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Category Archives: Shopping
Let Me Tell You Why I’m Right: How Nintendo Won The War Without Picking Up A Gun
For the last couple of months, I’ve been toying with the idea of picking up a WiiU. People who’ve been following my bullshit for a long time will probably be aware of my unguarded hostility towards Nintendo and their dogged … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Current Affairs, Gaming, Reviews, Shopping
Tagged Assassin's Creed, Halo, Kinect, Mario, Microsoft, Nintendo, Phil Spencer, PS4, sonic, Sony, Ubisoft, Wii, WiiU, Xbox One
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Why a Second Crash Would be Good for the Games Industry (Part Three)
Alright, no need for foreplay, at this point: Part One here; Part Two here. Let’s do this. Reason Three: End the Console Wars, Once and For All Quick question: how many times, growing up, do you remember arguing over who … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Current Affairs, Gaming, Reviews, Shopping, The World at Large.
Tagged E3, gaming, marketing, Microsoft, Nintendo, sega, Sony, Technology, Video Games
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Why a Second Crash Would be Good for the Games Industry (Part Two)
Welcome back to my long-winded rant on why everything you like is dumb and I’m right, as usual. Read Part One here! Reason Two: Bigger Budgets =/= Better Games Video game budgets are spiralling out of control. Tomb Raider cost … Continue reading
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Tagged Cave Story, Dead Space, EA, gaming, La Mulana, Microsoft, Playstation, Rogue Legacy, Sony, Spelunky, Tomb Raider, xbox
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Why a Second Crash Would be Good for the Games Industry (Part One)
Some of you, by which I mean none of you, might remember I wrote an article a few years ago about how the video game industry could never crash the way it did in the 80’s and that saying it … Continue reading
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Tagged EA, gaming, Microsoft, Sony, Steam, Technology, Video Game Crash
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Ten Festive Ways to Tell Someone You Hate Their Life
What? You’ve left it to the last minute again? Fuck sake…right, let Bobby sort you out. Fake TV Burglar Deterrent Let me tell you a story: When I was five years old my house got robbed the week before Christmas … Continue reading
I’m Dreaming of a Shite Christmas: Ten More Useless Gifts for Horrible Wankers (Part I)
This might surprise you –being the humble, poster-boy for the working classes that I am– but I still sit down to write a Christmas list every year. Once I even implemented a five-star rating system to the list, based on … Continue reading
Five Perfect Gifts (for Humourless Fuckwits)
In my first post of the season, I suggested ideal gifts for old people that you hate. Next, I helped you find unique presents for that special sociopath in your life. In this third and final instalment –because I know … Continue reading
5 Last Minute Gifts (That Make You Look Like a Proper Lunatic)
It’s easy to tell how much thought has gone into a gift, but it’s not always appropriate to call ‘bullshit’ when someone gets you charcoal briquettes from a garage forecourt. If you get your co-worker a potted plant for Secret … Continue reading
Last Minute Christmas Gifts (to Guarantee You Never Have to Buy Any Ever Again)
So, Christmas is just around the corner and you’ve done it again. Every year you swear you’ll get your shopping out of the way in September and every December 24th you are charging into shops, elbows first, ready and willing … Continue reading
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