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Gaming

Playstation Bug Fixed

by Venntertainment on March 2, 2010

I was delighted to hear this morning that the Playstation bug has been fixed. I turned off my Playstation 3 last night before posting this but have read on Gadget Republic that the issue has now been sorted. Why did PS3s around the world reset? Well it’s as simple as this: They thought that this [...]

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PS3 Error – RealTime Search Will Fix It

by Venntertainment on March 1, 2010

Like the rest of you PS3 gamers out there, I’ve been affected by the 800105F Error that has reset the dates on our machines back to 1 Jan 2000 (a tardy Y2K bug maybe?). For those that haven’t figured it out already, it means that we can’t connect to the PS Network and therefore are [...]

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Heavy Rain: A Review

by Paul Hickey on February 24, 2010

Released: 23rd February
Platform: PS3

Background: ‘Heavy Rain’ is an adventure game developed by ‘Quantic Dream’. The game has been circling the tracks of major game shows for about two years now and promises to deliver an immersive story driven experience. ‘Quantic Dream’s’ history of game development includes games such as ‘Fahrenheit’, a previous generation game [...]

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News: Nintendo under pressure for Wii price cut

by Paul Hickey on February 17, 2010

Who would have ever thought it? Nintendo at the top. The Wii has been undoubtedly the great success story of this generation. Nintendo have opened up the market to a crowd of Wii remote shaking families who still play Wii Sports to this day. Anybody who looks at the NPD numbers of American game sales [...]

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MAG – A PS3 Review – Part 2

by Paul Hickey on February 4, 2010

Part 2

So I here I am, another few hours in and ready to give the verdict (Part One is here). Upon release of the title I had hoped that the game would achieve a better sense of balance. If you read the first part of the review I gave my impressions of the gameplay [...]

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MAG Review

by Paul Hickey on January 30, 2010

Platform: PS3
Release Date: January 29th

Part I
-         Early Impressions

MAG (Massive Action Game) is a first person shooter developed by Zipper Interactive for the Playstation 3. I had previously been given the opportunity to beta test an earlier build of the game and was left with great feelings about how the final product would [...]

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Hustle Kings – A Review

by Paul Hickey on January 29, 2010

Price: 7.99
Released: Out Now
With the barrage of downloadable content available from the Playstation Store, games can struggle to garner any attention from gamers. Many developers offer reasonable content through innovation in various genres of games. So how does ‘Hustle Kings’, a pool simulator hold up in the market? Pool games are by their very nature [...]

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Food For Thought: Achievements

by Paul Hickey on January 28, 2010

I don’t wanna be that guy. You know the one, the guy who takes the enjoyment out of games. Time was that you played a game until you got bored of it and only did it as long as it was fun. Nowadays, with the explosion of online gaming, we have become fascinated with leader [...]

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The Game

by Paul Hickey on December 23, 2009

Having heard about a new online effort by Sony Computer Entertainment called the game, I was immediately intrigued mostly because I hadn’t heard anything about it previously and the description of the new application baffled me.
www.PS3-TheGame.com. is a site which Sony describes as
“an open-ended, online challenge that’s set to get everyone talking about PlayStation®3 (PS3™). [...]

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Top 5 Series – Wii

by Paul Hickey on December 23, 2009

The Nintendo Wii, the strongest selling console of this generation. I’ll be honest; I have always been a huge fan of Nintendo. Their first party titles have always to me, stood as benchmarks in gaming progress. They defined home console gaming with ‘Super Mario Bros’ for the NES, took the gaming population into incredible 3D [...]

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