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Welcoming the Year of the Ox!
Happy Chinese New Year 2021! Gong Xi Fatt Chai! Pretty strange welcoming the Year of the (Metal/Golden Ox) while hunkering down due to a Movement Control Order thanks to Covid-19. In any case, going...
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Pandemic Gaming: Revisiting the Past
Being stuck at home during a pandemic’s movement control order (our third one, as I write), is a good opportunity to revisit some games and to try out games that I’ve missed. For one, I’ve spent about...
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Mario Kart 8, Accessibility Options and the 8BitDo Pro 2
I’ve been introducing my daughters to video games during the pandemic, and one of the games that they’ve been playing on a weekly basis is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch. I found out that...
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Out and About in Breath of the Wild
I started noticing that there are plenty of folks trying to sell off their Nintendo Switch, and this is across the board, including the original and updated (improved battery life) versions of the...
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Waiting on a Classic
Shaping up to be an interesting second half of the year, with a new Age of Empires and Forza Horizon scheduled to be launched, not to mention Diablo II Resurrected which is due in September. I just...
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Obtaining the Video Gaming Trifecta
As a kid, one of the highlights of my school holidays were visits to my cousin’s house which was in another small town a good 50 kilometres away. These trips were always well worth it; not only did I...
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How I Missed the Star Cup in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch)
So we’ve been playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch throughout the pandemic. It’s a bit of a ritual now to gather in front of the TV to have a multiplayer race in Mario Kart 8 during...
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Keep on Pedalling in San Andreas (Xbox Series S)
Xbox Game Pass is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only did the November release include Forza Horizon 5, it included Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition. Now this was a title...
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Checking Out Neokyo on Makuri Islands (iOS) – Zwift
When Makuri Islands was first released on Zwift back in May/June 2021, the Japanese-inspired world was well-received with plenty of sights to see from paddy fields to scenic gravel routes, Japanese...
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Halo Infinite: Getting Ready to Jump In
Halo: Combat Evolved was the game that put the original Xbox on the map back in 2001. I played the heck out of the game when the PC version came out in 2003 and the gameplay was nothing short of...
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The Case for Playing Games on Easier Difficulty Levels
Back when I first installed Command & Conquer, I managed to finish a few missions on the trot. However once I hit a roadblock (e.g. losing a level twice in a row), I took a break, and it was for...
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2022 – A Boon For Gaming Subscription Services (and Subscribers)
Watching Kingsman on Disney+ while typing this article just shows how much an effect digital subscription services have on our lives, even more so during this on-going pandemic. With the kids stuck at...
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Back on the Saddle, On the Road
One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2022 is to get back into road cycling after a year of being hooked up to a trainer, the Magene T300. The first order of the day was to get the bike fully serviced...
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This Week in Game Pass: Maneater, Day of the Tentacle and Fallout 4
Thanks to Game Pass, I’ve been checking out Maneater on the Xbox Series S; basically it is a game where you get to be a shark, gobbling up prey, people as well as other apex predators in a...
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Rogue-like Games: A Love Hate Relationship
If there’s a video game genre that I’m horrible at but couldn’t stop checking out titles (within that particular genre), it would be rogue-likes. Named after the 1980 ASCII-based game, Rogue,...
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Getting A Break(through) in The Ascent (PC/Xbox Series S)
At first you don’t succeed, take a break and then try again. While that sounds like a rip-off on the late Aliyah’s lyrics, it’s something that I practice when it comes to hitting a wall when playing...
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How To Power Cycle Your Device?
“Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?” This is a phrase that pretty much every one of us has heard when we run into problems with electronic devices. Sometimes, we are the one...
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Gaming Rig Power Supply Upgrades & New Ryzen 7000 Incoming!
There’s plenty to be excited about for the fall of 2022 as AMD has announced today the upcoming Ryzen 7000 Series desktop processors with the new “Zen 4” architecture which will rightly bring...
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Slow Starts in Video Games
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt the past year, it would be: don’t be put off by really slow starts. The two games that I’ve completed on the PC and Xbox are Sable and Tunic, and both start really...
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Gamer’s Guide to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Symptoms, Treatment, and Everything...
Recent studies show that over 160 million American adults play video games. Following the work-and-play-from-home ecosystem being promoted, we can only expect this number to rise over the next few...
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