Tag Archives: Madness

Gavin Mannion

Square Enix internal sales targets revealed

April 2, 2013 at 10:30 am | 37 Comments

We heard last week from an investor that big budget games are required to sell over 5 million units to break even meaning that Tomb Raider’s current 3.6 million means it is looking like a commercial failure.


Yolanda Green

MainGaming December LAN madness

December 5, 2012 at 1:30 pm | 19 Comments

MainGaming is hosting two most awesome LANs this month, and I say most awesome because the games played and prizes are, well, amazeballs.


Darryn Bonthuys

Far Cry 3 – An open world full of insane linearity

February 15, 2012 at 1:30 pm | 24 Comments

Sure, there are plenty of FPS games hitting us this year, from Apocalypse Now inspired shooter such as Spec Ops: The Line, to the gun-collectathon that is Borderlands 2, but one such high-profile title that has kept its details under a tight guard has to be Far Cry 3.

We’ve seen very little of the upcoming title from Ubisoft , with only glimpses shown of the main protagonist as he tries to survive lethal encounters with the severely disturbed Vaas.

Until now that is, as a slew of new information has just been revealed about the open-world shooter.


Gavin Mannion

Team Fortress 2 hat sold for $1500

July 8, 2011 at 7:45 am | 11 Comments

Console gamers often get the short end of the stick when it comes to mods and DLC and when we did finally get something in a game it ended up being Horse Armour which cost us 200 MS Points and did nothing to change the game of Oblivion at all.

But lets try put that aside now, I mean it’s been 5 years we should have gotten over it by now.. right?


Darryn Bonthuys

Is this the most awesome (weirdest) Xbox controller ever designed?

June 15, 2011 at 2:00 pm | 11 Comments

Sometimes, no matter how much you practice,you’re always going to need that extra little advantage in order to gain an edge over your gaming opponents.Sure, you could inject steroids into your thumbs and take mind-altering performance enhancers in order to hone your reflexes,but thats a bit on the constantly pricy side. What you need is a controller that allows for faster and more intuitive responses. Which is why we have this, the N-control Avenger.

Geoffrey Tim

Portal ARG – What We Know So Far

March 3, 2010 at 10:30 am | 5 Comments

Genius. That’s the single word I can use to sum up the latest bit of hype-generating from Valve. Employing the model of Alternate Reality Gaming, they mysteriously updated Portal with all manner of digital clues, as seen in our previous post.

The internet collective have proven their mental fortitude, cracking each successive clue like some sort of hive mind. Hit the jump to see what’s been discovered so far.

Movember Madness – Furry and Proud of it

Gavin Mannion

Movember Madness – Furry and Proud of it

November 16, 2009 at 12:00 pm | 13 Comments

So we have reached the half way point of Movember and I hope at least some of you have resisted the urge to shave that Mo off just yet. Yesterday I managed to be called a paedophile twice and an old man about 3 times. My wife can’t stop laughing at me and a work colleague is convinced I look like Merv Hughes’ love child. So all in all this is going great… The real important part of Movember however is raising money for CANSA to help research and support Prostate Cancer which is one of those things that we don’t normally speak about but which really is very important. I would like to thank the following people who have already donated towards Movember and have entries into the draw for an awesome Rockstar bundle. If you have donated and you don’t see your name below please let me know urgently so I can rectify that.
Movember Madness – I’m itchy

Gavin Mannion

Movember Madness – I’m itchy

November 6, 2009 at 12:00 pm | 2 Comments

So the hair growth has been going for 5 days now and I am itchy as all hell... but it's for charity sowe gotta keep going. There have been a few nice donations made already to CANSA but we really need to pick up the pace here we want to at least get in a couple of thousand for a very worthy cause so if you haven't made your personal contribution yet please do so and if you have or know a company who would be willing to donate to a good cause and receive some nice marketing in return please point them in this direction. The full details are through the jump as always.
Movember Madness – Huge Prizes up for grabs but we need your help

Gavin Mannion

Movember Madness – Huge Prizes up for grabs but we need your help

October 30, 2009 at 7:45 am | 7 Comments

You may remember earlier this week I posted up an article about Movember and how if you managed to grow that killer tache you could end up in the upcoming Red Dead Redemption game? Well I lied… apparently South Africans are not allowed to enter.

But never fear, with the help of Rockstar and their local distributor Megarom we are putting together quite possibly the biggest prize that we have ever given away. All the juicy details will follow next week but what is really important to note is that Sunday is the 1st of November which means you can start growing you Mo on Sunday.

More details follow after the jump