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Star Trek Online – Approaching Free to Play

By · Friday, January 13th, 2012 at 12:03 pm

When Star Trek Online was announced, I was really looking forward to the game. I was part of the beta, but the game was at a state that I could not bring myself to pay $80 for the release version.

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Review: Quickflix Movie Streaming

By · Saturday, December 31st, 2011 at 9:37 am

Since movie rental site Quickflix opened its streaming service up to PC and Macs in November, I decided to have a look and see what the service is like.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic not available for Australians

By · Thursday, December 29th, 2011 at 8:25 pm

Of all the upcoming MMO games, one game has been generating the most buzz, namely Star Wars: The Old Republic. This franchise has so much going for it, from internet buzz and a proven track record from Bioware, as well the idea of a storytelling MMO was gaining praise worldwide. So when I heard that Star Wars: [...]

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Microsoft Big Picture: Kinect stretches out

By · Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 at 7:48 pm

At the Sydney Big Picture event held by Microsoft, one thing that caught my attention was Kinect.

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Vodafone to provide Australian PlayStation Vita 3G service

By · Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 at 7:07 am

Sony has overnight announced a partnership with Vodafone that will see the company become the recommended provider of 3G data services for Sony’s forthcoming PlayStation Vita in Australia.

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DVD rental is a dying business, is online video replacing it?

By · Saturday, October 8th, 2011 at 10:14 am

An article from Sydney Morning Herald’s Sacha Molitorisz about the decline of DVD rental marketplace suggests that the Internet is killing DVD Rentals. However the article gave only vague hints on how traditional Brick and Mortar stores was facing competition from the net,  spending more time talking about DVD rental machines from RedRoomDVD  and Oovie.

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iiNet’s 3FL to play host to Battlefield 3 beta servers

By · Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 7:06 pm

Following yesterday’s announcement on the September 29th beta date for EA’s Battlefield 3, iiNet’s gaming hub, 3FL, today announced the news that they will be hosting servers for the much anticipated game.

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September 29: Battlefield 3 beta begins

By · Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 at 7:16 am

Today DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio and long term developer of the Battlefield series, released the long awaited news on the beta for their upcoming title Battlefield 3.

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Australian developer Team Bondi enters administration

By · Thursday, September 1st, 2011 at 6:49 pm

The Sydney-based developer and recent creator of L.A. Noire, has now entered an administration stage, in what could potentially mean the end of the troubled developer.

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New MMO announced By NCSoft : Wildstar

By · Thursday, September 1st, 2011 at 7:59 am

Sometimes a game comes along that has a sense of fun.

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