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Mechwarrior: Living Legends
Jan 27, 2009
Engine Room
: The incredible awesomeness of giant laser armed robots is back, and James Matson was there to cower.
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Graphics Cards
The battle of the drivers
Jan 6, 2009
Tweaked perfection or a bunch of cosmetic tomfoolery? James Matson gets friendly with the world of homebrew GPU drivers.
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A tale of two gamers
Dec 15, 2008
Two of Atomic's biggest MMO nerds get their geek on about the state of massively multiplayer gaming.
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Eidos and censorship
Nov 24, 2008
James Matson knows the truth is out there, it’s just going to be a little late.
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PC Games
Interview: Edge of Twighlight
Nov 13, 2008
Atomic checks out the up and coming Steampunk game Edge of Twilight by Aussie developers Fuzzyeyes.
Opinion
The new vapourware
Oct 31, 2008
It may surprise the hordes of people that gave Auran’s ‘Fury’ a wide berth to learn, but I actually enjoyed the Unreal 3 Engine powered MMOFPS. Sure, it wasn’t a game I was ...
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Creating game cinematics
Apr 23, 2008
How stories, concepts and trailers for games are turned into pure, digital sex. Uh, game videos. We mean game videos.
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Console Games
Game On Exhibition
Mar 11, 2008
James Matson takes a trip down joystick-thrashing memory lane, and invites you to come along
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PC Games
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Nov 9, 2007
Gaming joy at the bottom of a bowl of Strogg.
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PC Games
A History of Sex & Games
Sep 27, 2007
James Matson dives headfirst into the world of sex and gaming, discovering that despite the censorship, controversy and regularly tragic game design, there’s no pulling these ...
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Entertainment
Roving Mars
Aug 20, 2007
Exploring Mars on the IMAX big screen.
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PC Games
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Jul 30, 2007
James Matson performs recon on the sequel to Ubisoft's impressive tactical FPS.
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PC Games
Fury Beta preview
Jul 12, 2007
Auran has let a closed Beta version of their new MMO Fury loose on the gaming public. James Matson was there to get a taste of the PVP action.
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Lifestyle
Safari 3.01 Beta for Windows
Jun 20, 2007
How does Apple's Windows browser stack up against the reigning rivals?
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PC Games
Spellforce 2: Dragon Storm
Jun 7, 2007
Spellforce 2: Dragon Storm attempts to lift an average game a little higher by throwing a handful of wyverns at it. James Matson ducks.
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PC Games
Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars
May 21, 2007
James Matson knows that glowing staffs and wavy grass aren’t always the measure of a good game.
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PC Games
Emulation 101
Apr 4, 2007
Classic games never die. With emulators your PC is an arcade machine and console rolled into one. Take the journey with James 'Amiga4Eva' Matson
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The other universe
Feb 11, 2005
The Metaverse, a brave new virtual world or just pointless sci-fi bollocks? James "Amiga4Eva" Matson dons a VR headset and goes off in search of answers.
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Operating Systems
The life of BeOS
Dec 23, 2004
If you're running an x86 'desktop' machine today, your choice of OS is limited in the extreme. It's either Windows or Linux. No amount of shuffling desktop themes or skins ...
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Modern Warfare 2 breaks records, and hearts
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Left 4 Dead 2 LAN Night
One Terabyte SSD hits the shops
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SEED MA-280B ITX Case
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Scribblenauts Interview
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