Author: Brad Lang

Ooooooh boy, things are not looking good for those folks still stuck on an ADSL connection. Technology has evolved. Fibre or 5G are where it’s at for those needing a decent connection. You know, to browse YouTube, download games or do…other stuff on the internet. If you haven’t upgraded off an ADSL line, you might be in for a bit of trouble in the near future. As more and more folks migrate towards fibre, given that it’s become far more accessible in recent years, Openserve has opted to offer people a little more incentive to move over…by shutting down their…

Showmax Pro, the  top subscription tier to the streaming service that offers a decent mix of both local and international entertainment, brought the highly sought after addition of live sport to (some) screens in July of this year. Countries such as Nigeria and Kenya were blessed with live coverage of the “Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and PSL games” and a whole bunch more. It’s a pretty important inclusion for Showmax, something that users have been after for some time now. With that in mind, it must come as rather pleasant news that Showmax Pro and Showmax Pro Mobile…

Ghost of Tsushima is on our doorsteps, begging to be played by one and all. It’s been a long time coming with developer Sucker Punch first teasing the project several years back. Now, just two days before the game releases on 17 July, critics have been able to share their thoughts on the game. While most of the reviews are exceptionally positive, there are still plenty of complaints game journalists have regarding Sony’s latest exclusive. So we thought we’d gather their thoughts into a singular place for folks to get a better understanding of the PS4’s last major exclusive. Critical…

While Netflix is busy falling over itself to seemingly green light nearly any potential new script that slides across its proverbial desk, our local streaming service Showmax has been very slowly building up its own exclusive catalogue of exclusive shows. There are some real gems on Showmax, my personal favourite being Tali’s Wedding Diary, and with the positive reception some its homegrown shows have been met with, Showmax isn’t slowing down. Instead, they’re speeding up things dramatically with the announcement of four new original series. “We’ve deliberately ramped-up emphasis on local content,” says Candice Fangueiro, Showmax’s head of content. “If…

While plenty of folks were beyond excited to see Ubisoft’s new line-up of forthcoming games revealed during Sunday’s Ubisoft Forward digital showcase, there was a secondary reason many people tuned into the livestream. Sure, it was exciting seeing all that new footage on Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Watch Dogs: Legion and an official cinematic trailer for Far Cry 6, don’t get me wrong. Yet I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t also very excited to get my free copy of Watch Dogs 2, an excellent game that was being handed out to everyone watching the stream live. Yet as the…

Life is a funny thing, isn’t it? One day you’re just doing what comes natural, going out to your favourite pubs and night spots, not considering the dangers of existence, and the next you’re locked up inside your lounge, terrified to put a foot outside the front door. But even in the face of global annihilation, it’s important to never compromise on your health. It’s something more and more companies have begun to realise. That is, the necessity of a healthy life and, of course, the profits that can be gleaned from it. Perhaps that’s too cynical a way of…

As the video game industry continues to grow and expand ever outwards, the problem of what people are meant to do with all their games from the previous generations is only becoming more and more of an issue. With Sony soon releasing the fifth generation of its PlayStation, users have been begging for more insight on just how the PS5 will handle backwards compatibility. It seems likely that the system will offer some form of compatibility with older games but just how it will manage this…well, that’s still unknown. Still, we might have a clue which hints at just how…

When discussing the major game publishers such as Activision, EA Games, and Ubisoft, one can become a little bored of all that prim and proper corporate presentation. Folks in suits on a stage proudly proclaiming about how their game is the best yet…well, that just doesn’t sound like fun. That’s what most games strive to be about, right? Yet the whole “business-person” board room schtick is bland and, frankly, just not all that exciting. Publisher Devolver Digital has set themselves apart from the competition by shirking that boring public image and has established itself, in a front-facing manner anyway, as…

Just yesterday we wrote up a story about how The Sims was entering the realm of competitive video gaming in a less than conventional way. While plenty of games have developed a thriving esports scene with tournaments, sponsorships and even arenas dedicated to broadcasting and raising the hype for fans, The Sims went the way of a reality TV show by the name of The Sims Spark’d. It looks ridiculous and will probably be more than a little awful but it’s catering to a market that wants to see their game become more mainstream and accessible in a competitive environment.…

Some days, you wake up to find the perfect storm of absurd nonsense and comical tomfoolery that you doesn’t’t even require you to sit and plan how you’re going to shape it into a story. Those are the best days, the ones where your first article is so utterly ridiculous you don’t even need to try and convince people of the fact. Such is the case with The Sims Spark’d, a reality show that will see twelve die-hard Sims players compete for $100,000. Sure, why not? The world has ended so we might as well scrape the bottom of the barrel for reality…