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Wireless headset for PC gaming?
Hi :) I have promised my son that I will get him a decent wireless headset for Christmas. He is a PC gamer, mainly multiplayer strategy battle type stuff. Any tried and tested recommendations? Quality and durability are more important than budget on this rare occasion. Thanks.
Flight simulator games? Do you need specialist controller/joystick?
Hi My son is fast developing an interest in planes and says he wants to be a pilot. I'm gonna book a flight simulator experience for his birthday. But someone also told me about flight simulator games for the pc. I've been looking on eBay and they seem to have a lot around, but do you need to have a special…
Planetside 2 (100% free)
Does anyone else play this awesome game? I have had it on my computer for months but only got around to playing when someone here mentioned it, you basically have a region map the size of a normal map of BF3 or COD x100 and run around with snipers, light infantry, engineers or exo-skeleton augmented robots and blast the…
Reccomend a 40" TV please.
Hi guys, ill be getting a 40" for the release of the Xbox One, I need a decent tv with little lag and im not too pleased with this 2 HDMI input rubbish so more the better. I'm not looking to spend more than £600 on the TV. No plasma or budget brands please.
Say hello to the Nintendo 2DS.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAExBTWIp3M Bit of a surprise announcement from Nintendo this afternoon. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-29-nintendo-announces-nintendo-2ds-handheld-console http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/handhelds/nintendo-announces-2ds-world-scratches-head-1176343?src=rss&attr=all…
The curious tale of the Xbox and the wireless adapter
Once upon a time, there was a girl with an Xbox. She loved her PS4 dearly, but her poor PS4 had gone in for repairs, and in the meantime her brother had gotten her an Xbox 360. It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship, however.... ....long story short, I can't seem to get my wireless adapter to connect to my…
Have you/would you go to something like Gamescom?
Gamescom opens to the public in Germany on Thursday. Have you forked out to go to an event like this or do you think it's a waste of time and money? Are you even such a die-hard gamer you're going to Gamescom and in Cologne already?! If you're going please do keep everyone updated on the latest developments here on the…
PC Gamers - Hardware
Thought we could share what we have, want we have had, what we want and why. Sure between a few of us we could advise specs/upgrades. So what is everybody running?
Battlefield 4
Any one looking forward to this?? Who moving from COD to BF4?? Only play PC verson more teamwork and bigger maps....
Archna's Free Game of the Week: Cube Slam
Click the link to play the game: Cube Slam Don't forget if you have a suggestion for a game and want to see it in the Moneysaving tip email [EMAIL="freegame@moneysavingexpert.com"]freegame@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL] or let me know what kind of games are your favourite. Note from Martin: Why it's Archna's Free Game of…
Right hand drive simulators...
Somehow (I have no idea how), I have been persuaded to escort (ie deliver and then pretend I don't exist) my teenage son to DreamHack in Sweden this winter. Yes, he won't be getting much to unwrap on Christmas morning. But with cheap flights and poor connections, the only doable way to get from the airport to the…
doddle jump cheating?
Doddle jump on iphone, have they managed to find cheats for that too? when playing multi player, it will sometimes slow me down but not the other player, it always seems to happen when I'm in front, so the other player passes me, is it a cheat?
Board Games
So is just for video games or can we talk about board games here as well?
What's your gaming console of choice?
Playstation/PC/X-Box the list goes on. Everyone has their favourite or maybe more than one. Vote and discuss!
Have you recently swapped from PC (desktop) gaming to laptop gaming?
Online platform games for women
Hi, I'm hoping someone could point me in the direction of a game like Farmville, Professor Layton or a similar good addictive :D game that I am able to play online. I'd like to be able to compete against others and/or move up levels but don't want to have to join facebook to play games like these. Any suggestions?
How much time do you spend gaming each day?
Hi everyone I thought I'd grab you while you're most likely to be here to ask a relevant question.. If I can borrow a second of your time :)
replaying an old fave
Currently replaying red alert 2 after finally getting it to display correctly on win7 - although it does run on windows 95 according to the box :ROFL: What's your favourite old old game?
Archna's Free Game of the Week: Need Water
Click the link to play the game: Need Water Don't forget if you have a suggestion for a game and want to see it in the Moneysaving tip email [EMAIL="freegame@moneysavingexpert.com"]freegame@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL] or let me know what kind of games are your favourite. Note from Martin: Why it's Archna's Free Game of…
Steam Codes
Hi All, I have bought a couple of Humble Bundles recently and currently have some codes they I have no real want as I didn't fancy the particular games. Would anyone be interested in them? Will get a list if so and post them to anyone that would like them, obviously for no charge! Thanks, James I got it wrong, didn't…

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