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U R so gay! Homophobia in gaming, and why it hurts

By David Hollingworth | 16:34 Jan 18, 2012 | Comment Now

Why casual homophobia can be a serious problem, and pondering what the way forward might be for gaming sites and communities.

PC Games

Five things video gamers most likely don't know about Warhammer 40,000

By David Hollingworth | 16:24 Dec 12, 2011 | Comment Now

There's more to Warhammer 40,000 than just great video games, and we think there's some things that just need to be explained...

PC Games

Five awesome efforts to support the Child's Play charity

By David Hollingworth | 10:13 Dec 9, 2011 | Comment Now

Discover five fantastic companies and people that are doing excellent things to support the Child's Play childrens' charity.

Lifestyle

AtomicCon a smash hit

By Justin Robinson | 11:56 Nov 17, 2011 | Comment Now

Gallery: See all the action that went down at AtomicCon!

Lifestyle

Your handy guide to safe summer gaming!

By David Hollingworth | 12:24 Dec 10, 2010 | 16 Comments

Safety. Hydration. Heatstroke. Lag. Gaming's natural enemies this summer - so here's our tips to a safe, sane, summer gaming season.

Lifestyle

Atomic Unlocked vid #4: Avermedia goes 3D

By David Hollingworth | 15:52 Nov 4, 2010 | 8 Comments

Video: In the fourth part of our Atomic Unlocked video series, Avermedia's new 3D tuner card takes center stage.

Lifestyle

Atomic Unlocked vid #3: Lightpeak, Larrabee and more!

By David Hollingworth | 16:10 Nov 1, 2010 | 8 Comments

Video: Our third Atomic Unlocked video sees more of Intel's Graham Tucker, and the usual Atomic hi-jinks...

Lifestyle

Atomic Unlocked vid #2: The DLC Discussion

By David Hollingworth | 16:56 Oct 27, 2010 | 3 Comments

Video: We continue our chat with Intel's Graham Tucker at the Sydney Unlocked show, and this time we cover the awkward CPU DLC issue...

Lifestyle

Atomic Unlocked: Melbourne gallery

By David Hollingworth | 10:52 Oct 18, 2010 | 11 Comments

Gallery: Atomic hit Melbourne pretty hard for the latest Unlocked show. Some of us are still recovering...

Lifestyle

Atomic Unlocked: Sydney gallery

By David Hollingworth | 17:11 Oct 6, 2010 | 21 Comments

Gallery: Catch all the action of the recent Atomic Unlocked event in Sydney - the Atomic Beast, cool Avermedia products, and great gaming from Intel and Team Immunity.

Lifestyle

A brief history of Warhammer

By David Hollingworth | 12:51 Sep 27, 2010 | 11 Comments

From the early days of Games Workshop to PC gaming success, follow us on the trail of the greatest gaming setting ever envisaged – WARHAMMER!

Lifestyle

Bittorrent's server reliance could be its downfall

By The Inquirer | 11:35 May 11, 2010 | 2 Comments

Analysis: Not very decentralised at all.

Lifestyle

ASUS Insights Night 2010

By Justin Robinson | 12:44 May 7, 2010 | 10 Comments

Nearly one year later, ASUS return to Atomic HQ with a bundle of never-before-seen tech.

Lifestyle

Lid lifted on secret ACTA cauldron

By The Inquirer | 10:10 Apr 22, 2010 | 3 Comments

Analysis Corporate controls descend... we'd make a Downfall parody about this, but... yeah.

Lifestyle

Power to the PC: Brisbane leg!

By David Hollingworth | 13:01 Mar 5, 2010 | 20 Comments

We came, we saw, it was awesome - all the action and pics from Atomic's latest Brisbane visit.

Lifestyle

Atomic takes on the Battle for Sydney

By Justin Robinson | 12:26 Feb 1, 2010 | 8 Comments

Atomic leaps into the nerdiest laser skirmish yet.

Lifestyle

Left 4 Dead 2 LAN Night

By Justin Robinson | 11:10 Nov 18, 2009 | 27 Comments

Atomic hosts a night of zombie-killing goodness.

Lifestyle

Borderlands LAN Night

By Justin Robinson | 11:10 Oct 16, 2009 | 8 Comments

Atomic hosts a Borderlands LAN - we even took pics!

Lifestyle

Atomic's Power to the PC Melbourne Tour!

By Justin Robinson | 12:45 Oct 6, 2009 | 8 Comments

Atomic's second Power to the PC Tour, and final wrapup.

Lifestyle

Atomic's Power to the PC Sydney Tour!

By Justin Robinson | 14:17 Sep 23, 2009 | 29 Comments

Atomic, cutting-edge tech, incredibly exclusive game access and plenty more!

Lifestyle

Wolfenstein LAN Night

By Justin Robinson | 11:01 Aug 20, 2009 | 15 Comments

Atomic's Wolfenstein LAN - now with pics!

Lifestyle

ASUS Insight Event

By Justin Robinson | 13:41 May 8, 2009 | 15 Comments

Atomic got thirty Atomicans in for a visit from ASUS, and a tech-filled night was guaranteed to ensue.

Lifestyle

The Way of the Forum

By Vito Cassisi | 16:25 Jan 9, 2009 | 9 Comments

The Atomic Guide to communication via a text medium, 101.

Lifestyle

Centrino 2 launched

By David Field | 12:00 Jul 17, 2008 | Comment Now

And a properly overclockable mobile processor announced.

Lifestyle

WWDC -- Reporting from the streets of San Francisco

By David Field | 11:07 Jun 16, 2008 | Comment Now

Dave Field hits up some Worldwide Developers' Conference attendees for their view of the show and the future of computing.

Lifestyle

Syncing a Bluetooth phone with a Linux box

By Leigh Dyer | 10:34 Apr 30, 2008 | Comment Now

Leigh Dyer explains how to do it, including pairing and sharing Blueooth devices under GNOME.

Lifestyle

On the ground at BarCamp Sydney

By Kathryn Small | 11:20 Apr 8, 2008 | Comment Now

Ever wondered what an open, free-form computer conference would be like?

Lifestyle

512GB memory keys! Only $35!

By Alex Bradner | 11:53 Mar 14, 2008 | 5 Comments

Beware the Ebay scammers and their dodgy, half-arsed USB sticks.

Lifestyle

Super new Atomic Wallpaper!

By David Hollingworth | 15:25 Jan 15, 2008 | Comment Now

Fresh from the hammers and anvils of our cutting edge design mill, we've got these great new wallpapers for your pixel smashing engine!

Lifestyle

Brand spanking new Atomic Wallpaper!

By David Hollingworth | 12:37 Nov 6, 2007 | Comment Now

Give your desktop some old fashioned Atomic lovin'.

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Atomic Magazine

Issue: 133 | February, 2012

Atomic is a magazine aimed squarely at computer enthusiasts, gamers, and serious PC upgraders.

Every month we bring you the latest reviews of new technology and PC components, in depth features on everything from overclocking to console hacking, and gaming previews and interviews.

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