After the partial PS4 reveal, where we did not get to see the actual console, I was leaning towards the PS4 as a replacement for my ageing 360. My one [...]

Ah, the love life. Most gamers are lucky in this department while some of us struggle. I blame being a gaming snob on my lack of luck. (I have to [...]

Tension. It is one of those feelings some gamers adore. We transfer ourselves into these worlds that gaming provides us and we WANT to be hunted. We want to be [...]

I spent a few hours earlier this week, between reading academic articles and Moby Dick, playing a browser-based game with a concept that caught my eye. As I often do [...]

After reading up on US Vice President Joe Biden’s recent remarks, regarding statements he made that violent games should have some form of sin tax, I was a tad flabbergasted. [...]

I’ve never been one for nostalgia because I didn’t grow up with the games that are now considered nostalgic. If the majority of gamers think nostalgia they think Mario, Zelda, [...]

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 [...]

It never ceases to amaze me how technology is used as a scapegoat for social ills. When I was in junior school, television was the great one eyed devil that [...]

I’m usually laid back with my articles but for this one I’m going to be serious because it’s a subject I feel strongly about, and that’s the negative portrayal of [...]

In a world filled to its bursting seams with dark situations and uncomfortable scenarios, you are bound to reach the pinnacle of being just over ALL of it. Every floating [...]

When it comes down to it, gaming is one of the most expensive forms of entertainment for a single user. Movie tickets may be pretty pricey, and a DVD for [...]

Somewhere along the way, the videogames industry has been bitten, gnawed and zombified into a complete balls-up travesty where gamers are left in a state of horror. Recently, Star Trek, [...]

In the olden days of NES and 8-bit graphics there was always room for improvement. Graphics could be better, different gameplay mechanics could be used and new ideas were always [...]

Or: The Whims And Woes Of A Core Gamer. Why do we hate the ones we love? Why do we treat them with animosity and disdain, then turn around and [...]

Despite the fact that I own a number of first person shooter games, I have not spent much time playing in deathmatches on Xbox LIVE. This all changed quite dramatically [...]

Why I Sometimes Hate Online Gaming I try to play online as much as I can, who the hell am I kidding I play almost every day. After a hard [...]

I have a confession to make. It is not something I’m proud to admit. I feel sick to my core when just the words even think about entering my mind. [...]

One of the most universally obvious elements that set games apart are the fact that you can fail at them. Instead of trying to explain, I’ll let gamer and comedian [...]

For awhile, I was missing straight and honest Cyberpunk from my gaming diet. The last game that I can recall playing the Cyberpunk card, with explicit purpose, was Deus Ex: [...]

Surprise, surprise! A column that is exactly not about BioShock Infinite. Granted, that has been pretty much all I’ve been doing in the past week on account of getting adult [...]

Now that the PS4 launch has faded into distant Internet memory we can focus our laser-like Goldfish memory on the other next gen contender, codenamed Durango. We do not have [...]

Let me clear this up, I don’t want to play a porn game but I do strongly believe the inclusion of romance, with some tasteful love scenes as well, does [...]

It’s starting again. IT. IS. STARTING. AGAIN. School, university, campus, college or Hell. Call it whatever you like, it’s here yet again and the sole plan is to provide us [...]

A few days ago I spent a long afternoon with a friend where we began by chatting and ended playing with Lego. It was an afternoon well spent. The result [...]

South Africa is a pretty weird place. I was born at the end of 1980s and grew up with videogames from a very young age. My first introduction to the [...]

Quite the title huh? The idea bucket has run a little dry these past few weeks and at this present moment I’m still shaking after just finishing 1999 mode in [...]

Or: High Expectations Square Enix, And How The West Was (Not) Won. This being the first day of April, you might expect me to begin with some sort of announcement [...]

Wait, obviously I don’t mean what it seems I mean. Although when you see what I actually mean, despite what it seems, my meaning seems to fit. Life is good [...]

The video game industry has developed into a multi-billion dollar business over the last few years. Like any successful business, a good marketing campaign is critical to its success. In [...]

When you play online as much I do chances are you have come across these online stereotypes: The Rager (people who just rage at things that us normal people would [...]