Nic Simmonds's Articles

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Guild Wars 2 review

Massively addictive or monotonously boring?

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Console launch prices compared over 35 years

And the most expensive console launch to date is…

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Guild Wars 2 bandwidth usage tested

Just how much data does ArenaNet’s MMORPG use?

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WITS Game Design course off to a solid start

We catch up with the head of WITS’ game design course, Hanli Geyser

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A MAZE. Interact 2012 – What you need to know

Johannesburg’s first international Games & Media Art Festival is happening now; here are the details

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive review round-up

Can Global Offensive return Counter-Strike to the forefront of online gaming?

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South African PC game server roundup

A round up of which PC games you can play on South African GSPs.

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DayZ – The ultimate survival-horror experience?

Wondering what all the DayZ fuss is about? Nic Simmonds has the answers

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The Secret World review (PC)

Top-level secret or straight into the shredder?

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10 most played games on Steam right now

How many of these Steam favourites are you playing?

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The Amazing Spider-man review

The Amazing Spider-man may be the most inappropriately named game of all time

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5 games that better be in the Steam Summer sale

If these 5 games are not featured on the Steam Summer sale…

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Diablo III review (PC)

Has Blizzard delivered the perfect Diablo II sequel?

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Civilization V: Gods & Kings hands-on preview

Espionage, religion and steam-punk air ships make an appearance in the next Civilization V expansion

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Dirt Showdown: hands on the wheel for destructive arcade action

MyGaming hands-on preview of Dirt Showdown. It’s Dirt on acid!

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Silent Hill: Downpour review (PS3)

Despite a decent story and some enjoyable puzzles, Downpour fails where it counts most

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Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai review

The most modern chapter in the Total War franchise

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Birds of Steel review (PS3)

Solid production values, scalable difficulty and enjoyable combat make Birds of Steel one of the better WWII flight simulators out there

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Nexuiz Review

Does this old-school styled shooter stand out from the crowd?

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Notch reveals new game, we can’t pronounce its name

Markus “Notch” Persson is working on a hard sci-fi themed game and he has shared some details

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About Nic Simmonds

After studying a BA degree at the University of the Witwatersrand where he majored in Media Studies and Philosophy, Nic served as an intern at PCFormat Magazine. Shortly thereafter he began working at MyBroadband as a junior journalist, before being promoted to a senior editorial position running MyGaming.co.za. Nic served as MyGaming’s editor for its first 2.5 years, before leaving in 2011 to join a communications agency where he is now a partner. Nic still serves as a freelance writer for MyGaming as well as MyBroadband.