Soapbox: Bring Back Warhawk on PS5, You Cowards
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The year 2007 was a particularly good year for online multiplayer. Most notably, this was the year Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare launched, and its influence can t be overstated: it changed the landscape of multiplayer shooters for good. While I absolutely spent dozens of hours playing Infinity Ward s excellent FPS, another 2007 shooter had my heart Warhawk.
Obviously, this third person shooter was a smaller scale offering than Call of Duty. There was no offline, single player campaign; it was online only, which was a fairly foreign concept in console gaming back then. It had a limited number of maps, weapons, and game modes. You could commandeer a small variety of vehicles, including the titular fighter planes. While you could level up to unlock various customisation options, Warhawk wasn t really operating on the same level as Modern Warfare. The thing is, though, it didn t need to be. It was a simpler game, but everything
Plumber Dan Soap Box derby wows crowd on return to Whanganui streets
25 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Thousands of keen locals gathered on the banks and streets around Pukenamu Queen s Park for the return of the Soap Box Derby. The street race returned to the centre of Whanganui for the first time since 2018, with Dan Goldsworthy (Plumber Dan) taking over the reins for this year s event.
About 80 entered the derby which was part of Bayleys Whanganui Vintage Weekend.
Starting at the top of Pukenamu, a wide variety of homemade carts and drift trikes raced down the winding road before getting onto Drews Ave and finishing on Rutland St.
Soapbox: The NYT Thinks We re Gaming Too Much, But It s One Of The Only Things Keeping Me Sane
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It s that time of year again: a large publication has had decided that kids play too many games, and this time it s a COVID-flavoured special, courtesy of the New York Times, designed to make parents feel guilty for letting their energy-filled children play video games after being cooped up all day doing online school.
I won t pretend that video games are actually
perfect, although it s tempting to go on the defence, here. There are a lot of predatory practices in games, like microtransactions and gambling mechanics that can easily seduce kids into getting addicted. Plus, the last two generations - the ones that grew up with technology - are so used to everything being served on a screen that we often struggle to be alone with ourselves for any stretch of time at all without one in front of us. Yes, we all take our phones to the toilet. Yes, we play Switch on the sofa while we w
Soapbox: A Resident Evil Outbreak Reboot Makes Far Too Much Sense
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It is quite clear that Japanese developer Capcom loves to experiment with its biggest franchises from time to time, and Resident Evil has to be one of the best examples of that. The series actually went first-person way before Resident Evil 7: Biohazard with the PlayStation 1 s
Resident Evil Survivor, and questionable multiplayer offerings have never been far away. The very forgettable Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Resident Evil Resistance are proof of that. Not the greatest line-up of spin-offs, then, but to suggest they re all bad would be doing one select sub-series a severe disservice. When you look back on them,