie Review: Pineapple Smash Crew
When playing Pineapple Smash Team the word ‘explosive’ comes to mind. In the most interesting of ways the game subjects you to rapid fire shooting, the constant death of enemies [...]
What We Want From Doom 4
Now that the dust of Rage has settled, and whether you enjoyed the game or not, we think it’s time we start to talk about and imagine the next Doom. [...]
Review: The Darkness II
The Darkness released in 2007 to mixed criticism. Based on the Darkness comics by Top Cow, the game was all about protagonist Jackie Estacado coming to terms with the powers [...]
Competition: Win One Of Four Copies Of SSX
Are you a fan of the SSX series? Or, have you ever played SSX? Do you even know what SSX is? Well, let’s put it this way: if you answered [...]
5 Fail Game To Movie Adaptations
In this feature, we’re going to take a look at some of the most horrible videogame movie adaptations. These abortions are the stuff of children’s nightmares. Most of these movies [...]
If Two Gamers Have A Baby, Who Gets An Achievement?
A guide to finding that perfect co-op partner to the game of life. Finding the perfect partner is hard. Even making friends can be hard. This is why we have [...]
Games I’m Most Looking Forward To This Year (Part 2)
There are a lot of awesome games coming out this year, and if you know this site well enough you’d know how many times we’ve raved about the games of [...]
5 Terrible Features In Great Games
May you find what you are looking for. The above line is an old Chinese curse. The disparity between Western and Eastern culture is never more evident than in their [...]
Experience Points: Please Stop Trolling Valve
You know a lot of gamers have finished Half-Life 2 Episode 2 and were amazed at the direction, storytelling expertise and general greatness that Valve had created from the first [...]
Preview: Binary Domain
Name: Binary Domain Genre: Third-person, squad based shooter Players: 1 Multiplayer: Yes (versus mode and co-op confirmed) Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 Developers: Ryu ga Gotoku Studio Publishers: SEGA Release Date: [...]
Hall Of Fame: Unreal Tournament 2004
Many of you may not even know of the existence of our Hall of Fame feature, and that’s basically because the last one was all the way back in May [...]
In A Nerd’s Honest Opinion: Final Fantasy XIII Didn’t Suck
What to talk about? Well I really want to speak about Final Fantasy XIII-2 but considering I’m doing the review on that, I’d just be shooting myself in the foot. [...]
In-Game: Writing Kingdoms Of Amalur
I was quietly surfing the internet the other night and glazing over all the news feed on my Facebook account when I happened upon a Reddit session with R.A. Salvatore. [...]
Hands-On: Syndicate
Earlier last week, EA released a demo to their latest shooter Syndicate. A game that is a modern, FPS take on a cherished retro isometric tactical shooter title, Syndicate has [...]
Review: Soul Calibur V
Fighting games and I have a real love-hate relationship. I really enjoy them; right up until a friend comes over, hits the gamepad with their face and ends up winning [...]
7 Of The Best FPS Games
I don’t think the title contains that much ambiguity but, to reiterate, in this feature I’ll be presenting my take on seven of history’s greatest ever first person shooters. Of [...]
What Makes A Gamer: Rage Quitting
In this week’s What Makes A Gamer we look at the infinitely extending and eternally occurring phenomenon known as ‘rage quitting’. Rage quitting has never been precisely defined, and we’ll [...]
Games To Satiate Your Hunger For Diablo 3
Features removed, game redesigns, release date unconfirmed and the hunger for Diablo 3 grows. Diablo 3 may come out tomorrow, ok probably not, though we might only see it at [...]
5 Popular Games That Won’t Be Remembered
Fan favourites that no one will remember when something better comes alo…ooohh look! Something shiny. We have all started to use the word memorable to mean fun or enjoyable. I’ve [...]
Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Why Marketing Wins
Be honest, two months ago if I said that a game was coming out in a few months that would be a third-person open-world RPG that would be similar to [...]


