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006NAG June 2013 SOUTH AFRICA’S LEADING GAMING, COMPUTER & TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE Vol. 16 Issue THREE CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS PC / PLAYSTATION / XBOX / NINTENDO We go to Los Angeles to stroke some beards and fi ddle PLEASE TRY TO with man stuff UNDERSTAND Intel IDF 2013 Beijing: 4th generation core technology We insert our probes deep into the soft meaty insides of 2K’s latest alien mystery Editor Michael “RedTide“ James [email protected] Contents Assistant editor Geoff “GeometriX“ Burrows Staff writer Dane “Barkskin “ Remendes Features Contributing editor Lauren “Guardi3n “ Das Neves 30 CALL OF DUTY:DU GHOSTS ComeCome on, you had to knowkno this was bound to happen. Technical writer 2013’s2013’s Call of Dutyy wantswant you to pay close attention Neo “ShockG“ Sibeko RegularsRegulars to its new enengine,gine, new sstoryline,t new player-triggered events andand new dogdog companion,com all so that when the International correspondent 1010 Ed’sEd’s NoteNote gamegame releases you’reyou’re readyrea for a bit of expectedly Miktar “Miktar” Dracon 12 InboxInbox familiar,familiar, ggoodood ol’ COD. 16 BytesBytes Contributors 53 home_codedhome_coded Rodain “Nandrew” Joubert Walt “Shryke” Pretorius 62 EverythingEverything elseelse 44 THE BUREAU:BUREA Miklós “Mikit0707 “ Szecsei XCOMXCOM DECLASSIFIEDDECLASS Pippa “UnexpectedGirl” Tshabalala It’sIt’s baaaaack! 2K2K Marin’sMarin’s XCOM has fl ipped itself on its Tarryn “Azimuth “ Van Der Byl head, adopting a diff erenteren approach in turning XCOM Adam “Madman” Liebman OpinionOpinion intointo a more hands-on, acaction-oriented alien-bashing Wesley “Cataclysm” Fick 16 I, GamGamerer experience with enoughenough tactical depth to satisfy anyoneanyone lookinlookingg for a bit more intelligence in their 1188 ThThee GaGameme SStalkertalker Art director shooters. 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Geoff is the nuke button (or whatever it is then) does try to balance out the negativity out kind of our leader because he follows because the people on the other side with some advice and opinions but the the game very closely and knows what mean nothing to us anymore… again? Or whole thing is there to shock and scare. units counter all the others. Dane is right is this the ramblings of a madman at the This is also a call for you guys and girls up there in terms of skill but the higher end of a long deadline cycle? to send me examples you’ve found in the up generals won’t promote him into wild that relate to this topic: letters@ leadership because he’s “a bit of a wild ONLY YOU nag.co.za is the place to go. card and loose cannon”. Savage swings We all know how the regular world Lastly thanks to Erica and Richie at from amazing to “sorry guys I’ve got no gets gaming wrong. Examples include 2K and Devon at Megarom, and of course units” on an hour-to-hour basis and I’m movies with “hackers” breaking into all the good people at Infi nity Ward and always trailing behind but getting better government institutions in seconds, Activision for being so helpful, gracious each game. I don’t seem to have (or don’t gamers “gaming” by furiously mashing and accommodating. want to learn) the right skillset to get all the buttons on the controller and The year is halfway done… Stop better. Shooters are more my thing. even “scientists” uploading viruses to wasting time and just do it. Anyway, the other month in the offi ce alien spaceships. It’s all rather amusing - RedTide we played a game of 1 against each other and us real gamers just sit back, shake Editor – something we haven’t ever really done our heads and cough up condescending before and we haven’t done it since. grunts. The thing is, it always seems to You see, it just didn’t feel right, happen somewhere else, in America, attacking the guys I fi ght alongside every Poland and Russia – almost like this kind day. Of course when it comes to other of thing doesn’t happen in South Africa. people (strangers), there’s no problem But wait, it does. Jacqui in our offi ce at all and smashing them into atoms buys YOU magazine each week (for the brings a smile and a laugh. This got crosswords apparently) and she spotted me wondering about the future where a feature on Minecraft!? Imagine our nobody actually interacts with anyone surprise. She brought it in and instead else anymore and everything is through of a cool article about how amazing this avatars and short messages and digital game is we get the following headline, environments. In the past, humans used “Sucked in by Cyberspace”. It’s all about to fear unknown things – countries how addictive Minecraft is and how with different cultures and languages, your children are in danger. There are like Russia and Germany – and from many factual errors in the article such their perspective the feared unknown as the one 11-year old stealing dad’s was the UK and the USA. Back then we credit card to buy “more advanced thought nothing of dropping atomic versions of Minecraft” at a cost of R800. bombs on each other. These days we There is only one version of Minecraft have Gangnam Style out of South Korea and it costs well under R300. Perhaps and they have Western fail videos to you should check what little Johnny is laugh at. Even though we still have our really using the money for. I’m always crackpots, the world is getting along amazed at how everyone is always a bit better now. However, as this age trying to fi nd things to blame for their of young adults matures with all these screwed up children. The bottom line technological toys and social sites at their here – if your child is spending eight 10 June 2013 www.nag.co.za ~Inbox~ INBox [email protected] LETTER OF THE MONTH *Disclaimer: Most of the letters sent to this fi ne publication are printed more or less The ‘Letter of the Month’ prize is verbatim (that means “we don’t edit or fi x them” for you slow kids at the back), so ignore sponsored by the good folks at any spelling or grammatical errors. It’s not us… it’s you. Megarom. The winner receives two games for coming up with the most inspired bit of wisdom of cleverness. Note: You can’t Letter of the Month June 2013 change the games or the platform they come on. From: Nicolaas my problem occurs! People seem life is short and there is no time HARD TECHNICAL STUFF Subject: Gaming Jock to be categorized into either a for judgment. But hey none the LAND MAIL: P.O. Box 237, I have put my May issue of NAG gamer or a jock, why can’t we be less I will continue to read my Olivedale, 2158 down for a moment to express both? I mean just because I enjoy NAG magazine while running BETTER MAIL: [email protected] my frustration of criticism fantasy adventure like The Elder on the treadmill if I wish to do IMPORTANT: Include your details towards being a, what I am Scrolls series and reading books so.
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