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Give me gaming dopamine! UK retailer Currys touts the Easter egg hit

February 28, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Currys have put together dopamine crush, with pop culture pundit Hunter Clark to share some Easter eggs you might have missed.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: call of duty, currys, god of war, grand theft auto, into the spider-verse, Mario Kart, pokemon, science

The psychology of cheating: Computer games with the worst player to cheater ratio

November 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cheating in a game can have adverse effects on other players, as they may find it unfair and feel frustrated.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: grand theft auto, stats

Rule 63: Games site reimages male protagonists as non-sexualised women

July 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Rule 63 states that where there’s a male character, the internet can reimagine them a female character (or vice versa).

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: assassin's creed, call of duty, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Cyberpunk, cyberpunk 2077, gears of war, grand theft auto, halo, rule 63

Out of the Mouth’s of Outlaws: A Retrospective on the Dialog of Rockstar Games

November 10, 2018 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Rockstar

Few game developers craft dialog that compares to the distinct voices of the residents of New Austin, Los Santos, and Liberty City. Bandits wax poetic about the changing times, gang bangers expel the virtues of capitalism, and hitmen talk politics. It’s loud, crude, and it’s all Rockstar. Rockstar Games distinct writing style wasn’t developed overnight. […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: grand theft auto, la noire, max payne, PlayStation 3, playstation 4, red dead redemption, rockstar, Xbox 360, xbox one

Doctor Who: Grand Theft Tardis

December 25, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

For today only; Grand Theft Tardis at RIPT Apparel. If you had to pick a t-shirt to sell for one day only and that day was Christmas Day – which subject would you pick?

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: doctor who, fashion, grand theft auto, t-shirts, tardis

Which computer game has the biggest world?

May 26, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Check this out – click for a larger picture – if you want a rather clever analysis of the size of computer game worlds. World of Warcraft is not the largest. Oblivion looks surprisingly small. Mind you; not every one likes sandbox style games. I can imagine sometimes world size isn’t attractive. Can big be […]

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: farcry, farcry 2, grand theft auto, maps, oblivion, World of Warcraft

Laugh with Princess Robot Bubblegum

October 30, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m clearly an anime fan and yet I found the Princess Robot Bubblegum spoof funny. It’s here to promote the must-be-a-hit-or-rockstar-dies game Grand Theft Auto but its heavily woven up with Microsoft – sorry everyone else. I’d also note that Princess Robot Bubblegum spoof the genre so well that it could only have been put […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime, grand theft auto, xbox

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