Editor, Gamer, Pop Culture FanaticEditor, Gamer, Pop Culture FanaticHow writing and gaming became my life... and everything inbetween. 
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I survived Activate Asia 2007 and the code is?CharlieOscarDelta!
2007-09-17 00:02:00 Well, I’m baaackk I arrived back late Wednesday from Activate Asia 2007 in Cairns. The picture above is where I stayed for the event and the Shangri La has to be one of *the* nicest venues/hotels I have been to. I’ve travelled to quite a few places over the last few years and I’ve ... More About: Xbox 360 , Code , Char
WCG draws are UP!!! Check it out…
2007-09-06 01:24:00 WCG draws for New Zealand - World Cyber Games 2007, Seattle, USA. I am very excited now. Many of my friends in the gaming community in New Zealand will be travelling to the WCG finals in Seattle next month and time is ticking away. The WCG draws were made yesterday and several of my friends will be competing in Gears of War, DoA4 and CounterStrike over there. I’ve been playing alot of Gears of War with my friends the ‘Partially Disabled Hitmen’ and I have every confidence they will do really well. But damn, it’s exciting. I wish I was going but it’s so awesome that they are and that they’ll have an incredible time no matter what the outcome. How often do gamers get to live their dream? Not that often, and this is definitely as close to living a dream that one can get, really… The official WCG website is here and the draw for the WCG event is here. The PDH (’PDHM’) are in Group C for Gears of War, Halcyon for Counterstrike a... More About: Check
Halo 3 PREVIEW at Microsoft, CoD4 BETA Xbox 360
2007-09-04 03:58:00 Halo 3 preview at Microsoft NZ, Auckland. Yes it’s true. I really LOVE my job. And it’s times like this that I can honestly say I think I have one of the coolest and most fun jobs in the world. Slight exaggeration? Hmm perhaps but when you get invitations to play Halo 3 ALL DAY a ... More About: Halo , Xbox , Preview , Xbox 360
Bourne to pwn, Brian Bright rocks, Halo 3 devs and TimeShift demo
2007-09-01 01:23:00 The ultimatum to end all ultimatum’s… I admit that I am not a huge fan of the Bourne series of books or movies. That is, until I saw ‘Bourne Ultimatum’ the other day. One thing I have always liked about the movies though (as I have yet to read any of the books) is how the ... More About: Halo , Movies , Interviews , Xbox 360 , Halo 3
Tomorrow I interview Brian Bright - developer for Tony Hawk?s Proving Groun
2007-08-30 09:35:00 Developer interviews for the WIN One of the best parts about being a journalist is being able to interview interesting people and sometimes, if you’re really lucky, meet them or interview them in person. Unfortunately, I won’t be meeting Brian Bright because he’ll be in the States and I’ll be in New Zealand but ... More About: Interviews , Developer , Interview , Hawk
Heroes Season 2 trailer, Manga: The Complete Guide and being ?Superbad?
2007-08-24 13:32:00 Heroes ahoy! So the hype machine is in full throttle with the new series of Heroes being screened in the US on the 24th of September. If youre not playing Halo 3 that day, you’ll certainly be watching this on TV, won’t you??? Of course you will! One reason why I’ll be watching is because David Anders ... More About: Movies , Heroes , Trailer , Manga , Season
Shiki Tsukai, Heavenly Sword Anime and BioShock fever
2007-08-21 03:31:00 Shiki Tsukai Manga I’ve been on a little hiatus away from writing for other websites lately. It seems to have lasted a while too. Way too many gaming related distractions (hehe) and other (personal and not so good) things going on that have taken up my time. Thankfully, I’ve sorted out a few things and have ... More About: Anime , Xbox 360 , Del Rey Manga , Fever
F.E.A.R Perseus Mandate, Gears of War for PC and Paramore
2007-08-15 22:05:00 I like to mix things up… In case you haven’t been able to tell, I like LOADS of different things and in my profession, it’s good to be open minded about the fun things in life I mean, I am a gamer, afterall. We’re a special breed of people And with that comes… F.E.A.R: Perseus Mandate ... More About: Music , Gears of War , Paramore , Ears , Gears
Vampire movies ARE GO and get in touch with your inner Trekkie?
