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Josh Girvin

Mar 10, 2009 | 11 Comments

First, an introduction! This is my brand new place to share my annoying, rambling and somewhat incoherent thoughts on all things Warhammer Online. I’ll be covering topics such as the ...

David Hollingworth

Microsoft and queer gamers

Feb 27, 2009 | 33 Comments

There's a story been doing the rounds regarding an Xbox Live subscriber who recently had her account banned for identifying as a lesbian in her GamerTag. The Consumerist first followed ...

David Field

Triple SLI is bad for you

Nov 26, 2008 | 15 Comments

You know what the most appropriate use for triple SLI is? I hate to break it to you, but it’s not for gaming. It’s for kitting out the Nvidia booth at a trade show. We built a triple ...

Zara Baxter

Geek eye for the average guy

Nov 20, 2008 | 7 Comments

It used to be, back in the day, that everyone thought we’d be wearing stylish one-piece jumpsuits by the year 2010. The only way I can see that happening is if the geeks take over. And ...

David Field

How Twitter pwned Dave’s inbox

Nov 17, 2008 | 16 Comments

I’d like to apologise to everybody in my Gmail address book who I inadvertently spammed yesterday. I’d also like to place the blame squarely at the overzealous marketing people at ...

Ashton Mills

Simple truths

Nov 11, 2008 | 12 Comments

Well, that’s one way to spend $US300 million. You know the ads – Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Gates, what could possibly go wrong? Oh, not too much – except perhaps the message. Aside from the ...

James Matson

The new vapourware

Oct 31, 2008 | 7 Comments

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 glued to ...

David Field

Stop lying to me about what I 'need'.

Oct 2, 2008 | 12 Comments

Consumer digital displays (oh alright, LCD TVs and some LCD computer monitors) are getting steadily better across the board. But in an attempt to lure customers, the companies that make ...

Ashton Mills

Opening Hardware

Sep 26, 2008 | 3 Comments

It began with software, and with source code, but the principles of open source are being applied to hardware as well – which may seem strange, at first. After all with software it’s ...

Zara Baxter

Zara's geek secret

Sep 19, 2008 | 10 Comments

I have a confession to make, oh Atomicans. My revelation will damage my geek cred severely, and you may even snicker – everyone in the office did – but I need your help. See, a while ...

Logan Booker

Bed TV

Aug 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

I can’t remember the last time I slept in my own bed. From this statement, one could assume there’s something terribly wrong with my usual place of rest. While it does sag in the ...

David Field

The Alzheimer’s of King X86 -- Part Two

Jul 31, 2008

Authors' note: It's dangerous to read on without starting from the beginning! Had the King been able to remember what was beyond his walls, he would have worried. For the King's rule ...

Ashton Mills

The Streisand effect

Jul 30, 2008

It’s more than a little intriguing in this day and age, where the internet is no longer a Hot New Thing, that people, companies, and sometimes even entire countries (here’s looking at ...

Logan Booker

Army of Who?

Jul 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

I didn’t believe Salem when he said we could have unlimited, super-powered bullets just by standing with our backs to each other. Or that he could turn invisible, just by having me shoot ...

Ashton Mills

The open call

Jul 25, 2008

Inevitably as Linux has gained traction it’s attracted more and more attention. From Dell selling Ubuntu PCs to ASUS choosing Xandros for the EeePC, it’s become almost trendy to add Tux ...

Logan Booker

Where’s the Earth-shattering kaboom?

Jul 15, 2008

Living on the edge is great. Not a literal edge, of course. I can’t imagine building your house on the lip of a precipice would be much fun, especially if the door was on the cliff side ...

James Matson

Opinion: Is bigger really better?

Jun 30, 2008

You’re reading the words of an unashamed RPG fan. I was brought up on the old school world of pen-and-paper RPGs, oddly shaped dice and character sheets worn by repeated erasing and ...

David Field

Dave's America Blog -- Part 2

Jun 13, 2008

America knows how to do monuments. I'm writing this on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after ducking and weaving around the swarms of people entering the marble pantheon behind me. ...

David Field

Dave's America Blog -- Part 1

Jun 13, 2008

Stereotypes exist for a reason. I touched down in Los Angeles just over a day ago, and could tell that everything is big by looking at the little things. In my case, it was the ...

Josh Collins

Hey, look it’s... the same. *groan*

Jun 3, 2008

For the past 18 to 24 months we’ve been floating around in an oasis of new tech. This tech has literally been taking leaps and bounds. Take a look at DDR3 memory if you don’t believe me. ...

Logan Booker

Turok, My Father

May 27, 2008

I don’t think I could be a dinosaur hunter. Not like Turok. He’s a man’s man, really he is. Not the sort of man’s man your granddad warns you about, but the type of muscled hero that’s ...

David Hollingworth

Sega, Hasbro, ponies and poor reportage

May 16, 2008

A few weeks ago Sega launched a promotional campaign for Condemned 2: Bloodshot that drew chuckles around the Atomic HQ and, apparently, was quite successful in virally promoting the ...

Ashton Mills

Lies, damn lies, and hardware

May 15, 2008

While Valve’s Steam was a great big PITA when it first arrived, it’s since matured into a good distribution and games management system. I find myself preferring to buy games from Steam ...

Kate Inabinet

Clique here if you’re hardcore

Apr 30, 2008

Within us all is the need to belong. You first become aware of it in high school, as you gaze about the home-room on that dreaded first day, trying to work out which group you fit into. ...

Ashton Mills

The web of a thousand lies

Apr 29, 2008

It sounds corny, but if you think about the various stages of human evolution and the violent ages that have marked our existence, then the age in which we live – the Information Age – ...

Logan Booker

The problem with Master Chief

Apr 15, 2008

Murderous alien invaders and saving the world he could deal with, but when it came to map reading, the Master Chief had a serious problem. It was one of those silly things he’d never ...

David Field

EB Games is killing the games industry

Apr 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

EB Games is an evil place. And half of my former retail colleagues just gasped, while the other half nodded sagely. This evil can be pinpointed: EB Games is a business, specifically a ...

David Field

Skulltrail is pointless, stupid and unnecessary

Apr 2, 2008

Here in the Atomic Offices, it’s unlikely that any given workday will end without Josh and myself having an argument. They all start off innocently enough. The most recent example was ...

David Field

The Alzheimer’s of King X86 -- Part One

Mar 31, 2008

The Land of 32 Bit is a simple and peace loving kingdom that occupies an area of exactly 2^32. In the centre is the sprawling Castle Kernel, where new wings are almost always under ...

Logan Booker

The pointlessness of whining

Mar 25, 2008

By popular demand, it's a Logan Booker opinion piece from nearly two years ago; waaay back in Atomic issue 62! Enjoy, then join the hunt for the missing link and associated prizes! Opini...

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