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The dangerous power of review scores 
By Nathan Lawrence | 15:49 Mar 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Our faith in numbers is sometimes misplaced; particularly when it comes to game reviews.
 
Game review scores - do they work? 
By David Hollingworth | 11:50 Jun 3, 2011 | Comment Now 
Out of ten, out of 100, binary systems... there's a lot of ways to score a game, but what works best? And do they matter?
 
Game reviewing is still broken 
By David Hollingworth | 10:53 Dec 14, 2011 | Comment Now 
Game scores used to make sense, but then they took an arrow to the knee. Over-used memes aside, we're serious - what's up with game scoring and gamers?
 
The (half) year in review - looking back at the games we've played 
By David Hollingworth | 16:38 Aug 10, 2011 | Comment Now 
It's time to look back on the first six issues of the year, and the games we've reviewed. Do we still back our scores? What did we get right, what did we get wrong? And what ...
 
Intel Core i7-3770K: Ivy Bridge finally launches 
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By Matt Wilson | 02:01 Apr 24, 2012 | Comment Now 
Intel's Ivy Bridge launch has lacked a lot of its usual clockwork precision, but now the official veil has been lifted from the 22nm processor, and we like what we see.
 
NVIDIA comment on Fermi shortages, review scores 
By Justin Robinson | 10:22 Apr 15, 2010 | Comment Now 
NVIDIA's CEO touches on some obvious sore points.
 
Console certification process holds back Battlefield 3 PC patch 
By Nathan Lawrence | 11:20 Mar 28, 2012 | Comment Now 
Just in case you needed another reason to hate multiplatform development…
 
XFX RADEON HD 7970 Black Edition Double Dissipation is as good as it looks 
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By John Gillooly | 10:36 Jan 10, 2012 | Comment Now 
Review: The RADEON 7970 is finally hitting stores, and XFX has delivered one hell of a high end card.
 
Intel's Core i7-3960X is fast, but will break your bank 
By John Gillooly | 09:46 Dec 6, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: Undoubtedly the quickest CPU to date, but will you even notice? Intel's new 3960X is almost too fast for its own good.
 
Bethesda responds to the haters 
By David Hollingworth | 13:50 Dec 2, 2011 | Comment Now 
The rage is swirling thick and deep from those for and against Bethesda's strategy of updates for Skyrim, but here's what the horse's mouth has to say.
 
Battlefield 3 PC patch incoming this week 
By David Hollingworth | 14:04 Nov 22, 2011 | Comment Now 
Good news for folks hoping for improvements to Battlefield 3 - a patch is coming this week from DICE, though only for PC users for the time being. EDIT: Patch notes added!
 
The Secret World – a different type of MMORPG? 
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By Nathan Lawrence | 11:30 Nov 18, 2011 | Comment Now 
Preview: Funcom messes with the MMORPG formula with The Secret World.
 
ASUS's Crosshair V Formula is a good mobo... 
By Vito Cassisi | 11:26 Nov 1, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: The mighty chassis of Bulldozer! But, really, you'd be better off with an older AMD chip...
 
Batman: Arkham City – Rocksteady wants you to play as Robin instead of Batman 
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By Nathan Lawrence | 16:25 Sep 27, 2011 | Comment Now 
Preview: A quick look at Batman: Arkham City's Challenge Maps turns into a discussion about a whole lot more...
 
GIGABYTE's G1-Killer G1.Sniper 2 headshots the competition 
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By Vito Cassisi | 12:23 Sep 21, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: GIGABYTE's latest iteration of the massively specced and featured Killer range is taking aim at Intel's Z68 chipset...
 
Games reviews in review 
By Nathan Lawrence | 08:01 Aug 9, 2011 | Comment Now 
We take a behind-the-scenes look at a subject close to our collective hearts - the challenges that surround games reviews and game reviewing.
 
Geeky Careers 
By Chris Taylor | 10:18 Jul 21, 2011 | Comment Now 
Not into straight IT? We take a look at your career options in the rest of the geek spectrum.
 
Children of Eden is a stoner's dream 
By David Hollingworth | 10:51 May 4, 2011 | Comment Now 
Trailer: Trippy new motion game, Child of Eden, is a delirious ride through colours and space... and, annoyingly, we like the look of it!
 
Homefront - death by Metacritic? 
By David Hollingworth | 15:57 Mar 16, 2011 | Comment Now 
THQ has just suffered a giant single-day drop in its stock following a lukewarm Homefront Metacritic score. This is everything that's wrong with our industry.
 
Great Gaming Memories – Codename Eagle 
By John Gillooly | 10:22 Apr 18, 2011 | Comment Now 
You know what gaming needs more of? Zeppelins - and the classic yet flawed Codename Eagle had Zeppelins out the wazoo.
 
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Atomic Magazine

Issue: 137 | June, 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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