Mom’s that Game
What do real gamer women look like? Well, they are like everyone else – just ordinary people. Some gamer girls are Frag Dolls, some are Professors and Teachers, others are Mothers. Here’s an excerpt from...
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Alan Wake is creepy, surreal and very cool
First impressions of Alan Wake are all in the positive – it definitely gets the thumbs up. Here’s an excerpt from my original article: So Alan Wake is a game about a writer (which I...
A day in the life of a Female Gamer
This image was actually going to be a ‘Fun pic of the Day’ post but then I got to thinking about the image itself and the message behind it. I decided to write about my...
Bring back the Arcades
There’s a reason why they call it ‘Arcade Mode’: The arcade experience of playing a game like Streetfighter is very different to using a arcade stick and duking it out online with your friends. Online...
Video Games are big business, even in NZ
Yesterday I mentioned the growth of video games as big business, possibly surpassing that of the movie industry worldwide. Today the ISANZ (Interactive Software Association of New Zealand) released statistics regarding exactly how much growth...
Gamer lingo phrase of the week: “Nerd Rage”
As a gamer, I’d like to entertain the notion that we’ve evolved as a demographic of society. But every now and then I hear things or experience things online that make me think a little...
What’s the big deal about sig files?
Sig files or ‘signature’ files are a serious aspect of a gamer’s personality. Most forums these days allow their users to create their own sig files so their posts are easily identified. Some of these...
Mass Effect 2 will pwn all
As you can tell, I am all over Mass Effect 2 and I am happy to announce that if you’re an ME fan you will ABSOLUTELY love what is coming. ME2 doesn’t release in New...
Days when Aion is the shiz!
OK so I might seem a little hypocritical by posting this today after all the whining I did earlier about my lack of enjoyment playing Aion. But just like the weather, I can change my...
Arghhh I despise you Fileplanet!!
I blogged about this once before on my PCR website back when I integrated everything into one blog. But today this just gets under my skin and makes me kinda mad to think I just...
