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Box of stuff face off: Nerd Nab vs Geek Crate

By Zoe Hawkins
October 28, 2015 - 10 years ago

I love getting boxes of stuff to play with, and with Geek Crate and Nerd Nab launching locally, I had a couple opportunities. But what was inside?

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Great Scott! It’s the cosplay of New York Comic Con 2015!

By Darryn Bonthuys
October 26, 2015 - 10 years ago

Time travelers, super heroes, Hulkbusters and Disney princesses. It could only be the cosplay of New York Comic Con!

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Japan is getting a real Pokemon gym, because of course it is

By Zoe Hawkins
October 22, 2015 - 10 years ago

Oh Japan, you make everything seem more fun somehow. A real Pokemon Gym? Only in the land of the rising sun.

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7 things now more expensive than the PS4 in South Africa

By Zoe Hawkins
October 21, 2015 - 10 years ago

The PS4 got another price drop, even though our exchange rate makes me want to cry. Many things are still expensive locally, though, and they can help put the console in context.

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Guitar Hero Live Review – No need to fret

By Matthew Figueira
October 20, 2015 - 10 years ago

We review the new Guitar Hero Live. Is it any good? Absolutely, though some gripes with the streaming service, GHTV, need to be addressed in future.

Gaming

Do exhibitors like The Attraction Academy belong at rAge?

By Zoe Hawkins
October 13, 2015 - 10 years ago

The Attraction Academy promises to transform your life with women, but does it belong at a gaming expo while the industry is transforming how it sees and portrays women?

Gaming

Lazygamer’s Sexpo highlights (NSFW)

By Zoe Hawkins
September 28, 2015 - 10 years ago

We went to Sexpo and found an interesting array of technical toys. Will our wearable-filled future blur the line between tech, sex and gaming even more?

Gaming

Nintendo users searching for Pokemon porn

By Zoe Hawkins
September 17, 2015 - 10 years ago

YouPorn stats show that PlayStation market dominance is growing. It also shows some strange proclivities among gamers on specific platforms.

Comics & Toys

Small city, big cosplay

By Darryn Bonthuys
September 16, 2015 - 10 years ago

Port Elizabeth doesn't cater heavily to the nerdier side of the pop culture movement that has plenty of fans. But at least once a year, you can count on one event to bring everybody together.

Lifestyle

Rockstar isn’t pleased with BBC’s GTA docudrama

By Zoe Hawkins
September 16, 2015 - 10 years ago

Who expects docudramas to be accurate? I guess those being portrayed considering their reactions on twitter.

Lifestyle

Gamers are a bunch of liberal socialists?

By Zoe Hawkins
August 24, 2015 - 10 years ago

Democracy 3 lets players run a country according to whatever policies they so wish. So how do gamers prefer to play, and would they vote the same way?

Gaming

Get to know Aloy better in this cosplay guide for Horizon Zero Dawn

By Darryn Bonthuys
August 12, 2015 - 10 years ago

Horizon Zero Dawn also has a great protagonist in the form of Aloy, a survivor who is capable of toppling mechanical giants with her bow and several arrows. And in that harsh new world, Aloy rocks a distinctive look. A look that is just asking to be cosplayed. And Guerrilla Games wants to oblige.

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