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“Xbox, record that” One time, I was playing Tiger Woods Golf (I forget which year) on the Playstation 3 and a friend of mine hit this 300 yard drive that arced beautifully through the air, skidded off the green and then hit a spectator square in the groin.  There was a wonderful animation of the poor guy doubling over and ...

OVERVIEW The video game industry has not been kind to the eighth generation of game consoles.  In the past three years I’ve written about the launch and my initial impressions of the Nintendo 3DS, the Playstation Vita and the Nintendo Wii U and all have had a somber and pessimistic tone to their prospects in the marketplace.  Today, each system ...

Marius and Link!  Two sword wielding warriors.  Facing two epic journeys.  Both love smashing pots and amphoras looking for coins.  They have practically nothing else in common. I’m currently playing two very different games at the moment – The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on the Nintendo 3DS and Ryse on Xbox One.  They are games that both ...

Some days just come together perfectly.  Friday 22nd November was like that. The new Xbox One game system launched at midnight and I picked up my copy along with 3 games.  I didn’t have work in the morning because for once I had the foresight to book in some annual leave.  I spent most of the day at the Gabba ...

Got an email from EB Games today confirming the details of my Xbox One preorder. It’s been seven years since the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 were released in Australia.  Now we’re only a fortnight away from their successors.  I’m pretty excited! I can’t wait to get my hands on the Xbox One at launch on November 22nd. …and eventually ...

For my birthday weekend, Jen bought me tickets to the inaugural Penny Arcade Expo in Australia which ran for 3 days in Melbourne.  It was the brainchild of Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, co-creators of the hugely popular online comic strip Penny Arcade, who wanted to create a version of E3 that was always accessible to the general public (E3 ...

The successor to the Xbox 360 was unveiled this week from Microsoft.  Microsoft’s Dom Mattrick announced the Xbox One, which is expected to be released later this year.  In a slightly unexpected move, the conference focused less on games and more on the system’s ability to multitask and switch from gaming to tv without changing the channel.  This tv-watching capability ...