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The Classic Comedy Fest Preview: Surviving two hours in a room full of annoyingly drunk hecklers

Shawn Moodie
May 4, 2019
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Fallout 4 Wasn’t Very Good

Nigel Mckenzie-Ryan
September 26, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Fallout 4 recently. I have no idea how many hours I’ve played (and I don’t want to know because I’ve already gone ...

An Interview With James McFadgen, Owner Of Cakes n Ladders, Auckland’s Only Board Game Café

The Speakeasy
August 25, 2016
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We've seen a real resurgence in tabletop games in the last few years so it comes as little surprise that Auckland would eventually find itself with a ...

Iron Maiden: Legacy Of The Beast Released

The Speakeasy
July 23, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
The wait is over! Metal and RPG fans can now download the much anticipated mobile game Iron Maiden: Legacy Of The Beast. The action-packed, free-to...
5.7

The Backlog: Kings Bounty: The Legend

Mihajlo Pavlovic
July 20, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming
Mihajlo has 205 games totaling a value of $3,709.19 USD and a playtime of 4,181.57 hours. That's right: he's spent enough money to buy a used car an...

Pokemon GO is a go

Oliver Smith
July 7, 2016
Gaming, Geek and Web
I would like you to cast your minds back to when you were ten. Sitting at home on a rainy weekend afternoon, in your hands resides a Game Boy. Inside ...

Drunk Souls – A Dark Souls Drinking Game

Mihajlo Pavlovic
June 30, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming
By now you probably would have heard of Dark Souls. Whether through a friend swearing over the microphone, through terribly unfunny YouTuber's doing s...
3

The Backlog: Orcs Must Die! 2

Mihajlo Pavlovic
June 24, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming
Mihajlo has 204 games totaling a value of $3,709.19 USD and a playtime of 4,181.37 hours. That's right: he's spent enough money to buy a used car and ...
8.9

The Backlog : Bastion

Mihajlo Pavlovic
June 18, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming
If you have been reading anything I write for The Speakeasy then you would have realised one thing - I have a problem. I have 203 games with the va...

Gwent – A Witcher 3 Card Game

Mihajlo Pavlovic
June 14, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming
Today is a good day for fans of Gwent. No, not the kingdom of Gwent, but the popular card game found in The Witcher 3. During their E3 Conferenc...

Lacking Context: An Attempt to Review Phantasmal

Marika Jackson
June 9, 2016
Comedy, Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web, Spotlight
I love horror video games so I decided I absolutely had to play “Phantasmal”, a new indie survival game from developer Joe Chang. When I say I love ho...
8.4

Doom: Solve Your Problems With Violence

Mihajlo Pavlovic
June 7, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming
I was a youngin when I first experienced the violence that is Doom. Barely knowing English, I would navigate through the menus until I somehow got to ...
2

YOUTUBER’S LIFE REVIEW! BIG BOOBS MEME PRANK [GONE SEXUAL]

Nigel Mckenzie-Ryan
June 1, 2016
Gaming, Geek and Web
The great thing about the internet is that anyone can be successful. The bad thing about the internet is that anyone can be successful. I feel bad for...

Watch: Announcement Trailer for Civilisation VI

Mihajlo Pavlovic
May 18, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
It's been a long time coming but Civilisation VI has been announced! Get ready to lose many more days of your life as you say to yourself "Just one mo...

Watch: Dawn of War 3 Announcement trailer

The Speakeasy
May 4, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
There was something lacking in us here at The Speakeasy, no one from the site could quite put their finger on it. It was War. We were lacking wa...

Watch: Mesmerising Pre-Release Trailer For Stellaris

The Speakeasy
April 27, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Watch, Watch and Listen
There are few things that get us excited at The Speakeasy and Space is one of them. Therefore, we're very excited for the upcoming release of Stell...
8

Factorio: Automation Is Sexy

Mihajlo Pavlovic
April 15, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming
There's something comforting about Factorio. It could be the many lines of conveyor belts and inserters that I've thoughtlessly dumped all over this p...
7.5

Rust : Three Days In Paradise

Mihajlo Pavlovic
April 4, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming
I never thought I could feel the anger that Rust has invoked in me. It's a shocking change from my experience with Stardew Valley, but it's a change t...

Rocket League Teases A Basketball Mode

Craig Moodie
March 13, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
2
Rocket League developer Psyonix has teased via Twitter a new Basketball-themed mode, possibly called Hoops. Going by the Twitter screenshot, there'...

DotABluff – Shanghai Major Day 1

Monica Kenney
March 4, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
Whilst the Shanghai major rages on you may start finding yourself in a tight spot trying to appear knowledgeable in DoTA. So it's time for another rou...

DotABluff – Learn DotA 2 Jargon Fast!

Monica Kenney
March 2, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
Have you ever seen that episode of the IT Crowd where Roy and Moss decide to quote football things from a website? Yeah, you probably have, and it was...

Stardew Valley: How I Became The Sole Savior Of Pelican Town

Mihajlo Pavlovic
March 1, 2016
Entertainment, Gaming, Geek and Web
2
Comfy - Extreme levels of Comfy. That’s all that comes to mind when I think of Stardew Valley, an RPG/Farm Simulator. It’s developed by ConcernedAp...
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