The top ten most ridiculous retro video game ads

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Darryn Bonthuys

The top ten most ridiculous retro video game ads

May 3, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 15 Comments

Marketing a game is pretty easy these days. A mysterious package here, a bribe over there and a few teaser trailers thrown in for good measure and BAM! Job done, time to hit the bar. The thing is, gaming adverts these days are missing a certain something, a particular ingredient that has been lost over the years. I’m talking about downright tripping the light fantastic madness. Here’s ten adverts from yesteryear that downed a bottle of absinthe and then had some crystal meth for breakfast.

Darryn Bonthuys

Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Uprising DLC Review

April 18, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 10 Comments

There’s no denying that those extras for Call of Duty Black Ops 2 are a tad pricy. A season pass is going to cost you a pretty penny, so it better be worth it. Revolution was the first map pack released for the game, but it wasn’t exactly the best example of DLC, appealing to hardcore fans only in the long run. Uprising follows in those footsteps with an approach that only hits some of the necessary targets.

Geoffrey Tim

Injustice: Gods Among Us review

April 16, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 37 Comments

NetherRealm successfully rebooted Mortal Kombat, returning the series to its roots and making the hyper-violent fighter relevant again. It’s now taking on the DC licence for a second time, trying to atone for its sins with the frankly awful Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Injustice: Gods Among Us does away with Mortal Kombat’s baggage and with it the gratuitous violence, focusing instead on just the heroes and villains from the comic books. It’s a better game for it.

Darryn Bonthuys

An interview with Black Ops 2’s David Vonderhaar – Next-gen,design and esports

April 15, 2013 at 12:30 pm | 12 Comments

While at the Call of Duty Championship last week, I got the chance to have a quick one on one with Black Ops 2 Game Design Director, David Vonderhaar. Maniacally enthusiastic about the game that Treyarch has worked on, here’s what Vonderhaar had to say about design, evolution, co-operation and next-gen ideas.

Darryn Bonthuys

A not at all brief history of WWE wrasslin’ games

April 5, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 39 Comments

I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the WWE. My first date ended in a smashed table, and whenever I see a cake I know that a fight is about to break out. Over three decades and dozens of games taught me the wrasslin’ facts of life, and now, I’m about to share those lessons with you, right before the showcase of the immortals kicks off Wrestlemania 29 this weekend.

Geoffrey Tim

Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel review

April 2, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 25 Comments

Mexico, as you know from the stereotypes and clichés perpetuated by countless games, films and TV shows is a place of lawlessness. Criminal gangs, the drug cartels, ruthlessly rule over Mexico’s city streets with an iron fist and a loaded gun. That’s the Mexico we’re presented with in Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, a game that clings to such stereotypes and clichés like an insecure child to his mother’s apron strings.

Darryn Bonthuys

The Evopoints downloads of the week – 22/02/2013

February 22, 2013 at 2:30 pm | 0 Comments

Welcome to our weekly post of featured downloadable content available for different gaming platforms sponsored by www.evopoints.co.za Hit the jump for this week’s list of fresh downloadable games and content.

Darryn Bonthuys

Consoles by the numbers – Part Deux

February 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 22 Comments

What’s that? You folks want more, and are prepared to hurl verbal abuse at me until you’re satisfied? Well, lucky for you chaps, I’m a pacifistic practicing Buddhist pushover. So here you go, more consoles, more maths, more generations and more excuses on what to spend your fantasy Powerball winnings on. Now leave me alone already.

Darryn Bonthuys

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Revolution Review

February 4, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 3 Comments

Much like the movie Highlander, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is the best thing ever, when it comes to video games. Naysayers be damned, as Treyarch managed to knock out a damn fine game in the annual franchise that was fun, exciting and slick in the presentation department. As usual, the COD experience is one that has a leaning towards multiplayer and zombies once the end credits roll. And much like with previous games, there’s extra content on the way to keep players satisfied until the next game in the series arrives. Revolution, is the first of four such packs.

Darryn Bonthuys

Anarchy Reigns Review – Sons of Anarchy

February 1, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 3 Comments

Anarchy Reigns is one of the cheesiest games in recent years. It’s limburger, gouda, mozzarella and various other assorted dairy products rolled up into one package of lactating violence and rap songs that will leave your head spinning and your thumbs broken. But if you happen to take a bite of that cheddar, you might just fall in love with it.

Darryn Bonthuys

Consoles by the numbers

January 31, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 35 Comments

Who had the most games? Whose games cost the most? Who had the best looking console in previous generations? These are questions that most of you will only be asking now, but they’re still interesting questions nonetheless. The majority of us grew up with at least one console in our homes, entertainment devices that went from catridges to DVDs, from wired controllers to power-gloves. Here’s a mathematical run down of some of the powerhouses from previous generations of gaming, how much they cost in their homebase of US of A, and how much a complete run of games would have set you back.

Darryn Bonthuys

Six ideas to start a new WWE video game era

January 29, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 31 Comments

I’m not ashamed to admit that I enjoy watching the dubya dubya ee. It’s on three times a week, has good versus evil and it’s never a repeat. In other words, it’s a soapie for men. Manly men. Men with brawn who enjoy watching oiled up guys in tights grapple and twist each other into pretzels. Ahem, moving on, there’s a pretty good chance that Vince McMahon has just slammed a former THQ representative through the conference table right about now. Without someone to publish a new wrasslin’ game, WWE needs to find a new home for their brand. And hopefully, they can get some new ideas into the franchise as well. Here’s six such ideas which they might want to consider.

Geoffrey Tim

The Evopoints downloads of the week – 18/01/2013

January 18, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 5 Comments

Welcome to our weekly post of featured downloadable content available for different gaming platforms sponsored by www.evopoints.co.za. Hit the jump for this week’s list of fresh downloadable games and content.