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  • Liverpool Beer Festival 2012 0 CommentsPosted by on February 21, 2012 under General News
    In trying to carry on the great tradition of a small review of everything, I’m compelled to review Liverpool’s annual beer festival. Sorry if you don’t live in Merseyside and/or drank real ale, but I think it is an interesting event to cover. The annual Liverpool Beer Festival has taken place here for the last 30 years, not a bad achievement really, so they must be doing somethi... more.
  • Mass Effect 3 Demo 0 CommentsPosted by on February 16, 2012 under All Games, General News, New Releases, Playstation
    Well its finally appeared in the PSN store, for some reason it wasn't available until well after 6pm here in the UK but i digress, I've had two full plays of the mass effect 3 demo and thought id pop along to give you my thoughts before i ambled off to bed. It should go without saying that there will be some mild spoilers ahead as to the demo but none that ruin the story ahead. but if you ... more.
  • Mass Effect 3 Demo Out 1 CommentsPosted by on February 14, 2012 under All Games, General News, New Releases, Playstation
    Fuck valentines day the Mass Effect 3 demo is out today for those with early access. it will feature a portion of play from the single player campaign and also from the multiplayer. im not sure if those who have early access are the only ones who can access multiplayer but i will let you know in time and also my thoughts on the matter. For now i have more mundane things to do like go pickup a flat... more.
  • The Future of Gaming 2 CommentsPosted by on February 13, 2012 under General News, Tomcat Raves
    What does the future hold for games? I don’t know for sure really, but I’m beginning to think it could be a future I want no part of, or at the very least, a smaller part than I have had for the past twenty years. Now I’m sure that the future will bring bigger, better and more advanced games, and I welcome this, lord knows the past year or two has been a mostly stagnant swamp of... more.
  • Battlefield 3 Playstation 3 input lag, does it exist? 3 CommentsPosted by on February 12, 2012 under General News, Playstation
      were having a discussion in the mess hall forum on this topic, it seems that a couple of our members do get problems with input lag, and not only that issues which make them a bit ill! However I dont seem to experience any such problems and I hammer the game most days. I'm wondering what you the great interweb public think of this? tell us your experiences and your fixes, if you dont... more.
  • Indie Game Music Bundle 2 0 CommentsPosted by on February 11, 2012 under General News, Highlights2, VideoGame Soundtracks
    The people behind the first Indie Music Bundle are back with another top notch collection of game soundtracks to get your listening gear excited. The deal is pay what you want and get 5 excellent soundtracks, pay $10 and get a LOT more. Pay what you want collection: Aquaria Sword and Sorcery To the Moon JamesTown Machinarium Pay $10 Collection: All of the above + Shatter ... more.
  • Shoutcast Music Player on the PlayStation 3 0 CommentsPosted by on February 10, 2012 under General News, hacks, Highlights1, Playstation, Technology News
    It's here at long last, it only took 5 years! killzone_kid JS, HTML and flash guru has been able to make shoutcast work on the PlayStation 3, and it's all thanks to the Update 4.10 that came out this week. So if you like listening to music on your PlayStation 3 this is a must, it opens up a world of available music to your ears, and its FREE! More information in the forum ... more.
  • Netflix Playstation 3 trial 3 CommentsPosted by on February 7, 2012 under General News, Technology News
    Netflix has launched, some time ago on the PS3 and I decided to give it a whirl, Tom had mentioned it was a decent service and there wasn’t really much to loose unless I forgot to cancel the free trial, so what is Netflix? Well Netflix is pretty much the same as Love Film; however they don’t seem to have many new releases. That’s to say you won’t find Captain America on it,... more.
  • Battlefield 3 PS3 VOIP fix released! 2 CommentsPosted by on under All Games, General News, Playstation
    Yes you read right folks the voice communications for Battlefield 3 have now been fixed, a small patch was released yesterday and it seems to have fixed the issues, ive only spent one game session so far with a full squad on comms but it worked a treat. i could hear everyone clearly and there were no issues like before. So its nice that it got fixed but the game was released in October, and eve... more.
  • GAME.co.uk in big trouble? 2 CommentsPosted by on February 1, 2012 under All Games, All Games, General News, Microsoft, Nintendo, Playstation, Wii All Games
    Source: TheSixthAxis According to NowGamer, GAME might be struggling to stock new videogame releases. The site has quoted an unnamed source who said that the retailer has “lost credit assurance with most of its publishers.” If the company has lost this assurance then publishers will not allow GAME to stock their games due to the financial risk involved.  “If true, it co... more.
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