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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 [...]

Gaming Backlogs, Do They Ever Get Played?

It’s fair to assume that most of you, including me, have gaming backlogs. We’re getting games quicker than we can play them, and between our hobbies and daily activities, we [...]

Hands-On: Binary Domain

Last week saw the launch of the Binary Domain demo, a 600-odd megabyte download which offered a singleplayer experience containing futuristic third person shooting pleasure. Firstly, I think it’s fair [...]

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?! [...]

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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 [...]

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Weekly Round Up | 12 Feb – 18 Feb

You might have missed one of our 74 articles this week. We hope you didn’t, but it’s a possibility. If you did, however, miss something these are the important ones [...]

Comments Of The Week | 12 Feb – 18 Feb

What a week of relaxation. Confused? Well, this was a quiet week. But, it’s alright. You worked hard for the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning competition. And you needed the off. [...]

Top 5 Facebook Moments Of The Week | 12 Feb – 18 Feb

A week even less busy than last. We’re clearly slacking. Or maybe it’s Valentines day which ruined us. And not because of love but rather the Mass Effect 3 demo. [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Match The Song To A Game — Don’t Be So Narrow Minded

In the latest installment of “Let eGamer show off our music tastes and dis-tastes”, we’ve decided to take things to a homegrown level. Contrary to popular belief, we actually have [...]

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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

What Do You Play When You Want To Impress/Entertain Your Significant Other?

We’ve all been there, you’re at home with your non-gamer girlfriend/boyfriend/hybrid (this is a judgement-free zone) and instead of sitting on the couch and watching something stupid on TV, you [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

Weekly Round Up | 5 Feb – 11 Feb

It’s entirely possible that you missed a great article in between our 75 publications for the week. But don’t fear, as we’ll round up the important ones for you. Read [...]

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Comments Of The Week | 5 Feb – 11 Feb

The revamped edition of Comments of the Week will be a little more broad this time. Last week was the introduction to what we’re doing, where this week we’ve added [...]

Top 5 Facebook Moments Of The Week | 5 Feb – 11 Feb

While the week of 5 to 11 February wasn’t as busy as normal, Facebook was still fun — wasn’t it? Don’t believe me, well, let’s look at some of the [...]

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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 [...]

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Competition Winners: Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning

It’s finally over. The competition for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has come and gone, and it’s time to announce the winners. After 15 days of gruesome commenting and interaction — [...]

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. [...]

How Are These Games?

Every now and then we come across the most utterly retarded games. Games which shouldn’t be games. Like, I understand the concept of simulation, but I also understand the concept [...]

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 [...]

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What’s The Most Overrated, Underutilised Gadget For PC Or Console?

This is sort of a two part question, really. The gadget is either overrated or it’s underutilised — or both, maybe. Beside that though, there’s an abundance of gadgets (and [...]