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House of the Dead: Overkill

By Josh Jennings

POV zombie shoot-em-up video game House of the Dead: Overkill, bears the distinction of using the most f-bombs in gaming history, according to the Guinness World Records.  Pick up the controller, spend five minutes getting trigger-happy on the relentless flock of zombies mobbing your screen and just see if you don’t wind up cursing like an NWA rapper with PMS.

That Overkill is classified suitable for the 15-plus market in Australia (while being restricted to 18-year-olds in the Unites States in Britain) might seem like good news for the Australian gamer kids who have just turned 15, but not everybody in Australia is chuffed with the current censorship laws.  Under these laws, the adult population is forbidden access to games such as Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (a T&A extravaganza, featuring a slew of perky animated characters and Benny Hill-esque shenanigans). Continue reading “Censorship: Computer games lose out” »

On November 21, Aussie gamers will march for the right to have games for adults be properly rated and released with an R-rating. And January 2009 Pet of the Month, Ashlee Adams, will be there fighting for her rights as a gamer — so you should too! Continue reading “Gamers to march for R rating” »

You may be shocked to discover that there’s a different type of role-playing out there, less about nurse uniforms and cheerleader outfits and more about involving storylines, epic battles and umpteen hours of turn-based gameplay via a PlayStation, Xbox or PC. Dave Kozicki gives us the lowdown on the most influential role-playing games ever made… Continue reading “Know Your Role” »

Books, music and games from Australian Penthouse… this month, George Pelecanos, Lisa Gardner, Lee Child, Max Frei, Robert Kaplan, Red Faction, Wolverine, Bob Dylan and M. Ward Continue reading “Reviews: Movies, Books, Games & Film” »

Thanks to Activision, we’re giving you the chance to win an Xbox 360 PRO console and the hot new game, Prototype, plus a special limited-edition Alex Mercer figurine, in our biggest competition yet!

Read on for our winner’s list! Continue reading “Xbox 360 PRO console and Prototype game!-winners announced” »