Anyone want to write some articles?
August 26, 2009
I’m looking for a few like-minded bloggers to help me turn this site into something worth looking at – anyone who would like to write articles please contact me 
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Forums are down
March 24, 2009
Some spammers took a liking to this site and pretty much bombed the forums with spam links. So, I’ve deleted the whole forum permanently, and I’ll put up some new ones if there’s much interest.
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Comp Stomp as a genre
December 2, 2008
I finished the single player for the new C&C3 Expansion ‘Kanes Wrath’ the other day, and I still play skirmishes every now and then. I started thinking about WHY I still play it, and I have a few points I think are valid. It kind of lends weight to my arguement for hack’n’slash as a genre, even if C&C wouldn’t fit under that name. I don’t know what to revise it’s name to though, possibly something like “Comp Stomp”. (more…)
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Another emerging genre! Sneak ‘n’ Stab
November 28, 2008
Earlier this week I wrote about Hack n Slash games and why I think they should be a genre. Recent games like Dynasty Warriors (what are they up to now, about 10? 20?), Diablo 2 and 99 Nights all fit easily into this ‘genre’. (more…)
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Review: OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA)
November 28, 2008
Last week I excitedly posted about finding the OCZ ‘nia’ while browsing through PC Case Gear, and now that I’ve had a bit of a go with it I figure it’s time to post some more information about the thing.
Firstly, it’s worth it if you’re a gadget enthusiast. Regardless of any of the shortfalls I’m about to comment on, it is new technology and it is probably the best 1st-to-market consumer level devices I’ve had the chance to play with. It’s fun to mess around with but I wouldn’t buy it if you think it’s going to improve your response times in a competitive environment – it’s highly responsive, but it’s so easy to flinch or breath differently or something which then makes your character do something you don’t want it to. False positives, etc, gotta love them. (more…)
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Affordable Mind Control!
November 18, 2008
I was absolutely flawed that I’d missed the OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator hitting the shelves, and it’s so cheap at only AU$219 from PC Case Gear that it’s well within the grasp of most gadget enthusiasts. (more…)
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First impressions of a Death Knight
November 16, 2008
As most of you would know, or at least know of, Blizzard have just recently released a new expansion for their massively popular MMO World of Warcraft. The new expansion introduces a lot of things like more content, more quests, but the thing that I was most looking forward to is the new hero class the Death Knight. (more…)
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Chronicles of Riddik – Escape from Butcher Bay
November 15, 2008
I recently finished the Chronicles of Riddik, Escape from Butcher Bay. I picked it up cheap at a Blockbuster near my house after hearing Penny go on about it being the best movie-game crossover she’d played. I do agree it’s good in terms of movie-game crossovers, but it doesn’t do what it sets out to do very well. (more…)
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Hack ‘N’ Slash as a new Gaming Genre
November 10, 2008
In a tute at uni recently we discussed game genres and the motivations of play that usually drive them, and player types that are usually found playing them. E.g. adventure games like the old Kings Quest series would be made for ‘Explorers’, or Counter Strike was made for ‘Killers’. (more…)
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R18+ Debate gets shelved. *sigh*
October 30, 2008
I’ve been following the R18+ for Games in Australia with more passion than usual lately, it could be the gaming subjects I’m studying at uni that are giving me more interest but I still can’t see any reason not to have the rating here. It just makes sense to me; if the anti-R18+ camp’s main arguments include anything to do with protecting children from very mature content, then how can they possibly oppose it?
The difference, in my view anyway, is that if we do have the R18+ it would be tightly controlled (because there’s such a debate, it would have to be monitored at least as closely as alcohol & r18+ movie rental laws). If we had the R18+ two things would happen; Nothing would get banned outright, but then it would be easier to put some of the currently MA15+ titles into the R18 category, thus restricting MORE games from minors more effectively.
I don’t see any reason children-protection can be used as an argument against this being added to our classification system.
More on it here via the Age:
http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//010915.html
Submitted By: kythin
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