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August 2012

Articles published by Megabits of Gaming in August 2012.

31 Aug 2012

Bits and Bytes: The cake is NOT a lie

What better way for a gamer to celebrate their birthday than to combine two great loves: your favourite console and cake!?! Megabits stumbled upon this awesome site, Pink

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29 Aug 2012

Top Ten Video Game "Realities" (part one)

Naturally, the game world exists entirely separate from the real world, but if you’re anything like me, you’ve come out of a job interview and wanted to hit ‘quick load’

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29 Aug 2012

Top Ten Video Game "Realities" (part two)

Missed Part One??? Then click here . 5) Power-ups (Mario, Sonic) Whether it’s Mario’s mushrooms or Sonics super sneakers, most games make use of one powerup or another, u

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24 Aug 2012

Review: New Super Mario Bros 2

Written by Xav Perez Back in 2006, Nintendo released New Super Mario Bros (NSMB) for the Nintendo DS, it was the first original 2D Mario title since Super Mario World on

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23 Aug 2012

The untimely demise of Psygnosis

What on earth is going on in the videogaming industry? First Popcap starts cutting staff, then THQ, then OnLive gets snapped up after filing for bankruptcy – and then the

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16 Aug 2012

Can Music Make or Break a Game?

Written by Debbie Lloyd The importance of music in a video game is often overlooked. We all have our favourite tracks from our favourite games, but how does music really

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16 Aug 2012

Riffing on World of Warcraft and MMORPGs

Written by StefanB Its February 11th, 2005. Its a Friday. I took the day off. Nervously I'm pacing up and down in my study. Its 11am already and all I got was a text mess

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13 Aug 2012

The Death of The Demo

Written by Debbie Lloyd I come from the era of video gamers who received demo discs with their monthly magazines. These discs always contained something new and exciting,

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08 Aug 2012

Hardware: Gioteck EX-05 wired headset

In these straightened times, buying a gaming peripheral can be a big decision and a sizeable investment. But with a summer lull for big game releases, there's no reason w

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07 Aug 2012

Riffing on the new Mass Effect 3 endings

After the controversy surrounding Bioware’s half-arsed attempt at ending the venerable Mass Effect series, it was somewhat surprising to see a multi-national conglomerate

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06 Aug 2012

Review: The Walking Dead: Starved For Help

Decisions, decisions, decisions. All of them a matter of life and death, and barely any time to make them. That's what makes Telltale Games' Walking Dead series so engros

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02 Aug 2012

Six Games That Looked Better On Paper

Game developers are an ambitious bunch, constantly looking for ways to innovate and advance gameplay. They want to create games that you can interact with in as much dept

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