Category Archives: Editorial

Hey MS, Stop treating us like pirates and let us shake our booty!

Posted on 04/02/2012 by Tom

Our friendly neighbourhood games programmer Gillian Patterson from My Escape has her say on why Microsoft should worry less about pirates and more about our booty (and how we shake it). Continue reading →

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Gamer Entitlement and the ending of Mass Effect 3

Posted on 03/19/2012 by Tom

Gamers today are a bunch of spoiled, whiny cry-babies who whinge and moan and throw tantrums like a teenage girl who got the wrong colour of Ferrari for their 16th birthday. Continue reading →

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OnLive on a Tablet – The future of gaming?

Posted on 03/14/2012 by Tom

You owe it to yourself as a gamer to give it a whizz, especially on a tablet. Its impressive that it works at all, but its even more amazing that it works so well! Continue reading →

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Discussion: How would you change the Gameplay Mechanics of MMORPG’s?

Posted on 03/05/2012 by Kyo Akiara

Hey everyone, Shaun Meyers here with a question for all you Calm Down Tom readers out there: How would you change the mechanics of MMORPGs? Continue reading →

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Skyrim’s UI – Some UI’s just want to watch the world burn

Posted on 12/30/2011 by Ealiom

Skyrim’s UI is a beast.. Not in the usual sense, which is to mean awesome. More like the horribly mutated golden retriever creature from the Fly 2. Only more sad and pathetic. Continue reading →

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Top 5 things going wrong in The Old Republic

Posted on 12/13/2011 by Tom

So the Old Republic is up and running now! What’s going to go wrong in the coming weeks? Continue reading →

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Eurogamer gives Uncharted 3 an Eight, Comments go full retard

Posted on 10/26/2011 by Tom

Following on from Simon Parkin’s mostly positive, well written review of Uncharted 3 which was mildly critical and awarded the game an 8 out of 10, the internet exploded. Continue reading →

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3.61 Firmware Update: F**k you Sony!

Posted on 05/17/2011 by Ealiom

I’m cool with you Sony just get your network back up and running so I can play online again. Thats is all I want. These things happen, all is forgiven….I should have been more god damn specific. Continue reading →

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Homefront , Inception and the stupidity of review scores

Posted on 03/21/2011 by Tom

Guest contributor Matthew Jordan author of the excellent blog “Of Interest to Me” had this to say on the controversial subject of review scores. Continue reading →

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Installing Bulletstorm on PC – A Rant

Posted on 03/14/2011 by Ealiom

Here’s a pretty much verbatim email I received from site member Ealiom on his troubles with installing Bulletstorm on PC. Continue reading →

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