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Author Archives: Joseph Garrett

The Darkness – Is It Worth It?

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The Darkness was released for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in June 2007 and was either one of the best comic book inspired shooters of all time or an incredible failure in almost all areas. Find out which, as I try to answer the question, The Darkness, Is it worth it? Please leave suggestions for what games I can ... Read More »

Call Of Duty 3 – Is It Worth it?

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Infinity Ward set high standards for the Call Of Duty franchise with it’s second game, Call Of Duty 2. With a new developer Treyarck making is’s sequel, does it live up to, or even surpass it’s best selling predecessor. Call Of Duty 3, is it worth it? Read More »

Video Thirst – Top 5 Places To Work In Gaming

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If you’re a hardcore gamer the chances are that you have occasionally dreamed about getting a job in the industry that creates and reports on the thing you love. Some people have turned that dream into a reality and managed to get a job in one of the most competitive and lucrative entertainment industries. Read More »

First Look – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

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Gamers have been playing Counter-Strike in various different forms since 1999 and as of last year the franchise had sold over 27 million units worldwide. Now a new iteration named “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” has just hit the online marketplace and for the first time it’s available on consoles. Read More »

Minecraft On Xbox Has Sold Over 3 Million Copies

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Minecraft has been around for over 3 years now various forms and is now available on almost every platform imaginable. The block placing phenomenon has now reach a new level of success as the Xbox 360 version of the game has been downloaded by over 3 million gamers worldwide. Read More »

Video Thirst: The 5 Best Games At E3 2012

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With no new hardware announcements, this years E3 was all about the games. We didn’t see the usual wealth of new IP’s being revealed but there were still plenty of quality games on show. We have compiled a short list of some of the games we thought were particulary good. These are all just our opinions and everyone thinks differently. ... Read More »

Top 5 – Games We Know Will Be Awesome

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Some games surprise you with how good they are when they seemingly come out of nowhere. Other games we see coming from a long way away and know they will be awesome Months or even Years before they are released. These are the games we are celebrating in this list. These are Games Thirst’s top 5 games we know will ... Read More »

Nexuiz – Video Preview – A Shooter How They Used To Be

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Before games such as Call of Duty and Gears Of War existed the first person shooter landscape was a very different place. Fast pace arena shooters on PC were all the rage and auto aim and aiming down scopes were nowhere to be found. There have been several attempts to bring this old school shooter gameplay to consoles but the ... Read More »

Weekend Quencher 2/25/12 – Speak Up

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The majority of gamers are very passionate about their beloved medium. They will defend their favourite games and platforms to the death and take pride in their greatest gaming achievements (rank 21 in Battlefield 1943 is mine). I believe that this passion stretches far beyond the confines of the actual games and into everything Video Games related. Hardcore gamers might ... Read More »