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The Winter of My Discontent

Remember back in October and November looking forward to all the games that were coming out in the third quarter? All kinds of discussions were floating around about who’s calling in sick the day after a release or what&#...

Features

The Next Xbox: Rumors Abound

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Comics

DC and Marvel – there’s no point in competing with their comics

A couple of weeks ago I was lurking in a LinkedIn group dedicated to Comics and Graphic Novels and I happened to notice that someone, having linked to a blog post on the subject, was asking whether DC and Marvel will ever have ...

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Think Violent Video Games Are at Fault? Think Again. (Gamesfiends.com)

Think Violent Video Games Are at Fault? Think Again.

As events unfolded on Friday I wondered how long until the violent act is tied to video games. The answer, sadly, is “almost immediately.” Between the argument to ban or not to ban guns, the mental stability of the ...

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Nintendo announce list of European Wii U release day titles

Is The WiiU A Next-Gen Console?

In terms of sales, the Wii was the most successful gaming console of its time, but also the most criticized.

Opinion

DC are destroying John Constantine, Hellblazer

I’ve been pretty complacent during DC’s rollout of the New 52. It hadn’t affected any characters that I cared about. Everything was fine – I had nothing to worry about. Until now. I now understand what every Superman, Fla...

Opinion

The Future of Handheld Gaming

The 8th and current generation of handheld gaming has seen much different trends in choice and demand of gamers than any previous ones. The handheld console wars no longer include only dedicated handheld gaming devices, but als...

Opinion

Judge Dredd - about to be outed as gay featured image

Is Judge Dredd about to come out as gay?

That was the question on 2000 AD fans’ lips when the comics publisher posted a rather suggestive image on both their Facebook and Twitter accounts at the end of October. The image was simply titled “Has someone finally melted J...

Opinion

System Sellers – Fact or Fiction?

“System seller”. It’s a phrase we’ve all heard. It’s a phrase I’ve used scores of time when writing about new consoles. System Seller is often bandied about during the lead up to a console release or in the following months aft...

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Mom Fiends: I Want My TV Back

So while writing how to navigate the roads of allowing your kids to play M-rated games I had to keep paring down the advice & stay general; the article was already a short novel. One of the things I wanted to include was, ...