2007-08-10 12:00:00 I thought I’d change the pace a little as this website is dedicated to Pop Culture and not just gaming and I am a HUGE movie fan so I thought I’d dedicate a post to my beloved past-time; movies. And some of my favourite movies just happen to be of the horror genre AND Vampire s particularly… When ... More About: Movies , Graphic Novels , Touch , With You
Why I sometimes h8 Xbox Live ***PERSONAL RANT***
2007-08-08 23:24:00 XBL can suck… /Rant on Sometimes, Xbox Live can be the coolest place and the worst place to be around. Being a female gamer (yes I am and no, I don’t NEED to proove it to you) can often be more a curse than a blessing. See when I signed up for XBL, I didn’t see it ... More About: Personal , Xbox Live , Xbox 360
Quake Wars Beta 2 release baybeeeee
2007-08-06 23:23:00 Quake Wars BETA 2 map roXorz! I managed to get the Beta 2 release of Quake Wars working after some deliberation with the Fileplanet website. That ended up with me spending money to download the beta 2 release client but that’s okay. Quake is SO totally worth it. If you’re wondering about whether or not your ... More About: Quake , Release
Activate Asia 2007, Quake Wars Beta 2 and Halo 3 Co-op
2007-08-02 03:54:00 I’m off to Australia next month! One of the nice perks of being the editor of a video game magazine is that sometimes, if you’re lucky (read: someone is willing to pay for you), you might find yourself travelling abroad. I’ve been to E3 (in 2005 - before it was down-sized) and that was an awesome ... More About: Halo , Asia , Quake , Wars , Beta
Game Console cover August, PS3 goodness L.A.I.R and Heavenly Sword
2007-07-30 02:05:00 Is this HOT or what? Uh huh, this is the cover for the August issue of Game Console Magazine lovingly hand picked by me It’ll be in stores this week so KEEP your eyes peeled. You know you want it… I purposefully removed the content of the magazine from the original image because that ... More About: Cover , Playstation 3
Mamotte Lollipop, Noein Vol 2 and 3 and Harry Potter
2007-07-23 07:05:00 Manga Reviews - Mamotte! Lollipop Volume One Well, I think I’ve recovered from the inertia of my recent writers’ block… sorta. Reviewing shoujo (shojo) manga and loving every bit of it! Okay, perhaps that’s a little white lie. I’m actually a huge seinen and shonen fan so shojo stuff is hard for me to read ... More About: Harry Potter , Manga , Anime , Potter , Del Rey Manga
Why Quake will always be my kind of game?
2007-07-22 01:49:00 This is going to be a Quake related post because to me, Quake is the do all and end all of PC gaming. There really is no other game that can replicate the way I feel when I play Quake. And it’s ALL about feeling… exhiliaration and excitment, I even get adrenaline shakes ... More About: Game , Always
Good golly gosh? Games galore!
2007-07-21 04:09:00 First off a thankyou to all those people subscribing to this blog. I’ll try and be as diligent as I can with my updates but bear with me… my life is pretty hectic at the moment, I’ll certainly do my best BIOSHOCK is coming… Are you hyped? To be honest, I’m looking forward to it ... More About: Games , Xbox 360 , Good , Ames , Galore
August is almost over? hello September!
2007-07-19 05:32:00 August Game Console Taking on this job as a magazine editor has been really kind of whacky. For starters, it screws with your sense of time - in particular, the months of the year. Right now, we are in July but in my mind I am in August and heading towards Sept ember . This is extremely frustrating ... More About: Xbox 360 , August , Hello
The NZWCG 2007 brought to you courtesy of tyepo
2007-07-16 09:35:00 WCG Video FTW!! To Mr Clark… here’s my update, okay?!? A very good friend of mine used his 1337 h4×0r skillez to put together this awesome WCG video clip from xLAN last weekend. May I say that the clip rocks! tyepo, you’ve out done yourself dude! Here’s the clip if you’re interested: WCG NZ Game on… More About: Court
Game on my minions?
2007-07-12 12:14:00 You’d think I’d need a break after xLAN… I was so exhausted after xLAN but in comparison to the few hundred competitors that slept in chairs or on desks for two nights in a row, my exhaustion was minimal. At least I got to sleep in my own bed! I’ve been doing some serious gaming over ... More About: Xbox 360 , Game
xLAN 2007? the aftermath
2007-07-09 08:45:00 Well, I survived xLAN 2007 and had a great time! Met up with so many of my friends and made some new ones too! The only thing I didn’t like was that the food onsite wasn’t too great and the nearest Subway was miles away. The venue itself was rocking though and the organisational side ... More About: The A , Term
Teamkilling is TEH suck?
