| | Rayman Origins Review (PSVita)- “A Ray of Sunshine” | 
James Lenoir - March 14th, 2012 | How do you treat that awful and exhaustive gamer sickness called chronic adult-onset cynicalgameritis? Apparently, the only known treatment involves an exceptionally good platformer. called Rayman Origins. I'll admit, I have ridiculously high standards when it comes to games, and very few will ever get my stamp of approval. However, when the Xbox 360 version fell into my lap last year, it was love ... [»] | 
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9.0/10 |
| Pachter suggests the Wii U will be the next Dreamcast | 
Geoffrey Tim - March 13th, 2012 | And no, SEGA fans - that doesn’t mean he thinks it’s going to be one of the most amazing consoles ever created - he just thinks it’s not going to sell all that well. He thinks that - because it’s apparently close to the current consoles in term of spec and graphical horsepower, that it should have been released two or three years ago. ... [»] | 
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| PC Gaming’s dying? Not on your life | 
Geoffrey Tim - March 8th, 2012 | A new report by the (troubled) PC Gaming alliance shows that not only is Pc gaming doing well - it’s actually growing at a higher rate than console gaming. The PCGA says that the overall size of the 2011 PC gaming market stands at a staggering $18.6 billion, an increase of 15 percent over the previous year’s figure - and that PC’s with capable GPU’s are outselling consoles at a ratio of about 7:1. Ahh, but there’s a catch! The percentages ... [»] |
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| Make your PS3 faster with a Solid State Drive | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 20th, 2012 | One of the coolest things about Sony’s PlayStation 3 is the fact that it’s probably the most open of all the current-gen systems. Unlike the 360 which uses a proprietary-formatted HDD and the Wii, which doesn’t have a HDD at all, the PS3 allows you to easily replace the system’s hard drive with a bigger, faster one using standard, off-the-shelf PC parts (a good thing, with all those blasted installs).
The technically proficient ... [»] |
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| Here are the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’ best games of last year | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 10th, 2012 | Thought the world was done bestowing accolades on last year’s games? You thought wrong - but the Academy of Interactive Arts and Science’s awards are a little different. Instead of winners being selected by the public or the gaming media, they’re voted on and chosen by the organisation’s 20 000-strong membership, made up of developers, ... [»] |
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| Skylander giants incoming | 
Gavin Mannion - February 8th, 2012 | I’m a little obsessed with the Skylanders franchise and I think that may be because I have 2 small children who love them and the fact that it’s the first real videogame / toy crossover that I’ve ever seen that I feel should work. I’ve chatted to the ... [»] |
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| The Xbox 360 is 2011’s best selling console worldwide | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 6th, 2012 | Last year at E3, Microsoft’s Don Mattrick was convinced that The Xbox 360 would become the number one selling console globally. It looks like he was right.For the first time since competition launched in 2006, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is indeed the world’s top selling console last year. According to GeekWire.com, who arduously collected data from each company’s public earnings reports, Microsoft sold more Xbox 360 consoles than ... [»] |
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| Your guide to local game distributors and social media | 
Geoffrey Tim - February 3rd, 2012 | Here at Lazygamer we’re all about community. It’s all about you guys, the readers. We are - as some of you know, pretty active on social media - particularly Twitter, and probably not quite as active of Facebook as we should be. Did you know though, that most of the guys who bring you new games every week are also ... [»] | 
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| Kirby’s adventure Wii review – Think Pink | 
Garth Holden - January 27th, 2012 | Kirby, King Dedede, Waddle Dee and Meta Knight - usually at each other’s throats - team up to try to save Magolor by rebuilding his Lor Starcutter, a spaceship capable of opening portals to travel vast distances. The pieces of the Puddlejumper Starcutter have been sprayed all over Pop Star, and it is up to Kirby ... [»] |
Score
7.0/10 |
| What’s this generation’s most critically acclaimed game series? | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 20th, 2012 | Though it’s probably still far from over, this generation’s given us some of the very best in video games. New IP’s like Gears of War, Resistance and Uncharted have changed the way we perceive games - and helped push gaming in to the hearts and minds of a wider, more mainstream audience. Such is the impact these games have had that many of them have become whole franchises within ... [»] |
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| As of March 1, Hudson is no more | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 18th, 2012 | If you grew up in the era when Japanese video gamer developers ruled the industry, the name Hudson Soft would be instantly recognisable. They’re the people who brought you Adventure Island, Bonk’s Adventure and of course, Bomberman. The company was gobbled up by ... [»] |
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| North American sales stats for December 2011 | 
Gavin Mannion - January 13th, 2012 | One of the things I’m jealous of North America for is their ability to track and publicise pretty much everything but in this instance, gaming sales.
The NPD track all gaming related sales in North America (excl digital and Wallmart) and then publicise the results monthly ... [»] |
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| How the Stop Online Piracy Act could affect you | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 5th, 2012 | We at Lazygamer have made our stance on piracy quite well known; we detest and abhor the theft (and it is theft!) of software. We understand the need for IP holder to protect their rights. That said, there’s no way in hell we can support the controversially vague Stop Online Piracy Act and its evil little cousin the Protect IP act. In case you’re unaware, SOPA and PIPA are currently trying to work their way in to US legislature, and could very well end up changing the face of the internet as ... [»] |
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| What games are you looking forward to in 2012? | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 5th, 2012 | I think we can all agree that 2011 was a wonderful year for games - probably one of the best in recent memory. It gave us Rayman Origins, Uncharted 3, Skyrim, Skyward Sword and a list of other magical games too long to mention. It looks like 2012 could even be better; with a line up consisting - so far - of Kingdoms of Amalur, ... [»] |
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| Steam hits 5 million concurrent users | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 4th, 2012 | PC gaming. Yeah, definitely dead. Console gamers, and indeed the entire videogame industry have been telling you this for years now. Only nothing could be further from the truth - as Steam’s stats testify.No doubt fuelled by another of its ridiculous sales, Steam passed the 5 million concurrent users mark late last month, and again yesterday. For reference, Xbox Live saw its highest ... [»] |
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