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UPDATE: Hotline Miami 2 banned in Australia

January 15, 2015

Censorship/Classification Board/classifications/Hotline Miami/Hotline Miami 2/Opinion

News by Matt S. It’s always good to know that the Australian Classification Board is out there protecting us from things that no human being would ever want to see. Like a knight in shining armour, the Board is out there shielding us from the evils of nasty game developers…

whos-next-kitana-and-kung-lao

January 15, 2015

Mortal Kombat X/NetherRealm Studios/News/trailer/Warner Bros. Interactive

News by Jedediah H. KUNG LAO WINS! Oh, my apologies; I was absorbed in a flashback from my MK II days, a time when combos in the series consisted of spamming high-punch until your foe foolishly stumbled into its inescapable flurry. Today, however, Warner Bros. Interactive has released a trailer…

Gadget Review: Perixx AX-4200 In-Ear Headset

January 15, 2015

Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review/Headset/Perixx/Perixx AX-4200 In-Ear Headset

Review by Nick H. Having just said goodbye my last in-ear headset (entirely too much travelling over the holidays), I was on the lookout for a new set that would meet several needs. The first and foremost was audio quality, and then secondly they needed to be durable. I wanted…

chibi-hatsune-mikus-nintendo-3ds-outing

January 14, 2015

Hatsune Miku/Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX/News/rhythm game/Sega

News by Matt S. God bless SEGA. The company has announced that Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX for the Nintendo 3DS has a release date of May 26 for America, May 28 for Japan and Korea, and Europe (and we presume Australia) on May 29. Project Mirai DX will play…

so-what-did-you-think-of-nintendo-direct

January 14, 2015

impressions/Nintendo Direct/Opinion

Opinion by Matt S. And there we go. The first of Nintendo’s regular web news shows, the Nintendo Direct, is over. We got to see some games in action for both the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U, and now we have a better idea of what the company has…

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January 14, 2015

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Article by Matt S. We like to do a reader’s survey twice each year, just to make sure that we are on track for providing you, our readers, the kind of content that you want to read. After all, there wouldn’t be much of a reason for us to write…

Total War: Warhammer could be the Warhammer game I have been waiting forever for

January 14, 2015

Creative Assembly/leak/RTS/Rumour/Sega/Total War/Total War: Warhammer/warhammer/Warhammer: Shadows of the Horned Rat

Opinion by Matt S. Some big news for strategy buffs emerged today, with SEGA and Creative Assembly accidentally leaking the existence of Total War: Warhammer, which is to be a fantasy game that one presumes will be a RTS like every Total War game before it. This is, without a…

Check out the trailer for the upcoming new Final Fantasy XIV: ARR patch 2.5

January 14, 2015

Final Fantasy/Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn/JRPG/News/Square Enix/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. Are you still playing Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn? We hope so, because it’s going from strength to strength, and there’s a new patch due soon that will add even more content into the game. Before The Fall (as the patch is being dubbed) will…

Anime review: Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie (Blu-Ray)

January 13, 2015

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Review by Matt S. Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s greatest asset is its aesthetics. This is a story about the battle between good and evil (as played out between magical girls (good) and witches (evil)), with the witches inhabiting special extra-dimensional “labyrinths,” and these labyrinths are so insanely surreal that they’re…

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January 13, 2015

News/Pastagames/PC/Pix the Cat/Retro/Steam/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. Pix the Cat is a funky little game that was released on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita and was something of a mild hit (thanks in no small part because it was a PSPlus “freebie”). Also, it has duckies. And duckies are awesome. Now this…

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