2007-07-05 08:45:00 More Quake War stories… from behind that Strogg stroyant So I decided to make the Strogg Technician my class of choice in the Quake Wars beta. Why? Because I like the idea of being able to shoot at the opponent and heal my team-mates at the same time. It’s also nifty because you can turn fallen ... More About: Suck , Kill , Killing
Transformers movie review, Quake Wars beta frenzy!!
2007-07-02 22:02:00 “One shall stand, one shall fall…” I’ve been harping on about the Transformers lately but after seeing the movie, I was a 100% converted. Although there have been various changes made to the Transformers of 2007 compared to their classic counterparts of 1984 - 86 (which I won’t go into here to save spoiling it for ... More About: Movies , Movie , Movie Reviews , Quake
Dragon Eye manga review and other stuff?
2007-07-02 06:38:00 Dragon Eye is cool! Our boy on the cover of Dragon Eye: Volume One is no other than Issa Kazuma, owner of the mysterious ‘Dragon Eye’. I’ve just finished reviewing this manga and if you’re keen to check it out, you can do so here and the original article over at the Comicbook Bin is here. ... More About: Manga , Review , Stuff , Del Rey Manga , Dragon
Michael Bay brings the Transformers full circle?
2007-06-28 03:58:00 The Transformers Advanced Screening, Auckland, New Zealand 12.01AM Thursday, 28th of June, 2007. SPOILER ALERT! What can I say? Well, firstly NZ can celebrate for being one of only a handful of countries in the world to see the movie. It doesn’t open in the United States for another six days which is pretty cool. Secondly, the ... More About: Movie Reviews , Michael , Michael Bay , Full
Go!Cam for Sony and my NEW PC is a coming?
2007-06-26 04:32:00 Hitler’s Xbox Parody What a better way to start the day than with a laugh. Try this video clip - a funny reconstruction of Hitler’s last days before his bunker was found er, I mean before his Xbox was disconnected… it’s hella funny Thanks tyepo for the link Eye spy with my little…PSP?!? I ... More About: Sony , Ming
A lil? piece of NZ on YouTube, video game art, Manhunt 2 banned!
2007-06-25 06:18:00 TVNZ goes YouTube… finally I appreciate how this blog entry may not mean much to many of you outside of NZ but to me, this is pretty cool stuff. YouTube (Google) have recently signed a deal with TVNZ to offer NZ based television content via the interweb’s largest video community website, YouTube. They even have ... More About: Video , Youtube , Game , Video Game , Anne
F4 the game, Veronica Mars goes to print and ET:QW the beta!
2007-06-22 04:11:00 Unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer… Well, I’d certainly like too, but I’ve been hella crook all week, bed-ridden sick - the type where you really feel like you’re gonna die but you just don’t… that kind of sick. And I know that it’s winter here in New Zealand but heck, I haven’t been to ... More About: Veronica Mars , Mars , Beta , Print , Game
Fired for writing movie review, Transformers 86? vs Transformers 07??
2007-06-17 00:41:00 Dude, where’s my job?!?… Only in America? I have never heard of this happening in my own country but according to this CNN article, Jesse Morrison, a 29 year old film, video and journalism major from Memphis, Tennessee was fired from his job as a projectionist because he wrote an unauthorised negative review for website Ain’t ... More About: Movies , Movie , Writing , Transformers , Movie Review
Heroes goss, Avril?s manga and the cover for GC June
2007-06-15 08:12:00 I’m not JUST a gamer you know… I also watch TV… ooh and I read too Well, I had to change my blog category over at Blog Toplist because I felt that I was probably cheating people into thinking that this was just a blog about my job as an editor for a video ... More About: Heroes , June , Manga , Cover , Del Rey Manga
F4 vs The Transformers?
More articles from this author:2007-06-14 05:59:00 The Fantastic Four take on the Silver Surfer… Next week the Fantastic Four return to cinemas in New Zealand and this time, they take on the ‘Herald of Galactus’ himself, the Silver Surfer. As I’ve mentioned previously, I am a Silver Surfer fan so I can’t wait for the movie and the game!! So you click on ... More About: Movies , Transformers , Form , Transformer , Tran 1, 2, 3 |
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