iRate:- Four reasons why online play sucks the joy out of gaming
Everyone loves a good online gaming session don’t they? Shouting “w00t!” at 4am as you pwn some noobs in some epic carnage on whatever shooter more
View ArticleiRate:- Wii never play it really!
Let me present you with a little list: a boxing bag, cast iron weights set, abdominal crunch machine and Nintendo Wii with Wii Fit. No, more
View ArticleiRate:- DLC Exclusivity and Me… A Hate/Hate relationship
Ah the joy of gaming… You finally sit down with the latest multiplatform release and let the gaming goodness wash over you, fully enjoying everything there is on offer. But hang on a second…There are...
View ArticleiRate:- Annoying Things Non-Gamers Say
We are generally a casual gamer friendly site over here at The Newb Review. However, one thing that really perturbs us is vexatious ‘non-gamers’ or ‘game-muggles’ more
View ArticleiRate:- MM-NO!
If I were to mention the ominous acronym ‘MMO’*, most will immediately recall the all conquering World of Warcraft (WoW). At the last count WoW had over 12 million active players. Computer games are,...
View ArticleiRate:- Journalists!
There has been a long established history of Tabloid Journalists bashing that which they do not understand. Nothing seems to frustrate these people more than more
View ArticleiRate:- Collector’s Perdition
It’s a phenomenon that has existed for years, but is becoming more and more common as the games market expands. I am of course talking more
View ArticleiRate:- Baddie Boss Bashing
Have you ever experienced the sheer horror of getting to the end of a game and being totally and utterly disappointed? Not because the game was bad, oh no, it was just that end boss was such a huge let...
View ArticleiRate:- The DLC Season Pass
With game publishers looking to extract every single dollar from gamers they can in a world where the idea of free costumes for playing a more
View ArticleiRate:- Region Locking
Since Mass Effect 3 is still taking much of my already depleted available time for games, I don’t have anything on hand to review, so more
View ArticleiRate:- My Issues With Blizzard
Blizzard Entertainment is a fantastic company known for it’s ability to produce well programmed and written titles such as Starcraft, Diablo and the juggernaut that more
View ArticleiRate:- Grinding My Gears
There’s something ever-present in the world of video games that really gets to me sometimes. I’ve never really noticed it before, but I’ve always more
View ArticleiRate:- The Zany Girl Problem
I’ve been playing a lot of Tales of Graces F recently and a handful of hours into the storyline I gained access to Pascal, a more
View ArticleiRate:- The Voice of Jaded Consumers
Last week there was a series of big announcements made. You may have heard about it. We refer to the event as the Electronics Entertainment more
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