ZA Tech Show: Episode 40

Posted on Monday, December 1st, 2008 at 10:35 by Simon and filed under Podcast episodes, ZA Tech Show.

The big four-oh! This week we are joined by Tiana Alswang, editor of G.E.A.R. magazine, and Athena Twin, along with members of her PMS Clan of professional female gamers from the USA and Canada. We cover:

  • Girls in gaming and the Plugg event recently held in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the PMS Clan took on a top team of local dudes in Counterstrike.
  • Gaming in South Africa and the growth thereof.
  • Some of the best new titles on the block. What are the PMS Clan playing?
  • The addiction of World of Warcraft, and why it is banned for many professional gamers.
  • Multiplayer gaming – it’s more social than you think.
  • Local servers, bandwidth and the other bits and pieces we need to improve the gaming scene in South Africa.
  • Alienware is still around and kicking arse.
  • Intel’s Core i7 ‘Nehalem’ processor has landed. And Brett has benchmarked it – he even has some memory tips.
  • Why Halo 3 didn’t quite cut it.
  • Rock Band versus Guitar Hero – the competition gets thick with Guitar Hero: World Tour.
  • Kids and games. Can you really keep them away from violent games they may be too young for?
  • The big game titles to look out for this Christmas.
  • Console versus PC gaming.
  • A review of Duncan’s panel discussion on telecommunications that took place at the MyBroadband conference 2008.
  • The promise of WiMAX, and whether or not it can deliver thereon.

A big congratulations to Duncan McLeod for winning MyBroadband’s SA IT Journalist of the Year award. Well deserved!

By the way… the SA guys beat the PMS Clan at the Plugg event…

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4 Comments so far

Comment by Tyrone, posted on December 2nd, 2008 at 09:08

LOL! Did you guys check out the Simpsons clip where they mock Apple? Its just so damn good. http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/the-simpsons-mocks-m-apple/

Comment by Simon, posted on December 2nd, 2008 at 09:48

I saw it. It was pretty funny, although they were more harsh on ‘Mapple’ than other companies they poke fun at.

Comment by Tyrone, posted on December 3rd, 2008 at 22:44

360 avatar? Are you guys ever going to put up profiles? zacarshow even beat you :P

Comment by Toby, posted on December 11th, 2008 at 21:32

Maybe instead of pronouncing it mah-mo-pug-gah (MMORPG), you could pronounce it more-pee-gee, which is how I like to pronounce it :-) I think it sounds cooler, and alludes to the fact that it’s more than just an RPG :-)

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