Games

The popularity of Afrikaans music is undeniable in SA (But… how many of those Afrikaans PS3 players have Singstar microphones, and like the more frivolous pop derivative selected for this collection?  The 25 song choices for this local flavoured karaoke ride includes radio fodder from cheesy pop and boyband extractions, to not-as-funny comedy tracks, crooning, Read More »

The first Brain Training games on the DS were quite an eye-opener on how lazy our brains can get, and this edition reminds you how long ago you tackled those various brain tuning exercises (speaking from experience!). With some very well planned exercises to regain your brain’s actual age by keeping its various sectors active Read More »

Set half a century after the 2nd Fable instalment, again the primary essence of this action Role Playing Game is choice. By interacting with a variety of Albion inhabitants, your decisions have a direct impact on the course of the tale, and your fate. Make nasty choices and you head down the path of evil, Read More »

Mario has opened his new Mini-Land fun fair. There is a free Pauline doll for each of the first 100 visitors. Donkey Kong arrives to claim his, but he’s number 101!  So, naturally he kidnaps the real Pauline!  With the villain almost always snatching the damsel in distress (usually Princess Peach) to kick-start the Super Read More »

The Halo Nation has been screaming for this prequel.  The super-popular sci-fi first person shooter series takes you to 2552 with humanity stuck in a vicious war with the Covenant, an alien conglomerate force that knows no mercy.  With the planet Reach as the war zone, you and your elite UNSC squad (known as Noble Read More »

Your favourite DC comic book characters come to life in this Massive Multi-player Online action gaming experience.  But it goes beyond legendary heroes like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash and the Green Lantern, or villains like Lex Luthor, The Joker, Cat Woman, Mr Freeze and Brainiac – you also get to create your own unique Read More »

It is a technologically advanced future (around 2031). As Jim, a member of a team of rogue agents (assisted by Rebecca), you have to crack a high profile conspiracy (with corporate nasties at its core). The undercover world of action adventure with a tech-angle remains popular, and what this third-person shooter offers the gamer is Read More »

There aren’t too many people on the planet unaware of this legendary game. The genius is in its simplicity and the way your brain latches into it. For the 5 folks who don’t know, it’s the game where various block shapes drop down, and you need to arrange them to fill up lines so they Read More »

Alan Wake is a Stephen King-styled author whose writers’ block leads him and his wife to an idyllic get-away, but instead encounters danger, thrills, scares and bizarre scenarios when his wife disappears. Compared to other survival-horror games like Resident Evil, Alan Wake has more of a psychological angle than all-out gore.  The action, tension and Read More »

In this sequel, the setting is still the planet E.D.N. III, only, it’s a decade later.  This third-person shooter takes the player to a strange world with a lot of action and things to blow up, but also mission objectives, with Snow Pirates, Mercenaries, Carpet Baggers, NEVEC troops, and of course the Akrid monsters.  Thermal Read More »

The third in this high-octane story-based Japanese criminal underground action game further expands the trials and tribulations of Kazuma Kiryu (an ex-Yakuza and former chairman of the Tojo Clan) who can’t seem to escape his past.  If you’re unfamiliar with the series, the stories of these two games can be viewed with a concise recap Read More »