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Internet outage would cost $43 Billion per day, study finds

November 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What would happen if the internet went down globally for even a single day? I, for one, would be worried! According to a recent study by Atlas VPN, a day without the internet would cost the world economy a staggering $43 billion.  The United States and China would bear the brunt of the cost, losing $21 […]

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eSports are good for you, but should gamers get the same respect as traditional athletes?

October 20, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are plenty of misconceptions in and around eSports. Despite the fact that the UK gaming population is nearly evenly split between men and women (47% female and 53% male), only 5% of respondents in the survey guessed this correctly.

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Here’s the state of streaming TV – but what to watch?

October 14, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Judging by name, I Woke Up a Vampire, Loki, The Wheel of Time and Creature seem worth checking out.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: justwatch, netflix, prime video, stats

New study reveals habits of Steam gamers around the world

October 10, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The study found that the average Steam gamer owns 215 games on Steam for a combined value of $2,776.59. They’ve also spent 4,307 hours playing those games.

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It’s not just you: Fantasy books are getting longer

September 26, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve wondered whether it’s a trick of your own increasingly wise perception or whether fantasy adventure novels are getting longer, then, well, it’s not just you.

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The One Piece challenge: Printing your favourite manga as one book!

September 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We love printing comic books of all kinds, and were really inspired by Manouach’s achievement last year.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: manga, one piece, stats

A Pokemon analysis of 75,000 fans

August 31, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Which is your favourite Pokemon? This blogger hasn’t kept up with the long-running series and still has a few of the classic little monsters he rates highly.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: infographics, pokemon, stats

Is the Netflix password crackdown working?

July 29, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Netflix now has competition from Disney+, Paramount+, Hulu (in the States at least), Apple and Amazon plus specialist streamers. Now the streaming platform is taking steps against password sharing.

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How cool is this map of the highest rated video games developed in each country?!

June 12, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Guide Strats has released a map of the highest rated video games developed in each country, with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (developed by Nintendo in Japan) ranking at no.1. In order to get the findings, the video game guide company analysed the Metacritic scores of 20,000 titles, before looking at each game’s […]

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: games, Gaming, stats, zelda

Games are getting shorter: Cribbage site researches computer game challenges

May 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The research was done by Cribbage Online, which pulled the data from a database of 60,000 console and PC games, with an average time for users with a 100% completion of the game. 

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