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What Do You Do When Your Console Or PC Breaks?

Over the weekend, something tragic happened. Something that was worse than getting the dreaded Red Ring Of Death on my Xbox 360 a few years ago. Worse than having my [...]

Do You Go Back And Re-Play Games Later?

This question came about after a recent endeavour of mine that was discussed by Dean, myself and others in one of our famous Mumble troll sessions in the eGamer HQ [...]

How Do You Feel About Videogame Discrimination?

Shooting games seem to be the main culprit here, but others do discriminate too. However, we’re going to focus on new modern war shooters. The games set in World War [...]

Gaming At Day Or Night?

Which is better, day or night? While some might think it’s a matter of preference, others seem to be able to get more done at a certain time of day. [...]

Question Of The Week: Music In Your Games

Ever wanted to hear Frank Sinatra’s voice in your game? Or what about Lil Wayne, in Saints Row or GTA? Apart from using your own hard-drive to play music during [...]

Question Of The Week: What Are Your Thoughts On Local Retailers And Gaming?

As gamers in a country like ours — assuming you’re reading this from South Africa, and if you’re not then just pretend you are and try not to step on [...]

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Question Of The Week: Who Should Review Games?

While this is becoming a tiresome debate, we’re still interested in getting to the lower-end of the tear-and-rage-filled abyss. Fortunately South Africa’s community isn’t that bad with reviews and fanboy [...]

(Serious) Question Of The Week: Age Ratings And Children

What’s more embarrassing for a parent: a child running around with mud and ice-cream all over his face or a child running around swearing and repeating nasty words. For me, [...]

Question Of The Week: Which Game Isn’t Mom-Friendly?

All of us, gamers, live in the basement of our parent’s house. All of us are scared of sunlight, children and girls — including our mothers. All of us understand [...]

Question Of The Week: Which Game Has The Worst Loading Screen?

This is the sequel to a previous question, namely, The Best Loading Screen. Sometimes the loading screen is so horrible that you need to look away. It’s so painful that [...]

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Question Of The Week: Which Two Games Would Make The Ultimate Child?

If people with good jeans genes reproduce, they have children with inspiring traits. Then, those children generally turn to out be good people. It’s just a matter of mixing: two [...]

Question Of The Week: What’s The Best Score You’ve Ever Had In A Game?

I think it’s somewhat safe to speculate that most of us have played games online, and most of us have played multiplayer games where scores are kept. Hell, scores are [...]

Question Of The Week: Which Game Has The Best Loading Screen?

Ugh! There it is again. That darn loading screen. But at least the article loaded, right? It’s strange how some games have a loading screen for almost every scene which [...]

Question Of The Week: What Do You Love/Hate About Dota 2?

The International is over. Na`vi won. Na`vi played really well. Those Ukrainian folk really know how to play some Dota 2. Wait. You did watch the endless hours of games, [...]

Question Of The Week: Which Studio/Publisher Creates The Best Games?

Instead of always wondering what’s the best game, we’re taking it down a notch. Giving some folk extra credit for making the game instead of just labelling the game itself. [...]

Question Of The Week: Can You Bring Yourself To Play Old Games That Aren’t Outright Favourites?

Check your game collection, quick. We bet there’s probably a few titles which aren’t outright favourites (but because you’re a hoarder you cannot get rid of it). These titles, which [...]

Question Of The Week: Where’s Your Gaming Station?

There’s not much to the question this week, we’re simply just interested in where you keep your gaming station. Whether you play Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii, DS, 3DS, [...]

Question Of The Week: Nerd, Geek, Dork. Difference?

Those three words are very commonly found in gaming, aren’t they? Whereas in the past people looked down on the nerds, geeks and dorks of the world, today it’s a [...]

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Question Of The Week: What Games Are You Looking Out For At This Year’s E3?

E3 2011 is upon us! Beginning today, the gaming world’s most well-known expo for developers and media will showcase all of those titles that you are foaming at the mouth [...]

Question Of The Week: A Career In Gaming In South Africa?

Could this be viable? Is there a chance that gaming in South Africa could lead to a successful career where you make lots and lots of money. Enough money to [...]

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Question Of The Week: The Most Boring Game Is?

Videogames and fun. That’s what gaming should amount to, however it doesn’t always happen that way. Sometimes games are created where they are just plain boring. You’re induced by the [...]

Question Of The Week: What’s The Most Embarrassing Game One Could Be Caught Playing?

Just like woman sneak out the kitchen every now and then, all of us have guilty pleasures which no one should find out about. Everyone has a slight bit of [...]

Question Of The Week: What’s The Buggiest Game You’ve Played?

We have all played some truly great games in our time, yes? And we have all experienced that feeling of true gaming nirvana at some point in our gaming lives. [...]

Question Of The Week: What Goes Through Your Mind When You’re Killed By A Whiny Little Brat?

Warning: This week’s Question of the Week may contain mild-to-extreme language. I mean, there’s lots of swearing, dammit. We’ve added swearing for effect, and to convey the anger that follows [...]

Question Of The Week: What’s The Coolest Weapon You Can Possibly Get In A Game?

Real or fictional. Your choice. Imagine a game where the weapon you use is a weapon of your choice. A weapon you can either handcraft — an ability some games [...]

Question Of The Week: What Game Would Chuck Norris Play?

No, we’re not bringing back Chuck jokes, but rather wondering what this round-house kicking legend who can slam a revolving door would play? There’s a lot of games out there [...]

Question Of The Week: What’s The Longest You’ve Taken To Finish A Game

You’ll notice that at time of publication, we still don’t have a Dragon Age 2 review up for your enjoyment. And that’s the main reason behind the question of the [...]

Question Of The Week: Are Games Too Short?

A few days ago I was reading a piece where people complained that games are simply just too short, and this is sort of true. Today, we’re paying a helluva [...]

Question Of The Day: Friends Say The Darnest Things, Right?

I got this friend, he’s been gaming for a while — on old consoles and a butter churn — and for some reason he says the darnest things. After recently [...]

Question Of The Week: What’s The Ultimate Girlfriend Game?

Would you like your girlfriend — or prospective girlfriend — beating you down with a rifle or simply out-microing you in a quick strategic battle? Perhaps it’s a quick lap [...]