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Legend of Grimrock review

Posted by on 20 Apr, 2012 in Games | 0 comments

Legend of Grimrock does something special to me, somewhere deep inside.

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I got your Guild Wars 2 right here, buddy

Posted by on 6 Apr, 2012 in Games | 0 comments

Finished off a load of stuff on the promising-looking upcoming MMO Guild Wars 2. You're in for a treat.

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Playing the blame Game

Posted by on 4 Apr, 2012 in Games | 0 comments

Extracts from my analysis of the rise and fall of the mega-behemoth of the UK gaming scene.

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The government wants to look at your emails, so send them some

Posted by on 4 Apr, 2012 in Politics, Tech | 0 comments

For those of you who don’t know, the government is currently trying to pass some extremely troubling legislation that will give the state access to your personal communications, without even the fig-leaf of judicial accountability provided by the need for a court order.

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Game sold to OpCapita for £1

Posted by on 2 Apr, 2012 in Editorial, Games | 0 comments

Beleaguered high street video game retailer GAME Group has been sold to OpCapita for a nominal £1 fee, taking the company out of administration.

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GAME staff occupy Irish store over redundancies

Posted by on 27 Mar, 2012 in Games, Politics | 0 comments

Staff at GAME Group stores in Ireland have kicked off an occupation over the...

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How to update your Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4

Posted by on 26 Mar, 2012 in Tech, Tutorial | 0 comments

Heard about the delicious Ice Cream Sandwich that all the cool Android owners...

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Banksy on advertising

Posted by on 29 Feb, 2012 in Politics | 0 comments

Deep, cogent and engaging — and refreshingly free of pretension. Not usually the first words that spring to mind when examining an artist's justification for the format of their own work, but in the case of Banksy, it might be worth a read.

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Piracy is the logical option

Posted by on 14 Feb, 2012 in Games | 0 comments

Many of you may know my opinions on the erosion of player rights, since I’m not shy about liberally spraying them all over the Internet. In particular, it seems to me, PC gamers have become the favourite chew-toy of publishers keen to hammer away at the coalface of piracy. I’ve stated before that I think that these efforts are fundamentally self-defeating and harm consumers; today I bring you a little anecdote to illustrate my claims.

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Get 7GB free space with Dropbox

Posted by on 8 Feb, 2012 in Tutorial | 0 comments

Get extra free space on the useful cloud storage service.

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