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Darryn Bonthuys

In Other News– Weekend Edition 26 April 2013

April 26, 2013 at 4:00 pm | 39 Comments

Well, it’s another week that is finished and over with. And if you’re in the Jozi vicinity, then you’re probably getting ready for Metallica tomorrow night. So remember, wear black, have a zippo ready for Nothing Else Matters and prepare to gimme foo, gimme fyah, gimme jibba jabba jaiah!


Darryn Bonthuys

The good, the bad and the ugly of the last week – 26 April 2013

April 26, 2013 at 12:45 pm | 21 Comments

Gather round kids, and lemme tell ya a story…It’s called KEEP OFF MAH LAWN! While I go hunt down some truant teenagers Predator style, you can enjoy the weekly wrap-up.


Darryn Bonthuys

Zynga is losing gamers by the truckload

April 25, 2013 at 1:00 pm | 11 Comments

Want to get into gaming? Want to also make some cash in the process? Well then Facebook is where it’s at sucka! Oh yeah, that social network is a gold mine of eager customers who are just waiting to don a red jacket and demand that you take their cash! Especially if you’re Zynga! Except that underneath their latest numbers round-up, there lurks an undeniable truth. They’re losing gamers. Constantly.


Geoffrey Tim

EA shuts down Facebook games

April 16, 2013 at 10:30 am | 31 Comments

The social gaming bubble may well be on its way to bursting. The deluge of Facebook invites to games you really just couldn’t care to play, thanks to the likes of Zynga’s ubiquitous Farmville and EA’s Sims Social are set to recede, as EA shuts down a number of its Facebook games.


LG Community

Community submission: Are we headed for another industry crash?

April 2, 2013 at 12:30 pm | 35 Comments

 

By Daniel Keevy

The period in North America from 1983-1985 is commonly referred to as the ‘North American Video Game Crash.’ While gaming had experienced crashes before, such as the 1977 crash caused by too many Pong clones, the 1983 crash stands above the previous and subsequent crashes.


Darryn Bonthuys

In Other News – 22 March 2013 Weekend Edition

March 22, 2013 at 4:00 pm | 18 Comments

Hello? Is anyone still here? Bah! You’ve left us alone for most of the day, and now you want a pretty ION picture? Fine! Have one! Damn, I am really crap at being petty.


Darryn Bonthuys

The good, the bad and the ugly of the last week

March 15, 2013 at 12:30 pm | 8 Comments

It’s that time of the week, where we once again round up the various assorted bits of the last week of news, and blend them together into one smoothie of genitalia jokes and WTF vitamins. Gentlemen, brace yourselves!


Geoffrey Tim

Zynga defends copying, says all games are derivative

March 12, 2013 at 2:00 pm | 29 Comments

Zynga, the people behind all of those terribly addictive, annoyingly intrusive Facebook games has often been accused of downright cloning other people’s games. The whole situation has been overblown, says Zynga, adding that all games borrow from one another.


Darryn Bonthuys

In Other News – 18 February 2013

February 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm | 40 Comments

It appears that I have at last discovered my Kryptonite. And unlike bullets, poison, blunt trauma, stab wound, mismanaged auto-erotic asphyxiation and Kryptonite, this one is a doozy. I’ve flown before, and while I usually self-coma myself into a state to survive the take-off procedure of fear, my flights were never that long. But flying for a solid four days within a week? That damn pressurised air cabin got to me, leaving me with a bloody nose, an eye red enough to count as a sharingan technique and sleepless nights. Although I blame the latter on the fat jerkass oppostie me who snored for twelve straight hours, sawing all kinds of logs. Bastard!


Darryn Bonthuys

In Other News – 11 February 2013

February 11, 2013 at 4:00 pm | 27 Comments

After battling with the post office, I am victorious! And not in a manner that only lasted ten rounds and involved banned substances, weighted gloves and ads all over the battle royale stream! I’m going to be hitting rAge this year again, and I’m looking to do it in costume once again. And witha  few new parts for my Ghostbusters kit on the way, it’s going to be pretty amn awesome. Plus, I’m not running the risk of heat-stroking inside some tight rubber again, nosirree.


Darryn Bonthuys

In Other News – 06 February 2013

February 6, 2013 at 4:00 pm | 26 Comments

Space, the like totally final frontier. These are the adventures of the Starship Lazygamer. It’s ongoing mission: To explore strange new games and DLC. To seek out new DLC and content drops. To boldly go where no website has gone before, or until we run out of space-gas. DAAA DADADA DAAA DAAAA DIDIDIDADADADADIDAAAAAAAH! (Now imagine the Lazygamer crew as members of the Enterprise. Happy dreams!)


Darryn Bonthuys

In Other News – 30 January 2013

January 30, 2013 at 4:00 pm | 36 Comments

Dammit, I’m getting sticky again. I blame the heat though. And despite possessing an IQ that has tens of numbers in it, I still can’t find a solution to maintaining a degree of comfort while I work. Sitting in my underwear just makes me fuse with the leather chair, while rubbing baby oil on my body makes too sexy and slippery to work. Dammit, there must be a solution out there!


Darryn Bonthuys

In Other News – 16 January 2013

January 16, 2013 at 4:00 pm | 5 Comments

I’ve been hitting the running pretty hard this week, and so far, I’m pleased with the results. My pants are loose, my arms are firmer and those HGH tablets I bought have made me as fit as a horse! Waitaminute, this is Horse Growth Hormone! Oh crap, don’t turn me into a sammich!


Gavin Mannion

Zynga closes 11 games, what now?

January 2, 2013 at 11:00 am | 7 Comments

\We’ve said many things about Zynga in the past few months and very few of them have really been positive. Zynga are most famously known for creating those annoying Facebook games that your friends spam you about.


Geoffrey Tim

Has the casual gaming bubble burst?

December 13, 2012 at 12:00 pm | 17 Comments

For the past few years now, platform owners and software developers have been trying to get a slice of the casual gaming market. Nintendo certainly captured that market with their DS and Wii, and Facebook has been inundated with addictive, spammy junk from the likes of Zynga and similar companies. Has that cash-filled bubble burst?

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